Feeling the heat, Sinclair engages in some blatant intimidation:

Although Sinclair respects the rights of these organizations to voice their opinions, we find inappropriate that their tactics include advocating their constituency to contact our advertisers in a blatant attempt to use economic pressure to censor the speech of Sinclair. Moreover, the continued misrepresentation of the facts surrounding any company's advertising practices regarding Sinclair stations constitutes "trade defamation" which would entitle Sinclair to seek damages in a court of law. Sinclair will aggressively pursue any organization or any individual which engages in such defamation, including individuals who lend their names to mass e-mail campaigns spreading such misinformation.

I've made clear my stance on libel law here before. Let's try a little experiment: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP EATS BABIES. LOTS OF BABIES. ALL THE TIME. ALSO, DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH THEM OR THEIR BABY-EATING COHORT. Anyone want to join the experiment?