The so-called liberal media, again
Oct. 12th, 2004 05:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceebeegeeFrom Yahoo! News:
After the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Smiths' company, Sinclair Broadcasting Group Inc., ordered its local anchors to read editorials backing the administration against al Qaeda. [Note: Obviously I have no problem with the ideological bent, just the political one.]
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In the four days since the Los Angeles Times disclosed that Sinclair has told its stations to preempt regular programming and air "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," by former Washington Times reporter and Vietnam veteran Carlton Sherwood, industry executives have said they cannot think of a precedent involving a major television chain.
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But Heritage Foundation media analyst Mark Tapscott called it a free speech issue, saying: "Why are we even thinking about limiting what a media organization can publish? There are lots of things in the world that are unfair." [It is not a Free Speech issue, asshole. No one's saying YOU can't say it--on your own dime. You're free to print up a newspaper, buy a website, shout it from the street. But you're getting the use of the airwaves FOR FREE--the public airwaves that belong to all of us--and with that gift goes the expectation of fairness and responsibility to the public trust. And if you're so concerned about freedom of speech, why are you forcing your journalists to toe the line? Jeez, no wonder this guy is pushingpushinpushing for less government--because the less the FREE airwaves are regulated, the less accountability.]
and this:
Mark E. Hyman, the company vice president who went to Iraq in search of uplifting news, is an unabashed Bush supporter and Republican Party donor who delivers a daily commentary on Sinclair stations. He told viewers last month that Kerry had enlisted in the Navy to avoid the draft...
Wait--he enlisted to avoid the draft? Doesn't that sound a bit...counter-productive? *whisper* Dude--Kerry served in Vietnam. Bush is the one who tried to avoid the draft. Does this guy even realize how rabid he sounds? His diatribes should at least make sense.
Sigh. Report the facts, please. We're all adults--don't try to teach me, or talk down to me, or tell me what to think, especially not on the FREE airwaves.
After the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Smiths' company, Sinclair Broadcasting Group Inc., ordered its local anchors to read editorials backing the administration against al Qaeda. [Note: Obviously I have no problem with the ideological bent, just the political one.]
...
In the four days since the Los Angeles Times disclosed that Sinclair has told its stations to preempt regular programming and air "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," by former Washington Times reporter and Vietnam veteran Carlton Sherwood, industry executives have said they cannot think of a precedent involving a major television chain.
...
But Heritage Foundation media analyst Mark Tapscott called it a free speech issue, saying: "Why are we even thinking about limiting what a media organization can publish? There are lots of things in the world that are unfair." [It is not a Free Speech issue, asshole. No one's saying YOU can't say it--on your own dime. You're free to print up a newspaper, buy a website, shout it from the street. But you're getting the use of the airwaves FOR FREE--the public airwaves that belong to all of us--and with that gift goes the expectation of fairness and responsibility to the public trust. And if you're so concerned about freedom of speech, why are you forcing your journalists to toe the line? Jeez, no wonder this guy is pushingpushinpushing for less government--because the less the FREE airwaves are regulated, the less accountability.]
and this:
Mark E. Hyman, the company vice president who went to Iraq in search of uplifting news, is an unabashed Bush supporter and Republican Party donor who delivers a daily commentary on Sinclair stations. He told viewers last month that Kerry had enlisted in the Navy to avoid the draft...
Wait--he enlisted to avoid the draft? Doesn't that sound a bit...counter-productive? *whisper* Dude--Kerry served in Vietnam. Bush is the one who tried to avoid the draft. Does this guy even realize how rabid he sounds? His diatribes should at least make sense.
Sigh. Report the facts, please. We're all adults--don't try to teach me, or talk down to me, or tell me what to think, especially not on the FREE airwaves.
