Feckless Conservative Cabal

or FCC for short. Confirming my prediction, the FCC announced today that it would not interfere with Sinclair Broadcasting Group's plan to force its affiliates to air a 1-hour anti-Kerry propaganda piece.

But what did you expect from Colin Powel's brother Michael? As he so eloquently put it: "Don't look to us to block the airing of a program."

I suppose we also shouldn't look to the FCC to prevent media concentration, to guarantee public interest programming, to investigate conflicts of interest, and to prevent illegal campaign advertising. But when it comes to handing out fines for attempts "to titilate", well, Michael is our boy.

As I said before, the only way to beat Sinclair is for individuals to call local advertisers of Sinclair stations. This seems to be working already: here is one success story. Once again, if you want to get involved, go to this database and contact local advertisers, politely informing them that you will boycott their products unless they pull their ads from the Sinclair affiliate.