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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

How to stop Sinclair

What we need to do to stop them. First the outline, then the specifics.

  1. Stop their revenue stream
    1. Boycott Sinclair
    1. Boycott advertisers
    1. Boycott ABC/NBC if they won't pull Sinclair's charter
  2. Protect yourself from damaging losses
    1. (i.e. the ones that the owners will incur when you take these steps)
    2. Sell all Sinclair stock
    3. Sell all funds which own Sinclair stock
    4. Speak to your broker to make sure they sell anything involving Sinclair
    5. Perhaps you want to play in the short market with Sinclair stock?
  3. Legislate, legislate, legislate
    1. Contact your senator, congressman, etc
    2. Contact your state government if you live in a Sinclair state
    3. contact the FCC
    Now how to get started ...
    The folks at boycottsbg.org have put together an informative list.
    • This page has a list of the advertisers and the email addresses
    • This page is the top 10 must email advertisers
    • This page has a nifty "Send all these douchebags this canned letter" button
      • (ed. This page is broken. Perhaps hacked? grassrootsnation.com is MIA)
    Then here are some other informative and useful links
    • Here is the petition you should sign to stop Sinclair
    • Here are institutional holders of Sinclair stock (including mutuals)
    • Here is a list of Sinclair stations
    • A wiki encyclopedia article on Sinclair
    Most importantly, send a letter to your representatives
    • I pre-wrote a letter. All you need to do is add your name and address and your congressman's name. (Super-duper important!!!)
    • Go to www.senate.gov or www.house.gov and find your representative and send a letter
    • Go to your state's website and send a letter to your governor and your local senator and assemblyman (I totally don't see this happening)


    Do it do it do it do it!! If you don't get involved, we will lose!

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