New York Times Says Sinclair in Trouble

NewsMax.com ^ | 10-19-04 | Jon E. Dougherty, NewsMax.com

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

This from the paper that gave Walter Duranty a Pulitzer for singing Stalin's praises - lies - over 30 million dead Russian citizens and the spread of soul-destroying communism, and the NY Times rolls on, accountable, parroted by the blind free reporters of the world.

[weegee]

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

The paper says local advertisers in Portland, Maine, Madison, Wis., Springfield, Ill., and Minneapolis, Minn. – not exactly bastions of conservatism – have pulled their ads from the local Sinclair-owned affiliates.

"I've decided I don't want to advertise on them," Adam Lee, the president of Lee Auto Malls, which owns 10 auto dealerships in Portland, Maine, told the Times. "It's a public trust. It seems they're abusing it. If it were a news show and they were really trying to do a fair and balanced story on both sides, that would be a different matter. I don't think they are. That's not their intention."

And that's the extent of the paper's examples. There are no other quotes from other businesses or advertisers who claim they are pulling ads, though the Times alleged "car dealers, furniture makers, supermarkets and restaurants" were among the disenfranchised advertisers.

[snip]

The Times article did not address why CBS continues to have anti-Bush newsman Dan Rather anchor its nightly news program.

[Christian4Bush]

The newswire says Sinclair will lose out on about $430,000 in revenue if it decides to forgo advertising altogether and pre-empt the entire 90-minute slot with the program

The Swift Boat Vets 527 could make a nice dent in this with their war chest. And steal another headline as well.

Wouldn't that be funny? The movie, "Stolen Honor", with commercials that are all from Move America Forward and the Swift Boat vets. Man, would I love to see that!

Seeing as how I live in Los Angeles, I'll just have to see the thoughts of the freepers when it airs.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Unholy Alliance

by David Horowitz
Hardcover - (September 2004) - $27.95

In this tour de force on the most important issue of our time, David Horowitz, confronts the paradox of how so many Americans, including the leadership of the Democratic Party, could turn against the War on Terror. He finds an answer in a political Left that shares a view of America as the “Great Satan” with America’s radical Islamic enemies. In a remarkable exploration of the “Mind of the Left,” Horowitz traces the evolution of American radicalism from its Communist past to its “anti-war” present. He then shows how this Left was able to turn the Democratic Party presidential campaign around and reshape its views on the War on Terror.

[ppaul]

While the Times admits the film could hurt Kerry's White House chances, especially in key swing states that are vital to his bid, the paper also claims airing the program could hurt Sinclair as much, if not more.

Reminds me of the third stanza of America the Beautiful:

O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife.
Who more than self the country loved.

The Sinclair executives who authorized the airing of this documentary are well aware that it could hurt them and that they would have the scorn of the leftist media leveled at them. Nevertheless, unlike the Blame America First internationalist elitists who have infected most of the mainstream media, the Sinclair group is sacrificing the fleeting acclaim of the elititists for love of country. May God bless America with more men of backbone and love of country.

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(And, from a purely pragmatic standpoint, the Sinclair executives have sense enough to understand that a Kerry victory will hurt American business across the board - including theirs.)

[ladyjane]

"The public airwaves should not be used by television executives to promote their partisan political agenda," Common Cause President Chellie Pingree told reporters in a telephone press conference.

WOW!

[Mo1]

Thanks for that list

[MistyCA]

I guess it's time to sell the stock conservatives hold in those companies who pull their ads.

[BJClinton]

Why don't we ask them?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[freakboy]

"I've decided I don't want to advertise on them," Adam Lee, the president of Lee Auto Malls, which owns 10 auto dealerships in Portland, Maine

Yet another public service by Sinclair: identifying advertisers who are on the wrong side of the issue.

Note to self: Don't buy a car at Lee Auto Malls.

[katdawg]

I hope it airs and can't wait to see it.

[Mich0127]

Wow....can someone tell that to CBS?

[verifythentrust]

There's so much publicity do we have to see the film? Anyone in the country will know what the scumbag, traitor did before the airing.

[Mich0127]

That says a lot!

[Mich0127]

The publicity and the stink the left is making over the film will make it hopefully more popular. Even better, it will remind voters of what a slime Kerry is!

[verifythentrust]

what you said

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

There's more. The Times admits that a number of left-leaning groups – including Common Cause, the Alliance for Better Campaigns, Media Access Project, Media for Democracy and the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ – are compiling a list of Sinclair advertisers, with plans to urge them to drop their advertising as well.

Commie groups all!

[Mich0127]

Here is my question: where is the ACLU for all of this?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

They are leftists and part of the Unholy alliance, anti american.........etc.

They consistantly attack those institutions that were once considered pillars of American Society.....especially the Churches.