There's a diary being lost in the shuffle that, imo, is important, also the kind of thing this community responds to most effectively.
Here's the link & two opening paragraphs. It's not a fast read but it's worth the time.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
You might remember near the height of the 2004 election, Sinclair broadcasting, which owns dozens of mid-market TV stations across the nation, chose to run a Bushie Infomercial/political hack piece and give the Swift Bobbleheads a whole hour to savage John Kerry with all manner of psycho-babble about the reasons behind Kerry's service in Vietnam
Jon Lieberman, who headed up their Washington Bureau, took umbrage to using the Bureau's reporters for such a blatant hit piece with no redeeming news value. He went public with his complaints after he got nowhere inside the corporation. He was fired. He moved on.... Or at least tried to
If you've got the time, read it.