<story><title>Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment</title><url>https://couriernewsroom.com/2020/05/26/11-local-tv-stations-that-pushed-amazon-scripted-segment/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hbosch</author><text>Yeah... my eyebrows raised the first time I heard about this type of thing. Someone I know was in a news segment shot and produced by some company I had never heard of before (I don&amp;#x27;t recall the name). They said it would be on the news. The segment was produced, and when I asked where it was going to air, they said &amp;quot;50-60 local news stations around the country&amp;quot; and I was baffled... don&amp;#x27;t local news stations just produce their own news? No, not all of it.&lt;p&gt;There are companies like Sinclair and Scripps that produce and purchase news segments, and then run them in their own markets, and sometimes these companies will literally BUY news from companies that the news is about! And those companies, sometimes marketing or PR companies, are telling their own stories. It&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;white label news&amp;quot;. I guess the equivalent is what we call &amp;quot;advertorials&amp;quot; online?</text></comment>
<story><title>Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment</title><url>https://couriernewsroom.com/2020/05/26/11-local-tv-stations-that-pushed-amazon-scripted-segment/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>justinsaccount</author><text>This is literally all they do&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=hWLjYJ4BzvI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=hWLjYJ4BzvI&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>