{"id":1648,"date":"2020-05-27T20:15:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T20:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2020-05-27T20:15:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T20:15:59","slug":"local-news-stations-run-propaganda-segment-scripted-and-produced-by-amazon-vice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"Local News Stations Run Propaganda Segment Scripted and Produced by Amazon &#8211; VICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/4ayvwb\/local-news-stations-run-propaganda-segments-scripted-and-produced-by-amazon\"><img src=\"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/litho\/57030fa6b12af7f97d6f4ed77e11315fad8d13fa6fd7479770385620c69b24d1.png\" class=\"image-treated\" data-original=\"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1590520411702-Screen-Shot-2020-05-26-at-31221-PM-scaled.jpg\" data-treated=\"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/litho\/57030fa6b12af7f97d6f4ed77e11315fad8d13fa6fd7479770385620c69b24d1.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Local news stations across the U.S. aired a segment produced and scripted by Amazon which touts the company&#8217;s role in delivering essential groceries and cleaning products during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its ability to do so while &#8220;keeping its employees safe and healthy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The segment, which was aired by at least 11 local TV stations, and which was introduced with a script written by Amazon and recited verbatim by news anchors, presents a fawning picture of Amazon, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/7kzqv9\/amazons-supply-chain-is-breaking-and-independent-businesses-are-screwed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">struggled to deliver essential items during the pandemic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/amazon-essential-items-policy-devastating-sellers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support the sellers that rely on its platform<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/qjdmxq\/amazon-workers-shut-down-warehouse-after-employee-is-infected-with-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">provide its workers with the necessary protective equipment<\/a>. Each anchor introduces the script then throws to an Amazon-produced look &#8220;inside&#8221; an Amazon fulfillment center, which is narrated by Amazon spokesperson Todd Walker:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/4ayvwb\/local-news-stations-run-propaganda-segments-scripted-and-produced-by-amazon\">Local News Stations Run Propaganda Segment Scripted and Produced by Amazon &#8211; VICE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local news stations across the U.S. aired a segment produced and scripted by Amazon which touts the company&#8217;s role in delivering essential groceries and cleaning products during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its ability to do so while &#8220;keeping its employees safe and healthy.&#8221; The segment, which was aired by at least 11 local TV stations, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1650,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions\/1650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}