Sinclair Broadcast is a Done Deal. So, Now What??

[DemocracyInaction]

We aren't going to be able to keep this off the air (they may have reduced the number of stations downward by 20 who will air it but I have a feeling those stations are NOT in key areas). Yes, I imagine there will be some damage done because it isn't exactly a Kerry endorsement piece!! Because it's happening Friday night some of the sting will be out of it and the weekend will let the whores talk to themselves about it. (Actually, I think I've basically seen this piece already years ago---Mike Wallace had a whole hour with Kerry and showed all these clips of his anti-war activities. And, of course, the Swifties have covered the 'gist' of it in one of their ads about POW's). Soooooo, how is Kerry going to handle this. Anyone know??? I really cannot think of one effective way to do it because he just doesn't want to get bogged down in this right now.....yet, it's Bush fodder. What I would give for a male Monica to show up about now.......................

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. According to what I heard from David Brock yesterday.........

the stations that were eliminated were in markets that Sinclair had two stations. They didn't give up diddy.

[shockingelk]

2. Most people agree that Vietnam was horrid

What's to worry about? Even Bush says he was late to understand that Vietnam was a mistake - in his book "a charge to keep" or whatever.

[DemocracyInaction]

3. It isn't how bad Nam was, it's the same damage waiting in the wings

that the Swifties launched on Kerry. Now the Kerry camp has to have a strong, fast, effective way to handle this unlike last time. I assume they are going to. I just wonder what it is.

[DemocracyInaction]

4. ..wait a minute, I think I just realized what it is!!!

Need more coffee. The whores aren't going to be able to get full traffic out of this until Monday with this being a Friday night showing. AND GUESS WHO'S BAAAACK COME MONDAY---a great big, lovable, exciting "big dog" on the campaign trail for the first time with Kerry. The media absolutely has to cover this big time because it's all that human interest factor, etc. And watch Big Dog in interviews after just slice this horsehit to pieces as the vast right wing conspiracy at work again. I forgot about Big Dog!!!!!!!

[shockingelk]

6. I don't think it matters much

I can't find one right away, but when you look at polls, people don't care what the candidates did in the 70's - except partisans. And again, most people understand that what Kerry was popularizing was important. People's views of the Vietnam war aren't going to change.

And I also see no evidence the Swift Boat vets are doing Bush any good or Kerry any bad - as soon as they entered mainstream media, the WP had that article that showed their own records contradict the claims they made.

They've been discredited by everyone except Bush partisans.

[KoKo]

5. It's more about focusing attention on the Media...than trying to get it

off the air to help Kerry. The people who watch it will never vote for Kerry anyway, but it's the biggest opportunity those who are sick of this Media domination by the Repugs to shine a light on these cockroaches. So, all the protests are really important.

[BUSHOUT]

7. Sinclair is NOT a done deal, and there's no reason to be concerned

Sinclair boycott is still alive and well. They've only changed the name of their attack show, so the boycott is still active.

That's "now what".

As for the "damage" from this piece, there won't be any. The boycott stirred the pot enough for one of thier own senior employees to quit and declare the "news item" a biased propaganda piece.

Not to mention Nightline FURTHER discredited John O'Neil the other week.

These people and this show has been defined in the media and in the public mind as a cheap attack full of lies and half-truths.

I don't fear it anymore, and Kerry doesn't need to do anything.

Everyone should go see Going Upriver, even if you've downloaded it. Support it at the theater and it will succeed and spread.

[KharmaTrain]

8. Sinclair Doesn't Go Away, Either

This incident has finally shed some light into the shady operations of corporate holders of public broadcast licenses. Now if people are really concerned in preventing this from happening again and making the airwaves more accessible to more voices and diversity, then the work on Sinclair and others has just begun.

So far I'm not seeing that. Just a little water melt on a large iceburg.