Mediachannel challenges Sinclair for "discussion"

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My efforts were precipitated by the launch on December 13 of a nationwide campaign aimed at exposing the conservative slanting of Sinclair television news programming. The campaign was created by a coalition that includes our web site MediaChannel.org, along with Media Matters for America, MoveOn.org, Working Assets, Robert Greenwald (director of the film Outfoxed), Campaign for America's Future, Free Press, and AlterNet.

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Hyman responded "pointedly" -- if indirectly -- in an interview with Broadcasting and Cable magazine, "As soon as MoveOn.org allows me to use their email lists and post to their Web site, maybe then we will have a conversation," Hyman said.

"The largest owner of television stations in the country is now equating itself with an advocacy organization, rather than a media outlet," said Media Matters chief David Brock. " The real issue is that Sinclair Broadcast Group is abusing its stewardship of the public airwaves by not providing airtime for opposing viewpoints."

Since, unlike Moveon, MediaChannel is a media outlet, I decided to take Mark Hyman up on his offer to "have a conversation," and telephoned him in mid-December in hope of beginning a constructive dialogue. He returned the call late one night and left a message asking me to fax him the particulars of my proposal, which I did on December 21.

full article at
http://www.mediachannel.org/views/dissector/affalert323.shtml