Sinclair Sues Former D.C. Bureau Chief

[SOURCE: The Daily Record (MD), AUTHOR: Caryn Tamber]
Broadcasting giant Sinclair NewsCentral LLC is suing its former Washington bureau chief, whom the company fired last year after he publicly criticized Sinclair’s decision to tell its stations to run an anti–John Kerry documentary as a news story. In a lawsuit filed late last week in Baltimore County Circuit Court, Sinclair accuses Jonathan S. Leiberman of violating the terms of his contract by speaking about the inner workings of the company without permission and by working for other local news outlets after he was fired. Before he was fired, Leiberman was considered a rising star at Sinclair, and the Baltimore City Paper had named him best Baltimore TV reporter. But according to media reports, after he left, Leiberman criticized what he said were the company’s conservative leanings, saying that for months before his firing he had complained to his bosses of a right-leaning slant at Sinclair.
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