DNC Files FEC Complaint Against Sinclair Broadcasting; Conference Call 1:3

[RamboLiberal]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=37872

DETAILS:

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Terry McAuliffe and DNC Legal Counsel Joe Sandler will host a conference call today at 1:30 PM ET to announce the DNC's decision to file an FEC complaint against Sinclair Broadcasting's illegal in-kind contribution to the Bush-Cheney campaign.

WHO:

DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe and DNC Legal Counsel Joe Sandler

WHAT:

Conference Call to announce the DNC's decision to file an FEC complaint against Sinclair Broadcasting's illegal in-kind contribution to the Bush-Cheney campaign.

[Inland]

1. Force them to sell advertising, then buy it all up for F/911 ads

[NJCher]

2. bravo!

Go DNC!!

Cher

[benburch]

4. Thats more like it!

Awesome

[bluedeminredstate]

3. That's the ticket!

This is an outrage and should be considered an in-kind contribution, no question.

[Robert Oak]

5. Isn't Colin Powell's son running the FEC?

inside job.

[NVMojo]

6. of course he is, but to ignore this ...

would truly explain who controls him.

[briang5000]

7. Powell is head of FCC (EOM)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. No thats the FCC Federal Communications. This FEC Fed Elections Commish

[CheshireCat]

8. Yes! We must fight!

The corporate media cannot be allowed to get away with supporting one candidate over another.

Without a free and unbiased press, democracy will wither.

Oh yeh, that is the idea!

[Steelangel]

10. Yay! Finally!

[mapatriot]

11. FEC/FCC

Actually, BOTH the FEC and the FCC need to be involved in this. WE OWN the airwaves and to let Sinclair so blatently violate the public trust would mean that we truly are in the tight grip of a few arch conservatives. I'd like to believe that's not YET the case. The "value" of that period of airtime in those markets has to be worth tens of millions - a direct corporate contribution to Bush/ Cheney.

[indypaul]

12. There is a thread discussing this

under General Discussion 2004. It has a listing
of all Sinclair stations and locations. We need
DU members in each of these markets to identify the
major advertisers on these stations in order to
send them opinions of their ads. Strictly as the
opinion of a viewer in order that their marketing
departments might improve placement and the
effectiveness of their advertising dollar.

[RamboLiberal]

14. Some contact info

David D. Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: [e-mail]

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
10706 Beaver Dam Road
Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030
410-568-1500 (Main Telephone)
410-568-1533 (Main Fax)

http://mediamatters.org/items/200410100002

Sinclair Stations:
http://www.sbgi.net/business/markets/all.shtml

[swag]

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[jukes]

15. EXCELLENT

MAKE bush conform w/ the law!

[are_we_united_yet]

19. Imagine that!

On second I can't. It is just too proposterous.

[deadparrot]

16. How much of a chance do you think we have in getting this pulled?

[MADem]

17. There's a boycott blog on them there internets

or interwebs, whatever, heh, heh, snort, cackle....

http://boycottsinclair.blogspot.com/

[NVMojo]

18. and here too...

http://www.stopsinclair.org/index.php

please sign and pass on so they have thousands of sigs for October 15th! Thanks!

[indepat]

20. The entire movie should be charged the normal commerical rate

per minute/second for commericals.