WHAT liberal media???

For those of you who persist in claiming that the media is liberally biased, I say HAH! One of your own has basically proven what we've been saying all along - the large media in this country panders to the right wing contenders. If the ongoing bruhaha around Sinclair's decision to pull the Nightline tribute doesn't at least get you thinking, then your brain is a shriveled husk and you're no threat to us anyway.

Just in case you don't get what I'm saying, here's Sinclair's non-political "reason" for pulling the show:
"appears to be motivated by a political agenda designed to undermine the efforts of the United States in Iraq.''

Hmmmm....because honoring those who've fallen during an effing useless, pointless, and unwarranted invasion of another country is considered subversive. Recognizing all those people who died FOR NO FUCKING REASON WHATSOEVER is 'undermining the efforts' of our oh-so-righteous (pun intended) administration. Whether or not I agree with the war or with our military machine mindset in general is NOT THE POINT! The point is that these people were told they had to serve their country in this way and they made a choice to honor their committment.

Need I also point out that at least SOMEONE is honoring their committments - especially since our self-serving, warmongering, corporate-owned government is doing everything they can to weasel out of what is owed veterans in one of the most SHAMEFUL displays of hypocrisy I could ever imagine.

Lest I not allow a voice from the other side to be heard, here's part of Sinclair's public statement (directly from their website: http://www.sbgi.net):
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"...While Sinclair would support an honest effort to honor the memory of these brave soldiers, we do not believe that is what "Nightline" is doing. Rather, Mr. Koppel and "Nightline" are hiding behind this so-called tribute in an effort to highlight only one aspect of the war effort and in doing so to influence public opinion against the military action in Iraq. Based on published reports, we are aware of the spouse of one soldier who died in Iraq who opposes the reading of her husband's name to oppose our military action. We suspect she is not alone in this viewpoint. As a result, we have decided to preempt the broadcast of "Nightline' this Friday on each of our stations which air ABC programming..."
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They go on with some drivel about why haven't the names of Americans killed in terror attacks since, and including, 9/11 been read but, as several Air America hosts so plainly said "THEY HAVE!!" On the one year anniversary of 9/11, Nightline (and other shows perhaps) ran the names & pictures of all the victims. So doesn't the Sinclair group watch TV? Or is their own broadcasting network too liberal for them?