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Friday, January 07, 2005

BECAUSE ONE SIDED RHETORIC MAKES THE BABY JESUS CRY

Media Matters reports that, thanks to protests from patriots like you, office-supply giant Staples has decided to pull all its advertising from Sinclair-owned network news programs. The reason? "Continued misuse of public airwaves to air one-sided politically charged programming without a counterpoint" - specifically, Sinclair's nightly "news and commentary" segment titled "The Point," in which "Sinclair VP Mark Hyman consistently attacks prominent Democrats and ardently fellates supports President Bush.

[Hat tip Media Matters]