Holy crap...Faux to air Nightline in SC tonight

[eyesroll]

Sorry, it's Drudge. All that's there is this all-caps type:

FLASH: SWITCHBOARD CHAOS AT SINCLAIR HEADQUARTERS' AS THOUSANDS CALL TO PROTEST DECISION TO CENSOR NIGHTLINE. FOX AFFILIATE WHNS IN GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA TO AIR NIGHTLINE BROADCAST THIS EVENING IN LOCAL MARKET AFFECTED BY SINCLAIR PRE-EMPTION. ABC RADIO MAKES FEED AVAILABLE TO LOCAL RADIO IN AFFECTED MARKETS. ST LOUIS RADIO KTRS WILL CLEAR TO AIR SIMULCAST... DEVELOPING...

[hippiechick]

1. Scary thing about this being on Faux is ...

The knuckledraggers will prolly be all liquored up and get ta' huffin' and puffin' about the fallen patriots and wanna go nuke some A-rab ass ....

It will turn out to be more of a WWF rally than a somber tribute.


:eyes:

[JAbuchan08]

2. My gosh . . . .

Fox (as a cable news outlet) does cater to an older demographic, probably old enough to remember that we honored our troops once - however they came home.

on edit: I agree with the above poster too, though, patriotism seems to activate different brain centers in liberals and conservatives.

[RobertSeattle]

3. My question has been

I'm sure you are pretty low on the totem poll to be on the production staff at a TV station late on Friday nights - I'm surprised if some brave souls don't show Koppel anyway. You might get fired but you'll also get your 15 minutes of fame.

[Fridays Child]

4. Lordy, this sure got out of hand for Sinclair, didn't it?

Serves the fuckers right.

[xray s]

5. Its all about the ratings and money with Murdock

Don't be too surprised by this move. Rupert is just being a good bidnessman.

[displacedtexan]

6. Bullies always back down when confronted.

Did you read the thread about their (Sinclair's) CEO? He's a repuke sex offender.

[Skip Intro]

7. Greenville no less

rightwingnut central

and FOX affiliate at that

wow

[Neecy]

8. it's a faux affiliate

Not Faux News. My local Faux station is actually pretty even-handed, they even use CNN rather than Faux national feeds (although, as we know, CNN isn't a big step up).

Anyway, bravo to the Faux affiliates picking up the broadcast, and bravo to the people who phoned and complained. This censorship is utterly Orwellian.