Michael Moore Throws Down The Gauntlet to Sinclair
By Anthony Wade
We have already reported on the republican smear campaign planned by the Sinclair Group on Election Day Eve. Sinclair is run by bitterly partisan operatives who plan on running an anti-Kerry film about Vietnam to hurt his chances without providing any time to fairly respond. What is so slimy about this is Sinclair is demanding that all 62 media outlets they own pre-empt programming to show this tripe, for free. The FCC, run by the son of Colin Powell, ruled that they would not stop Sinclair. No surprise there.
The response was overwhelming against this tactic and we have already seen a mass phone and email campaign against the sponsors of Sinclair. The stock has already taken a hit, some sponsors have withdrawn and the American people are still keeping up the pressure. I had written an open plea to Michael Moore when this story first broke to try and see if he could respond and get Fahrenheit 911 on network TV as well, to counteract the Sinclair Group
