Last month Media for Democracy members joined in a nationwide campaign to urge Sinclair Broadcast Group to offer a "Counterpoint" to the partisan conservative politics of its nightly newscasts. As a result, the office supply retailer Staples has decided to yank its advertising from Sinclair's 62 TV stations nationwide. Staples, Inc. attributed its decision in part to the thousands of letters of concern the company received from members of our coalition. For more info, visit the SinclairAction.com website, a project of Media Matters for America, MediaChannel.org, Media for Democracy, MoveOn.org, Working Assets, Robert Greenwald Campaign for America's Future, Free Press, and AlterNet.
Media Citizen post[,,,] Abbie Hoffman's brother [...] is encouraging others to buy Staples stock and products as a result of their decision to pull advertising from Sinclair Broadcast Group's news programs [...] I encourage others to follow Jack's advice. While Staples has yet to pull all of its advertising from Sinclair stations, this is a step in the right direction.
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