Sinclair seems to have some experience producing their own Fantasy shows (masquerading as News Content). They don't have to put in that much effort to capture the attention of the MAGA crowd.
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I wonder what is worth more to ABC/Disney, all those direct subscribers, or these affiliates that are consolidating into two or three big media companies?
This might be the beginning of the death of the affiliate model. What would happen if Sinclair simply stopped affiliating with ABC altogether? They own enough stations that they can do their own thing. Would it matter if there is no ABC station in Mobile, Alabama, if people who still want to watch can stream it?
Sweet! If this pumps my Dogecoin to $69 I can retire
Sometimes prosecutors who want to charge someone with multiple charges pick the easiest one to get an indictment on first. That lets them hold the guy / force him to post bail while they work on other charges.
Someone in Cornwall just got home from the pub and slammed the door
Sounds like they are getting charged
The Waller County Sheriff's Office said it was now pursuing dangerous conduct charges against three people suspected of firing off guns nearby.
People so often have thought the rapture was coming and ... it doesn't.
You sure about that? We've had innocent people disappeared off the streets in droves, sent to the land of "The Savior" (El Salvador).
Are we sure that the Rapture isn't happening right now, and none of us are in it?
My code comes from the bad place
On the other hand, the AI will never talk back, doesn't want to abandon you to spend time with its own friends occasionally, and doesn't have a mother who thinks her offspring could do much better. Doesn't sound half bad, if you ignore the fact that it's all fake.
Yes, putting up with all that is all a part of building healthy relationships between humans, which is a key part of growing into adulthood. But not everyone gets there.
"Yeah, but only the weak ones...."
Idiots, who have no problem spending what little money they have on Patriotic Merch. So, the perfect customers to shove Patriotic ads at....