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Amazon Pushes Propaganda as Local News
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This video is a montage of the 11 local news stations that aired a video news release given to them by Amazon, which is taking proactive action ahead of Wednesday’s annual shareholders meeting—at which investors plan on demanding the company address worker safety issues after at least eight warehouse employees have died of COVID-19. This is a type of public relations propaganda.
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This is propaganda because
Framing Amazon as the "good guy" in advance of news that positions them as the "bad guy" is a form of crisis communication. But disguising public relations as news is unethical. Dangerous propaganda.
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https://couriernewsroom.com/2020/05/26/11-local-tv-stations-that-pushed-amazon-scripted-segment/
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