Sinclair Broadcasting has no shame

Writes the Washington Monthly:

Remember Sinclair, the conservative TV chain that refused to air the Nightline segment in which Ted Koppel recited the names of the war dead in Iraq? Guess what they're up to now?

Sinclair has told its stations - many of them in political swing states such as Ohio and Florida - to air 'Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal,' sources said. The film, funded by Pennsylvania veterans and produced by a veteran and former Washington Times reporter, features former POWs accusing Kerry - a decorated Navy veteran turned war protester - of worsening their ordeal by prolonging the war. Sinclair will preempt regular prime-time programming from the networks to show the film, which may be classified as news programming, according to TV executives familiar with the plan.

The kicker? Sinclair is considering labeling the braodcast as "news." That would be like airing Michael Moore's "Farenheit 9/11" the day before the election in prime time and saying it's "news programming." It's not. It's propaganda.

Follow the links on WM's post to contact your local Sinclair station (in the Twin Cities, it's WB23) and let them know you won't stand for such crass manipulation... nor will you watch their programming.