Don't Stop Speaking Out Against Sinclair!

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It's a good guess that in the coming weeks, Leiberman's words, and his firing, will be forgotten. Especially now that Sinclair has chosen to run an hour long news show in place of Stolen Honor -- seemingly a concession. This is unfortunate, since there's no doubt Sinclair's show will be bias and its programming before and after will continue to reflect its ownership's political biases.

According to Media Matters for America, an organization that is threatening Sinclair with a shareholder lawsuit, an existing FCC rule has a provision for offering 'equal time' to candidates. Perhaps this clause was behind Sinclair's invitation to Kerry to respond to the documentary, an invitation Rosen thinks Kerry should have accepted. (Others have argued that if Kerry were to go on air to respond to the documentary, his presence would have served only to legitimize the documentary as a credible, alternate version of events.)

Whatever the case, the strongest legal arguments against Sinclair's overall behavior are being put forth by the Free Press, Media Matters for America, and others -- that Sinclair receives a license from the government to use public airwaves in the public interest, rather than in the interest of executives and shareholders. This is the thrust of the Citizen Complaint to the FCC written by the National Organization for Women, the Citizens for Media Literacy of North Carolina, Common Cause's letter writing campaign, and Concerts for Change's online petition.

The Free Press has compiled the most comprehensive index of information and action-based resources surrounding Sinclair. On the site you can find vital information: whether you live in a state where a Sinclair license is up for renewal, affiliate stations in your area, and access to all petitions. Media Matters offers a list of mutual and pension funds that invest in Sinclair. Meanwhile, the Daily Kos has created a Sinclair Resource Center, offering an encyclopedic volume of information on the Sinclair group and Disinfopedia has an entry on Carleton Sherwood, the producer of the documentary.

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