The Nation - Sinclair's Continued Charade
thenation.com
Despite the outcry from consumers, lawmakers, advertisers, press experts and media watchdog groups, SBG still airs a political attack show as "news" a week before the November 2004 election. (October 18, 2004)
Sinclair's News Central Provides Steady Diet of Pro-Bush, Anti-Progressive News Items
mediamatters.org
Analysis of programs in the two weeks following the 2004 presidential election suggests that this broadcast group regularly demeans progressives, in the guise of revealing neglected news. [Media Matters] (November 18, 2004)
The Nation - Orwellian Twist on the Campaign
thenation.com
Asserts that as George Orwell warned in his book 1984, the actions of Sinclair portray a chilling direction that the US media is headed in. (October 18, 2004)
Sleaze and Smear at Sinclair
dir.salon.com
To critics, it is no surprise that a conservative broadcaster who used his media empire to pay a personal penalty and a journalist who aired a baseless "exposé" on veterans are now a team intent on smearing John Kerry. [Salon] (October 22, 2004)
FAIR - Sinclair's Partisan Ploy Cries Out for Equal Time
fair.org
In an unprecedented move, Sinclair attempts to influence the 2004 presidential election by ordering its stations to preempt regular prime-time broadcasts to air an anti-John Kerry film. (October 12, 2004)
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