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The Sinclair group, which owns 173 television stations, is in the process of acquiring 42 more, and the New York Times doesn't like that.  It has run a hit piece claiming that Sinclair's local stations produce politically biased news – conservative news, that is – therefore making Sinclair unfit to own more of them. As Sinclair prepares to expand its stable of local TV stations with a proposed acquisition of Tribune Media  –  which would add 42 stations to Sinclair's 173  –  advocacy groups have shown concern about the size and reach the combined company would have. What "advocacy groups" would those be?  Have...

from the web: Kerry was droning about his opposition to ANWR at his OWN news conference. Hammond jumped up: HAMMOND: Senator Kerry, I'm Don Hammond from News Central. Can I ask you one question? KERRY: Excuse me? HAMMOND: Thank you very much. A great measure of a democracy also is letting people ask questions in forums such as this. KERRY: Everybody's going to ask their questions, you know, and you clearly have a loud voice and will be able to get your voice -- [laughter] HAMMOND: Thank you so much. And I know you shifted a little bit from ANWR...

ASHEVILLE - Television station WLOS-TV Channel 13 has received about 2,000 e-mails from both program supporters and protesters commenting on parent company Sinclair Broadcast Group's decision that its affiliates would broadcast "Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal." The program is expected to be critical of Sen. John Kerry's anti- Vietnam War activities and is set to air locally at 9 p.m. Oct. 22. Although Sinclair says the final format for the program hasn't been set yet, the company's decision has set off a nationwide debate. The letters, found in the station's public file, were sent from people around the mountains...