Another local TV station ( @WOODTV in Grand Rapids, MI, an NBC affiliate) duped into covering a QAnon event as "people gather to protest human trafficking." https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/people-gather-to-protest-human-trafficking-in-gr/">https://www.woodtv.com/news/gran...

Maybe check if your local station did the same. Marches like these all over the country today.
Some context from NBC reporters who have been tracking it: QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and Save the Children hashtags. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/qanon-looms-behind-nationwide-rallies-viral-hashtags-n1237722">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech... "Local media coverage of the events has been widespread and credulous, almost never mentioning the events& #39; QAnon connections."
Via @LisaOffutt comes one from WMBD-TV, CBS affiliate in Peoria, IL (owned by Nexstar.) Headline: "Dozens of Peoria community members march to ‘Save Our Children.& #39;" https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/dozens-of-peoria-community-members-march-to-save-our-children/">https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/loca... Reported with no awareness these are QAnon events. There& #39;s even a hashtag Q visible here.
Not sure why, but this one via @directorrector is the saddest to me. "Local Event Draws Attention To Sex Trafficking." It& #39;s from a community news site in Kosciusko County, Indiana. http://inkfreenews.com/2020/08/22/local-event-draws-attention-to-sex-trafficking/

Notice">https://inkfreenews.com/2020/08/2... the web address pointing to a QAnon page.
This thread on local news sites covering QAnon marches without describing them as such has suffered its first take down.

WNYT in Albany, NY, didn& #39;t like what it saw. Not surprising since one sign in their clip helpfully explained that COVID is just a hoax. Hat tip,
@MMR_MattRya
From two weeks ago, when a similar wave of QAnon events disguised as save-our-kids rallies drew credulous local coverage. @WSAV is owned by NexStar. https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/crowd-raises-awareness-for-missing-exploited-children-at-save-the-children-march-in-savannah/">https://www.wsav.com/news/loca... The pic shows how obvious the ploy is. COVID isn& #39;t real. Child trafficking is. Next stop on that bus is Q.
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