Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Sinclair Broadcast flap - further update

Bink, at Daily Kos, posts some incredible stuff about Sinclair Group's Mark Hyman:

Wow, this guy is a major scumbag.

On CNN just now, he said that John Kerry and the Democrats are like "Holocaust Deniers." Then he said that, if the broadcast of anti-Kerry programs on Sinclair stations is an "in-kind donation to George Bush," then "every suicide bomb that goes off in Iraq is an in-kind donation to John Kerry."


I can't verify the quote, but two other commenters offer:

this was actually the SECOND time this same guy used the "holocaust deniers" comparison on air on CNN. He was on Newsnight last night with A. Brown and I couldnt believe what he was saying... apparently no one told him in the last 12 hrs to drop that line...

by End of Shrub on Tue Oct 12th, 2004 at 18:07:12 GMT

I saw Hyman last night on Aaron Brown and he made the same charge that a bomb going off in Iraq is anti-Bush. Then I can only suggest that he forbid his stations from reporting bomb blasts in Iraq.

by DemInGeorgia on Tue Oct 12th, 2004 at 18:12:24 GMT

What a nimrod. But, okay, the war in Iraq - Bush's war - is an advertisement to vote for Kerry. I'm not surprised they don't want to show it to us.


Sinclair's web based news, News Central, offers a bio of Mark Hyman. There's also a web poll to send your vote on whether the "documentary" should be aired on Sinclair stations. It's currently running at 37% yes to 63% no. (That's also on News Central's home page.) Here's a link to send comments to Sinclair Broadcast Group (offered on News Central's home page).

Update 1:00pm: The quote has been confirmed, and further updates are offered here.

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