SINCLAIR BOLDLY (AND FOOLISHLY) GOING WHERE NO MEDIA COMPANY HAS GONE

Risks Seen for TV Chain Showing Film About Kerry.

Sinclair is alienating not only Democratic and other fair-minded viewers, but advertisers, consumer and media watchdog groups, analysts and investors.

They better hope like hell that John Kerry doesn't win. And even if Bush does, he'll have a hard time meting out their "reward" of further deregulation -- it would smack too much of "payback."