<html> <p><img src="https://truththeory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/maxresdefault-2.jpg"/> <br/> At least 11 local news stations in the United States were caught airing the same scripted segment about Amazon, and their role during the COVID-19 pandemic. The segment played like a commercial for Amazon, even touting the company’s ability to “keep its employees safe and healthy,” during this difficult time, despite the fact that many workers have been organizing to protest against unsafe conditions and lack of hazard pay.</p> <p>The segment is even narrated by Amazon spokesperson Todd Walker, who promises an “inside look” at an Amazon fulfillment center</p> <p><em>“Millions of Americans staying at home are relying on amazon to deliver essentials like groceries and cleaning products during the COVID-19 outbreak… For the first time we’re getting a glimpse inside Amazon’s fulfillment centers to see just how the company is keeping its employees safe and healthy.. While delivering packages to your doorstep</em>,” Walker says.</p> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wNES2q7Aqec"></iframe> <p>The trusted local news anchors who introduced the segment didn’t even identify Walker as an Amazon representative, but instead made it appear that he was one of the station’s reporters. According to some journalists who refused to cover the segment, Amazon sent the video around to a long list of news sources with instructions on how to introduce it.</p> <p>Zach Rael, a reporter at ABC’s KOCO 5 News, tweeted a copy of the script and said that it was mailed to him by Amazon’s public relations team.</p> <p><em>“No. Let us go inside the fulfillment centers with our own cameras…</em>” Rael tweeted.</p> <p> https://twitter.com/KOCOZach/status/1264589763689971716</p> <p>There were at least 11 other stations who were willing to play the footage that have been identified so far.</p> <p>Alyssa Bronikowski, a spokesperson for Amazon, told <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4ayvwb/local-news-stations-run-propaganda-segments-scripted-and-produced-by-amazon?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-motherboardvice&utm_content=later-7419319&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram">Motherboard</a> that the video was not promotional, and that the company would invite journalists into their warehouses if it was currently safe to do so.</p> <p><em>“We welcome reporters into our buildings and it’s misleading to suggest otherwise. This type of video was created to share an inside look into the health and safety measures we’ve rolled out in our buildings and was intended for reporters who for a variety of reasons weren’t able to come tour one of our sites themselves,”</em> Bronikowski said.</p> <p>It makes sense that Amazon is going to such great lengths to repair its public image, because it has been facing increasing criticism during the pandemic, especially from its employees. Earlier this month, Vice President (VP) of Amazon Tim Bray <a href="https://truththeory.com/2020/05/05/amazon-vp-calls-company-chickenshit-for-firing-employees-quits-his-job/">resigned in anger</a> over the company’s treatment of employees who have protested against working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic.</p> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x6U2Un5kEdI"></iframe> <p></p> </html>
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I'd be willing to bet that there are a ton of stories that have been laid out just like this one. The media is so frustrating and I wonder if it was always like this but we just weren't aware of it because social media didn't exist 20 years ago.
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This doesn't surprise me. Local news isn't profitable anymore, which makes free footage an attractive proposition. Given the limited scale, I think it's just successful PR. Amazon is probably to cheap to bribe anyone. In fact, they ran a campaign to have cities bribe them for their second HQ.
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This is what happens when one person or one corporation owns dozens if not hundreds of media outlets and when the news gets highjacked by capitalism, it becomes just another marketing platform for the rich elite and thats exactly what Jared Kushner said when he brought his media outlet
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