Posted on 10/21/2004 1:16:58 PM PDT by areafiftyone
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: Sally Aman or Jenny Brennan, 202-544-7881 or 703-919-6292 (cell), aman@a2pr.com or brennan@a2pr.com, both for StopSinclair.org
News Advisory:
-- StopSinclair.org to Protest at White House Friday
-- Delivers $9 million check from Sinclair to Bush, along with 150,000 signatures demanding halt of program
-- Sinclair Broadcast Constitutes Illegal In-Kind Contribution to Bush Campaign
WHO: StopSinclair.org, a Running For Change Political Action Committee campaign, leads both the online and grassroots charge against Sinclair Broadcasting Group. Joining forces with America Coming Together and democratic blogs, they are protesting Sinclair's actions and making their position known to President Bush, Sinclair and its advertisers.
WHAT: StopSinclair.org supporters will protest Sinclair's revised attack ad format: A POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media, due to air Friday evening, by delivering to the White House 150,000 signatures demanding the halt of the hour-long attack ad along with a check symbolizing the $9,900,000 illegal in-kind contribution Sinclair is effectively making to the Bush campaign.
WHEN: 12 p.m., Friday, Oct. 22
WHERE: Lafayette Park at Intersection of 16th and H Street
WHY: Despite altering the program's format, Sinclair Broadcasting's decision to air excerpts from Stolen Honor, an anti-Kerry piece funded by conservative activists, during an hour- long so-called "news" segment entitled A POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media is a partisan exploitation of public airwaves. StopSinclair.org is calling attention to the fact that Sinclair Broadcasting is directly contributing $9,900,000 to the Bush campaign by airing this Anti-Kerry advertisement.
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/© 2004 U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
I never in my life thought I'd for a moment wish that I lived near Wastington D.C., but it just happened.
Not yet anyway.
Someone needs to send them some medals to throw over the fence. You can never have enough symbolism.
Hmmmm? Have they checked out the front page of the Arts section of the NYT ..?? If not .. they might be surprised that the article there says: EVERY NETWORK SHOULD BE SHOWING STOLEN HONOR.
Helps explain why the unemployment number will never drop below 5 percent.
Those schmucks really need a good Freeping.
Or brains, for that matter.
Any D.C. Chapter member that can make it, please chime in.
I wonder whether they offer editing and proofreading services.
They don't have any affiliates in over 75% of America!
The protest from the left against Sinclair proves their desire for total control of all media.
When Robert Ehrlich was running for governor in Maryland, he used a helicopter owned (or leased) by Sinclair (or the family that owns it, I forget those details). The dems screamed bloody murder about "illegal contributions."
This is just more from the same playbook.
They don't have any affiliates in over 75% of America!
The protest from the left against Sinclair proves their desire for total control of all media.
When Robert Ehrlich was running for governor in Maryland, he used a helicopter owned (or leased) by Sinclair (or the family that owns it, I forget those details). The dems screamed bloody murder about "illegal contributions."
This is just more from the same playbook.
Damn, do any of these people go to work - ever??? Maybe they're coming to protest on their lunch hour. How about making out a check symbolizing how much they paid these freaks to come out and protest?
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