[Speed Gibson,
Friday October 22, 2004 at 1:08pm]
Sinclair Blinks
I just finished watching the Sinclair "broadcast" of Stolen Honor. They blinked. They used less than five minutes of it, less than three minutes if you exclude the well-known 1971 Senate testimony reminiscent of Genghis Khan. There were no paid ads, just program promos.
I can't say I was crazy about the idea to begin with. Sinclair is a holding company, not a news organization. Indeed, there were a number of factual errors on both sides.
I think those opposed had a point in asking why Sinclair was going out of its way to air this. But with Democrats, especially those having to look at widening polls, the response was to sue. Sinclair at least made this point fairly well, but this Caspar Milquetoast of a program isn't otherwise worth any further discussion.
I can't say I was crazy about the idea to begin with. Sinclair is a holding company, not a news organization. Indeed, there were a number of factual errors on both sides.
I think those opposed had a point in asking why Sinclair was going out of its way to air this. But with Democrats, especially those having to look at widening polls, the response was to sue. Sinclair at least made this point fairly well, but this Caspar Milquetoast of a program isn't otherwise worth any further discussion.