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[matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

Sinclair Broadcast Group just represents good 'ol American moralistic 
and pro-capitalism values.  What are you -- a communist??  :)

http://www.observer.com/pages/story.asp?ID=9001

"Owning and operating dozens of local TV stations from its headquarters 
in Baltimore, this Sinclair outfit is regarded within the broadcasting 
industry as so extreme that Fox News Channel seems fair and balanced by 
comparison."

...

"In the ominously named News Central feed that the company provides 
nightly to its 62 stations, scripts and studios are designed to create 
the illusion that the national broadcast originates locally. From 
hundreds of miles away, the local anchor in Madison or Minneapolis will 
ask the Sinclair weatherman, who is actually in a Baltimore suburb, 
whether to bring an umbrella tomorrow, pretending they’re in the same 
studio. Marty Haag, a professor of journalism at Southern Methodist 
University who has studied Sinclair’s methods, calls them "simply, 
purely deceptive."

...

"Indeed, the Smiths of Sinclair embody several of the most typical 
characteristics of their ideological cohort—including the delightful 
twist of moralizing hypocrisy. For example, Mr. Smith, the chief 
executive and married father of two, was busted in a company car 
several years ago while cavorting with a professional woman of 
pleasure. (At the moment when the police intervened, she was reportedly 
performing the same kind of oral endearments that outraged Republicans 
when Monica Lewinsky did them for free.)"

On Oct 11, 2004, at 10:59 AM, Diana Duncan wrote:

> I just sent the following message to the programming department at WB 
> 22 - http://www.wlfl22.com/raleigh_nc/
>
> "I read in today's paper that you are being forced to run an 
> anti-Kerry documentary next week.  I'm a fan of WB programming 
> (especially Charmed, Jack & Bobby, Smallville) but am incensed by this 
> cooption of the political process.  I'll be regretfully boycotting 
> your station until after the election and will be encouraging all my 
> friends to do likewise."
>
> I would include the link to the article from the N&O, but they don't 
> have permission to publish it on their website.  The link at the 
> Washington Post is 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22788-2004Oct10.html
> I guess you have to be registered there.
>
> Diana