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Sinclair wimps out; activists claim victory
Date Created: Oct 25, 2004, 05:14 PM
The pressure apparently got to Sinclair Broadcasting. The company was going to air a documentary critical of Senator Kerry last week. When met with a public outcry, dropping stock prices, and the spectre of a consumer boycott of advertisers, the broadcast chain aired a news special instead. According to critics, the pieced ended up being balanced.
The damage may have already been done. Sinclair already had gained plenty of negative publicity and fired one of its top journalists because of the affair.
