I’ve received a slew of emails over the last twenty four hours asking about the status of the Sinclair situation, and where things stand. I would refer people to the update put up yesterday on the Sinclair boycott site, which gives a good sense of where things are.
Put simply, this isn’t over. Not even close.
Sinclair made a largely cosmetic retreat. They won’t show ‘Stolen Honor’ in its entirety — only, presumably, the most inflammatory parts, along with some padding whining about media bias.
Despite the fact that they’ve moved the program to Friday and later in the evening, they’re still forcing most of their stations to turn over an hour of the airwaves to what seems certain to be an hourlong anti-Kerry smear just before the election.
Unfortunately, I sense they have fooled many into thinking they’ve backed down. But they haven’t.
Anybody who is concerned about this should not be lulled into a sense that Sinclair isn’t still using its control of the airwaves in many households throughout the country to game the election. To see what more you can do head back to the Sinclair Boycott website.
