The Sinclair Broadcasting Group, whom you may remember for their refusal to air the episode of Nightline where they read the names of the Iraq war dead, is back at it again. Sinclair reaches about 1/4 of American households, and their blatantly conservative agenda has been well documented by the Center for American Progress. Their chief of corporate communications, Mark Hyman, does the “editorial commentary” for the stations, where he refers to the French as “cheese-eating surrender monkeys,” and the ‘liberal media’ as the “hate America crowd.”
Now, Sinclair is at it again, this time they’re forcing their stations to broadcast an anti-Kerry documentary on the night before the election.
Dan Rather gets lambasted for a week in the press because of some sloppy journalism, but Sinclair broadcasts blatant propaganda and not a peep. It’s good to be the king, I guess.
(link via Atrios)
Now Playing: Episode 366
Obama staffs up, Detroit comes to DC and finally, Iraq and the US come to a security agreement.
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