UPDATE

Earlier this week, it was reported that Sinclair Broadcasting apparently backed down and decided not to run its anti-Kerry documentary. Let's read between the lines, shall we?

- "…only portions of the movie in an hour-long special scheduled for Friday" (Washington Post)
- “Sinclair Modifies Airing Kerry War Record Attack” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- “Sinclair Broadcast Group, facing increasing pressure from shareholders and advertisers over its plans to broadcast a documentary critical of John Kerry's antiwar activities more than 30 years ago, said yesterday it would not show the film in its entirety.” (New York Times)
- “The Burger King Company announced that it would pull all its commercials from Sinclair stations all day on the date the program is broadcast.” (New York Times)

So it seems that the ones who originally intended to manipulate us have actually manipulated us into thinking we’re not being manipulated… whoa, dude.

And I’d also like to point out that even Burger King, home of the Whopper… and, yes, I capitalized Whopper… is taking a stand on this issue. It’s as if they’re saying, “Have it your way, Sinclair, but we ain’t gonna put extra pickles on this burger!”