Sinclair Broadcasting and Media Hypocrisy

As you probably know by now, Faithful Reader, Sinclair has instructed its 62 TV stations to broadcast the movie Stolen Honor sometime before election day.

Sinclair should be ashamed of itself for claiming that the broadcast would be news rather than a political statement. That's as disingenous as, say, Dan Rather 'fessing up to being unable to verify the authenticity of faked memos.

Those who claim that Sinclair is making an in-kind contribution to the Bush-Cheney campaign are right. They should also be claiming that CBS was making an in-kind contribution to the Kerry-Edwards campaign when they put Ben Barnes on the air with Dan Rather and the phony memos. And they should also be claiming that every time the broadcast networks have had the author of a Bush Bashing Book on their morning shows — while continuing to ignore best-selling books written by conservatives — was also an in-kind contribution to the Democrats.

That's exactly what they are.

P.S. Instapundit.com has a lengthy blog on this.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 10/12/04 09:16:49 PM
Categorized as Media.

Zell Smacks the Media

Zell Miller writes a great column at WaTi, today:

What if today's reporters had covered the Marines landing on Iwo Jima, a small island in the far away Pacific Ocean, in the same way they're covering the war in Iraq? Here's how it might have looked: ....

(Thanks, Big Trunk.)

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 10/12/04 05:52:24 PM
Categorized as Media.

Twelve Tribes of American Politics?

I don't know if I buy this, but it's interesting (ellipsis in original):

Judging from the amount of press coverage they get, you'd think the only religious groups in American politics were the religious right — and everyone else. In fact, a shrewd candidate needs to understand the idiocyncrasies and hot buttons of all Twelve Tribes of American Politics.

Unlike the more famous Twelve Tribes of Israel, these groups can all be located. Using data from the Pew Religion Forum and the Ray K Bliss Institute at University of Akron, Beliefnet has defined the religious groupings that make up our political landscape. The surveys were conducted in May 2004 and so show longterm trends rather than present day horse race preferences.

The biggest finding: The Religious Right and the Religious Left are almost exactly the same size. The former has had a much greater impact for the past 25 years largely because of superior organization and drive.

And now.... the Twelve Tribes of American Politics: ....

(Thanks, Steven.)

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 10/12/04 05:34:21 PM
Categorized as Political.

Online Conversion

No, not a religious site.

But very useful.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 10/12/04 07:42:55 AM
Categorized as Other.

Our Oldest Enemy

That would be France, according to John J. Miller & Mark Molesky.

Last week, their new book was excerpted in five parts at NRO:

• Our Oldest Enemy
• Revolting Ally
• French Resistance
• The Age of Terror
• Chirac Against America

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 10/12/04 07:33:21 AM
Categorized as International.