Sinclair Broadcast Group -- which has drawn fire for it's Stolen Honor documentary -- is investigating a possible link to the Armstrong Williams scandal. Mr Williams admitted to taking $240,000 of taxpayer money to promote the "No Child Left Behind" act on his talk shows. During this time, Mr Williams also served as a news analyst for Sinclair Broadcast Group. The company has 62 television stations around the country.
The ranking member of the House Rules Committee has sent a letter to Sinclair -- and to TV One, another outfit on which Mr Williams has appeared. Rep Louise Slaughter (D-NY) demands that both fire Mr Williams immediately.
TV One says it's show with Mr Williams, "On Point," would be put on hiatus.
Sinclair promises an investigation. Chief Counsel Barry Faber says it's believed that Mr Williams interviewed Education Secretary Rodney Paige about "No Child Left Behind" while at Sinclair. A producer who worked at Sinclair at the time tells Watching Washington he clearly remembers working on that particular show.
Mr. Williams' newspaper column is all but dead at this point. His distributor, Tribune Media Services, fired him after the USA Today story of the scandal broke. An informal phone poll by Editor & Publisher, a newspaper trade journal, had all the papers they contacted saying they would no longer carry Mr Williams through any distributor. (Hollywood Reporter via Reuters)
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