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Remember Sinclair Broadcasting from the election campaign? With only 60+ station outlets they made available to those who wanted to see it the film of the Kerry testimony before the Senate post Viet Nam. Look who is trying to nail them - talk about the venom of the left.
"…Media Matters for America today launched a nationwide initiative to draw attention to the conservative slant in Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s television news programming. The campaign, supported by MoveOn.org, MediaChannel, Working Assets, Robert Greenwald, Director of Outfoxed, Campaign for America’s Future, FreePress, and Alternet, aims to spur action against Sinclair Broadcast Group’s use of the 62 television stations it owns and operates to systematically promote partisan political interests above all others. Of particular concern is a nightly “news” commentary titled “The Point” in which Sinclair Vice President Mark Hyman espouses one-sided, conservative rhetoric without any counterpoint. The vehicle for the initiative is a new website www.SinclairAction.com where citizens can register concerns directly with companies that advertise on Sinclair stations.
“We believe Sinclair is abusing its stewardship of the airwaves licensed to it on behalf of the American people,” said David Brock, president and CEO of Media Matters for America. “The nightly commentaries offered on ‘The Point’ reflect a persistent pattern at Sinclair, which promotes partisan political interests even at the expense of their purported commitment to responsible news programming.”
In a press release issued in response to public outcry over Sinclair’s plans to air the controversial documentary “Stolen Honor” in the weeks leading up to the presidential election, Sinclair executives made a commitment to “the highest journalistic standards and integrity” and “to presenting both sides of the issues covered in an equal and impartial manner.”
Remember Sinclair Broacasting during the election - they with only 60+ stton outlets had the temerity to say they would show the film of Kerry’s testimony b efore the Senate post Viet Nam when the “big three” were filling out their RSVP’s to the Democratic Inaugural Ball - well it appears they are being targeted now
However, a systematic analysis of editions of “The Point” aired between November 2, 2004 and December 1, 2004 by Media Matters for America found that Hyman’s commentaries do anything but “present both sides of the issues”: Hyman made repeated attacks on prominent progressive leaders and members of the Democratic party (including Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) and former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites)), unsubstantiated charges of liberal media bias, derogatory references to “The Angry Left”, and ardent support of President George W. Bush and his policies…"
news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=669&u=/usnw/20041214/pl_usnw/sinclair_broadcast_group_airs_conservative__the_point__without_counterpoint__says_media_matters_for_america121_xml&printer=1
"…Media Matters for America today launched a nationwide initiative to draw attention to the conservative slant in Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s television news programming. The campaign, supported by MoveOn.org, MediaChannel, Working Assets, Robert Greenwald, Director of Outfoxed, Campaign for America’s Future, FreePress, and Alternet, aims to spur action against Sinclair Broadcast Group’s use of the 62 television stations it owns and operates to systematically promote partisan political interests above all others. Of particular concern is a nightly “news” commentary titled “The Point” in which Sinclair Vice President Mark Hyman espouses one-sided, conservative rhetoric without any counterpoint. The vehicle for the initiative is a new website www.SinclairAction.com where citizens can register concerns directly with companies that advertise on Sinclair stations.
“We believe Sinclair is abusing its stewardship of the airwaves licensed to it on behalf of the American people,” said David Brock, president and CEO of Media Matters for America. “The nightly commentaries offered on ‘The Point’ reflect a persistent pattern at Sinclair, which promotes partisan political interests even at the expense of their purported commitment to responsible news programming.”
In a press release issued in response to public outcry over Sinclair’s plans to air the controversial documentary “Stolen Honor” in the weeks leading up to the presidential election, Sinclair executives made a commitment to “the highest journalistic standards and integrity” and “to presenting both sides of the issues covered in an equal and impartial manner.”
Remember Sinclair Broacasting during the election - they with only 60+ stton outlets had the temerity to say they would show the film of Kerry’s testimony b efore the Senate post Viet Nam when the “big three” were filling out their RSVP’s to the Democratic Inaugural Ball - well it appears they are being targeted now
However, a systematic analysis of editions of “The Point” aired between November 2, 2004 and December 1, 2004 by Media Matters for America found that Hyman’s commentaries do anything but “present both sides of the issues”: Hyman made repeated attacks on prominent progressive leaders and members of the Democratic party (including Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) and former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites)), unsubstantiated charges of liberal media bias, derogatory references to “The Angry Left”, and ardent support of President George W. Bush and his policies…"
news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=669&u=/usnw/20041214/pl_usnw/sinclair_broadcast_group_airs_conservative__the_point__without_counterpoint__says_media_matters_for_america121_xml&printer=1