the politics of sinclair broadcast group
This whoe mess with their refusal to broadcast Nightline tonight got me interested into what's going on there. It seems pretty obvious to me that they are censoring the news because they don't want the president to receive any more bad rap than he already is. It didn't take me long to find some evidence of that theory.
Searching the employer fies at Open Secrets for "Sincair Broadcast" I found a list of donations made by employees of that group, and at a glance it appears that a good 90% of them in the 2000, 2002, and 2004 election cycles have been made to Republican candidates and Republican groups (auch as the RNC).
Though SBG President and CEO David Smith seems to spread his money around to every candidate, Vice President Frederick Smith has given tens of thousands of dollars to Republicans and barely any to Democrats. Vice President and Secretary Duncan Smith has also donated to mostly Republican causes. Furthermore, the Sinclair Boradcast Group PAC contributed $14,600 in the 2000 election cycle, 99% of that money to Republican candidates (including the maximum allowable by law $5000 to George W. Bush). In 2002, the PAC contributed $11,000 to exclusively Republican candidates.
This, of course, adds fuel to the fire as to whose actions are politically motivated. The top three executives of SBG are highly vested in President Bush and have donated as much as is legal possible to him.
Searching the employer fies at Open Secrets for "Sincair Broadcast" I found a list of donations made by employees of that group, and at a glance it appears that a good 90% of them in the 2000, 2002, and 2004 election cycles have been made to Republican candidates and Republican groups (auch as the RNC).
Though SBG President and CEO David Smith seems to spread his money around to every candidate, Vice President Frederick Smith has given tens of thousands of dollars to Republicans and barely any to Democrats. Vice President and Secretary Duncan Smith has also donated to mostly Republican causes. Furthermore, the Sinclair Boradcast Group PAC contributed $14,600 in the 2000 election cycle, 99% of that money to Republican candidates (including the maximum allowable by law $5000 to George W. Bush). In 2002, the PAC contributed $11,000 to exclusively Republican candidates.
This, of course, adds fuel to the fire as to whose actions are politically motivated. The top three executives of SBG are highly vested in President Bush and have donated as much as is legal possible to him.
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