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JP,
Ah.. that’s what I was looking for (the full text).
I haven’t had time to go through it at all. I still believe that Sinclair Group are held to the same laws as any other corporation i.e. would not get a free ride by virtue of being in the broadcast industry. IMO the disbursements would be the cost of airtime (the loss of advertising revenue of the 250 stations due to pulling the scheduled programming ($$$$$)).

The DNC hardly has a monopoly on attempting to censor stuff they don’t like:

CNN reporting on RNC action against MoveOn ads:
"As a broadcaster licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, you have a responsibility to the viewing public, and to your licensing agency, to refrain from complicity in any illegal activity," said the RNC's chief counsel, Jill Holtzman Vogel, in a letter sent to about 250 stations Friday.
"Now that you have been apprised of the law, to prevent further violations of federal law, we urge you to remove these advertisements from your station's broadcast rotation."


Action against CBS
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Republican National Committee Friday asked CBS to allow a team of historians and friends of former President Ronald Reagan and his wife to review a miniseries about the couple before it airs.

Republicans have expressed concern that the miniseries, titled "The Reagans," may inaccurately portray the couple.

In a conference call with reporters, RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie said he sent the request to CBS Television President Leslie Moonves.

Gillespie said that if CBS denies the request, he will ask the network to run a note across the bottom of the screen every 10 minutes during the program's presentation informing viewers that the miniseries is not accurate
I believe the movie was dropped by CBS after the pressuring but not sure?