(Sinclair) turns Decision 2004 into a sh*t-smearing partisan mission.

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wow


Times Leader

Posted on Wed, Oct. 13, 2004

Sinclair's stolen honor

by Megan Rowlands


Just when you thought press coverage of the presidential race couldn't get any dirtier and uglier, a media monolith turns Decision 2004 into a mud-slinging, sh*t-smearing partisan mission. Sinclair Broadcasting Group, the nation's largest television chain, recently announced it has ordered its 62 stations to bump regular programming to air a 90 minute documentary criticizing Senator John Kerry's service record in Vietnam.


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Sinclair's decision has outraged the Democratic National Committee, which has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission claiming it's illegal to air partisan broadcasts so close to an election. The DNC views the airing of the documentary as an unpaid, 90 minute attack ad on Kerry.

Which it basically is.

A media outlet forcing the broadcast of a one-sided documentary on national, non-cable television is an abuse of public airwaves and a gross abandonment of journalistic responsibility and objectivity.


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The Sinclair Broadcasting Group is forcing free public channels to air something it will receive no financial profit from.

Look closer under the Sinclair microscope and you'll find its CEO, VP and other top executives contributed to Bush-Cheney 2004 according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Impartial programming? You decide.




more.....

http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/entertainment/9903102.htm

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. It is an indictment on the FCC is what it is.

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2. Perhaps we can use this

as ammunition to change FCC rules and break up media monopolies. This shows why they shouldn't be-they are open to abuse.

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3. Yep

Proof positive of the danger that mass media's consolidation poses to democracy.


Not even debatable