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MSgt213 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-30-04 04:23 PM
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Sorry if this has already been posted but here is proof Sinclair supports
Bush and there actions are policitically motivated.

WBFF-TV (Channel 45), officials required news and sports anchors, even a weather forecaster, to read messages conveying full support for the Bush administration's efforts against terrorism. Several staffers objected on the grounds that it would undermine their objectivity. As a compromise, the message read by on-air staffers indicated that it came from "station management." Still, according to at least four people at

WBFF, some staffers believe they now look as though they are endorsing specific government actions. That is anathema to many working journalists. The spots began airing late last week. Several people interviewed at

WBFF described the choice as "no-win": do something that could erode their reputations as objective journalists, or appear unpatriotic and uncaring toward the victims of last week's terrorist attacks.

More at link
http://www.kacvtv.org/local/media/media10.shtml

And at Eschaton

Plus the President of Sinclair was arrested in 1996 in a sex stakeout in a company car.

http://www.atrios.blogspot.com/

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Paradise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-30-04 04:32 PM
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1. we're not all on all of the time, so
i didn't see it before. thanks for the post. :)
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-30-04 04:32 PM
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2. Look up Smith at opensecrets.org
He has a long history of giving exclusively to Repugs.
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