The evil Sinclair broadcasting group, the group that planned to run the entire anti-Kerry attack film on their TV stations around the country right before the election, has threatened to sue David Brock's MediaMatters AND they've threatened to sue ANYONE who JOINS MEDIA MATTERS EMAIL LIST!
Here's my favorite quote from Sinclair's release:
Although Sinclair respects the rights of these organizations to voice their opinions, we find inappropriate that their tactics include advocating their constituency to contact our advertisers in a blatant attempt to use economic pressure to censor the speech of Sinclair. Moreover, the continued misrepresentation of the facts surrounding any company's advertising practices regarding Sinclair stations constitutes "trade defamation" which would entitle Sinclair to seek damages in a court of law. Sinclair will aggressively pursue any organization or any individual which engages in such defamation, including individuals who lend their names to mass e-mail campaigns spreading such misinformation.Oh man. Make. My. Day.
Sinclair's threatening press release today.
David Brock's letter to Staples in response to Sinclair claiming that Staples never promised to quit advertising.
In response, join Media Matters email list and let's all get sued together!
PS Read through Brock's letter, you'll see that Media Matters has the goods on Staples - basically, Staples is now flip-flopping on their promise to drop Sinclair's news shows.
