boycott sinclair broadcasting group

[glowbelly]

http://boycottsbg.com/

pretty impressive what they have done so far.

[El Blanco]

Ya, its pretty outrageous when a media personality uses his pull to push a politcal agenda.

[mburbank]

Owners and media personalities are two different things. And he's using control of the public airwaves to do it. The same guy who wouldn't let nightline read the names of the dead, not because it was too much against his personal agenda supppsoedly, but becuase it was 'too political'. The names of the dead? Too political. A full length documentary? News.

he wants to cover it on a typical chunk of the half hour evening news? Fine. But to pre-empt programming to air a documentary? That's abuse of his broadcasting liscence. ABC isn't running "Farenheit 911" on the bogus claim that the material on W's relationship with the Saudis makes it a news program.

[El Blanco]

So you're not supposed to use a public forum to push a political agenda?

Just out of curiosity, is it just ABC affiliates they pwn, or is there more?

[glowbelly]

more.

i have an idea. how about you read the link before you jump to conclusions about what this is all about.

i would be just as upset about this if the stations were being forced to show f9/11. it's just not right and is a total abuse of power.

[El Blanco]

I am reading it. He is just bitching and moaning because SBG told its affiliates to use its resources in a way it favors. And then he is counting sponsors.

[Zebra 3]

:/ - What I find strange is that the boycott site is posting a list of Sinclair's advertisers yet they're unwilling to name the ones who've decided to pull their ads (110 so far).