Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Sinclair CEO

Whines, lies, backtracks, lashes out at critics, babbles about the 1st amendment which he doesn't have the mental capacity to understand, etc...

...stock down 3.54% today. Clearly some plunge protection team stepped in to try to boost the stock before the close.

Compare what CEO "Me Likey the Hookers" Smith says and what Mark Hyman said recently:

HEMMER: Democrats also crying foul over the decision by Sinclair Broadcasting over a documentary attacking John Kerry on its stations just before the election. Question this morning: Is this news, or is it just propaganda?

Mark Hyman is the vice president for corporate relations for the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, and he is my guest now. And Mark, welcome. Good morning to you.

MARK HYMAN, SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP: Good morning, Bill. Thank you very much.

HEMMER: What's the motivation behind this airing now?

HYMAN: Well, this is definitely a newsworthy event. These Vietnam prisoners of war had suffered horrific abuse and unspeakable torture for many years. And they -- most of them maintained silence for 31 years and felt a need to respond to claims made by John Kerry.

They have only recently come forward and, as you may know, they've approached the broadcast networks who all said, "We're not interested in speaking to you folks." Nobody has earned a right to speak on the Vietnam experience more so than these men. There are a pair of Medal of Honor winners in this particular group. So, these folks have some standing.

Now, our goal here is to get John Kerry to sit down and talk with these guys, get a chance to tell them why he branded them as war criminals, why he accused them of committing wartime atrocities. These are questions...


Just to add, as we all know, Mark Hyman whose commentary is regularly forced on their affiliates is a liar. Kerry never branded them war criminals or accused them of committing wartime atrocities.