Sinclair screws over fired reporter

[quaoar]

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000673893

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The reporter, who was tapped by Sinclair last year to start the company's four-person Washington bureau, said he had a contract that ran through next August. Sinclair told him that he was fired for cause and would receive no severance and his benefits ended immediately, Leiberman said.

He added that Sinclair would not waive his noncompete agreement, which means he cannot work for a broadcast outlet in any market that has a Sinclair station.

Leiberman started with Sinclair in 2000 as a reporter for WBFF-TV in Baltimore, Sinclair's flagship station. He said late Monday, "I don't like not knowing where my next move will be and how I'm going to take care of my family."

He added: "I really feel like I can sleep at night and I can be OK with my decision" to criticize Sinclair publicly. ... I know I stood up for the principles of objectivity. In journalism, all we have is credibility and objectivity."

[aquart]

1. Sinclair stands for Vengeful Scum.

[shraby]

4. Well, du'ers, keep hammering on Sinclair

until they are out of business. They're scum of the first degree.

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. Possible new jobs

Press Secretary, FCC Commissioner...

[meganmonkey]

3. I wish we had a non-sinclair email to send him our regards

for what it's worth. but the only contact info i have seen is his SINclair feedback form. I filled it out for him the other day but somehow i doubt he ever saw it.

[eyesroll]

5. That noncompete's probably unenforceable

Sinclair's got stations in too many markets -- the noncompete might make it impossible for him to make a living, especially if it has a time limit of more than six months to a year. Courts haven't upheld noncompetes that significantly impair someone's ability to make a living in their field.

[Lord_StarFyre]

7. He should fly them the Finger

and say Sue Me.


Get their slimey, conservinazi asses in court, and let the shit start getting displayed for all the world to see...

Fuck Sinclair, and ANY Advertiser who continues to do business with them...

Including that LOUSY so-Called Pizza joint Papa Johns.

[bush equals idiot]

6. That guy has the valor America was built on.

Thank you sir.

[quaoar]

8. He ought to threaten

to file a civil RICO suit. If any organization is racketeer-influenced as well as corrupt, it's Sinclair.

[dave502d]

9. What they don't want him to eat.They ca goto hell.

[Darby]

10. This sounds like a job for...Johnie Cochran! Go get 'em!

Leiberman will have his pick of any high-profile attorney to represent him and kick Sinclair's butt BIG TIME.