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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Let’s get this guy a job

I’m sure you’re all aware of the latest Sinclair news:

BALTIMORE (AP)—Sinclair Broadcast fired its Washington bureau chief, saying he revealed company business when he discussed its upcoming program on a documentary critical of John Kerry’s anti-Vietnam War activities.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said in a statement late Monday that it fired reporter Jon Leiberman and that “we are disappointed that Jon’s political views caused him to violate company policy and speak to the press about company business.’’

In his initial remarks, published Monday by The (Baltimore) Sun, Leiberman called the Sinclair show “biased political propaganda, with clear intentions to sway this election.’’

But what can we do about it?

In the longstanding tradition of offering my readers only two choices, I propose that we:

(a) wait for the May 2005 C-SPAN symposium featuring senior editors from major dailies and all three non-android networks, “Should We Have Been More Skeptical of the Swift Boat Veterans”?

(b) begin suggesting new jobs in mass media that might be suitable for Jon Lieberman.  Dazzlingly alert reader T. C. from Oklahoma writes in to point out that the position of F.C.C. chairman might be nice.  Apparently, right now the post is being held by some discredited Cabinet official’s hapless kid.

However, other suggestions are welcome.  I hear the Washington Post could use a media analyst.

Posted by Michael on 10/19 at 10:02 AM
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