COUNTERPOINT EXTRA: HYMAN FIRES LIEBERMAN

As we noted yesterday in a Counterpoint extra, Sinclair's lead politics reporter Jon Lieberman openly criticized executives' (re: David Smith and Mark Hyman) decision to run "Stolen Honor" as "news." Today, he's out of a job, personally fired by Hyman himself.

In a move of Stalin-esque efficiency, the online archives for Lieberman's regular segment "Truth, Lies, and Red Tape" have already disappeared from the Newscentral.tv website, as has Lieberman's photo and bio.

We wish we could say we're surprised at this gutless (and possibly actionable) move by Hyman & Co., but it's sadly in keeping with everything we've come to know about the way they do business.

You can read about this, along with more information about Sinclair's stock continuing to auger in, at Salon.com. Here's the link:

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html

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