Posted
11:06 AM
by Gene
7 ABC affiliates ORDERED not to air 'Nightline' [Emphasis mine]
Bias? WHAT bias?
And here's THE REAL REASON they DID IT:
According to campaign finance records, four of Sinclair's top executives each have given the maximum campaign contribution of $2,000 to the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign.
The executives have not given any donations to the campaign of Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee, the records showed.
DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO TURN THIS INTO A J'ACCUSE. (An UNBYLINED J'ACCUSE, of course.)
It would be nice, I'll admit, if these companies would occasionally exercise their RIGHT of preemption to cut back on TV sleaze. Just occasionally.
UPDATE: TimeWarnerBADCableNews.com has dropped the ORDERED business for OUR FAVORITE DEMO -- REPUBLICAN, SEN. McCAIN, but the damage is done. This blatantly partisan handling of the story is a template for a disreputable BIZ.