Mark E. Hyman
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Mark E. Hyman (born January 6, 1958) is the Vice President for Corporate Relations for Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest chain of local television stations in the United States.
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[edit] Background
Is a 1981 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a CAPT. in the USNR. Married with 4 children.
[edit] Career
Beginning in 2001, he created conservative editorial segments that are broadcast on all 62 of the group's stations, which are called The Point.
On November 2, 2006, after more than 5 years and 2,000 daily commentaries, he announced that he plans to drop his daily commentary, known as The Point, at the end of the month, citing a desire to spend more time with his four children.[1] The final commentary aired on November 30.
[edit] Controversies
Controversy over Hyman began after the September 11 attacks, when he attacked some journalists and news agencies - such as National Public Radio, the New York Times, and CNN - as "aiding and abetting the enemy" when they reported on civilians accidentally killed during the U.S. attack on Afghanistan. (In the U.S. Constitution, these are the exact words used to define treason).
He later used the phrase cheese-eating surrender monkeys to describe the French in one of his editorials. Other notable slurs include calling war protesters "whack-jobs" and "communists."
In late 2004, he took heavy criticism for the firing of Jon Lieberman, Sinclair's Washington bureau chief and reporter, following the latter's public criticism of Sinclair's announced plan to air the controversial anti-Kerry film Stolen Honor as a news program in prime time on all of its stations.
Hyman called Lieberman a "disgruntled employee" and said the firing was because Lieberman had "[spoken] to the press about company business." Lieberman pointed to the fact that Sinclair had previously been pleased enough with him as an employee to promote him, and attributed his firing to his criticism of Sinclair's Stolen Honor plan, a plan he claims originated with Hyman.
On August 30, Hyman claimed that Social Security discriminates against minorities; in fact, some minorities have longer life expectancies after retirement than whites[2]. Even though some minorities may have longer life expectancies than whites, the vast majority of minorities in the United States do in fact have shorter life expectancy than their caucasian counterparts. As all US workers must pay into the Social Security System, Hyman's point on this topic was, indeed, valid.
He also claimed spouses who worked for less than 10 years because they "gave up [their] career in order to raise a family... get diddly-squat"[3]. In fact, married Social Security recipients are eligible for all the benefits that they have earned for themselves, and, in addition, if those benefits are less than half of what their spouse receives, they also receive spousal benefits that increase their overall benefits to an amount equal to half their partner's benefit, plus survivor benefits.[4]
[edit] Personal Life
Mark Hyman is married with four children. He currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
[edit] External links
- One-sided "The Point" - Media Matters examines the daily one-minute editorial by Hyman (with video)
- The CounterPoint - weblog that regularly countered the Sinclair VP's daily on-air editorial
- "Mark Hyman..." by Bob Fitrakis - article describing the former Naval Intelligence Officer's ongoing CIA ties.
- Another Outing? Sinclair TV's Bush Propagandist Mark Hyman Suddenly Quits
Mr. Hyman lives in Annapolis, MD.
