# That Darn Liberal Media! (Sinclair)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-darn-liberal-media-sinclair/268486>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 10, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-darn-liberal-media-sinclair/268486 "2004-10-10T17:42:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-darn-liberal-media-sinclair/268486/61 "2004-10-16T01:15:29Z")

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I’m bumping this because I think I have the antivenin to the Sinclair poison: Bill Clinton must rise from his recovery bed 15 minutes before ''Stolen Honor…" is scheduled to air, to read his last will and testament. Or to tell us all what _really_ happened between him and Monica. Or to read the directions for assembling a MARKöR entertainment shelving unit from Ikea. He could read almost anything and I bet TV stations would all cut away from ''Stolen Honor".

How do I get in touch with the Kerry campaign? 😃

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-darn-liberal-media-sinclair/268486/62 "2004-10-16T19:22:14Z")

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The Sinclair station in my area is a Fox affiliate and I think it’s hilarious that Stolen Honor will be trumped by the World Series if the two overlap.

Baseball, making the world a safer place for democracy.

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**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-darn-liberal-media-sinclair/268486/63 "2004-10-16T19:35:02Z")

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Let’s see:

-Sinclair’s entire business strategy for the future appears to rely on Bush winning this season so he can push through FCC regulations that will allow them to buy out enough local markets to win via monopoly what they can’t via the free market  
-Sinclair gets other quid pro-quo from the Bush administration in the form of, what else, special military services contracts for special people  
-Sinclair is one of the most rabidly right-wing corporations in the nation  
-the documentary is made by a devoted Moonie disciple  
-Sinclair has never broadcast a documentary before in this manner  
-Sinclair almost never demands that regular programming be pre-empted for such events  
-Sinclair is asking its local stations to broadcast the event without any advertising support whatsoever: not exactly a run-of-the-mill business decision  
-Even die-hard Republican media watchers think this is an unprecedented stab in to partisan use of the public airwaves

Yep, looks like solid, honest journalism at work to me.

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