Discussion: Sinclair Allows Critical Ad To Run, But Airs Its Defense Before And After

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Sinclair Allows Critical Ad To Run, But Airs Its Defense Before And After Sinclair Allows Critical Ad To Run, But Airs Its Defense Before And After Back to article
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The spots preceding and following the ad make Sinclair look insecure and petty, IMHO.

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'zactly
before AND after , just to reinforce the paranoia
Kind of like telling an 8 year old “Don’t look in there”

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The spots preceding and following the ad just reinforce and underscore exactly that which Sinclair is trying to deny.

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Sin-clair : Domestic Terrorists .

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I wonder what the ad contract looks like. Because this sure sounds as if the ad has been embedded in Sinclair’s coverage rather than being run directly. And you don’t pay to have your ads played as part of a news story.

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The response to Sinclair is a little encouraging, but I think only sustained pressure or counter propaganda will blunt of effect of another Fox acting de facto as GOP-run news.
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Tell a child not to look and they always do…the sinclair viewers are captive children. Led to slaughter ! This move will muddy the waters unintentionally…The MUTE button will come in handy…

So be it…

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Orwell saw Sinclair coming a mile away.

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If they’d have allowed their local newsrooms the freedom to make disclaimers before and after the propaganda must-runs, I’d have a little more sympathy.

Nah, no I wouldn’t. Must place that call to the FCC today.

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All I can hear in my head is ol’ Br’er Rabbit.

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Now that’s how you do “political correctness”.

Can’t wait until liberal media starts flanking business and political ads with the “truth”.

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I hope I’m wrong, but this looks like an own goal for the anti-Sinclair forces.

To anyone dumb or low-information enough to buy the Sinclair line in the first place, this just gives them a veneer of high-mindedness, plus it calls attention to the original propaganda piece–and there’s no such thing as bad attention for your propaganda. AND it’s profitable for Sinclair: that ad wasn’t free. In Sinclair’s shoes, this is exactly what I’d have done, cackling all the way to the bank.

After all, it’s not like people watch a Sinclair channel specifically for its owners’ occasional mandatory editorializing on the late local news. 99.9% of the time, it’s just the local CBS or Fox station or whatever. Oh well.

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If there were still a Fairness Doctrine, Sinclair would owe Allied Progress two more spots.

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