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OGShocker
10-11-2004, 01:56 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic Party and 18 senators are objecting to a broadcasting company's plan to air on 62 TV stations a critical documentary about John Kerry's anti-war activities after he returned home from Vietnam three decades ago.
Sinclair Broadcast Group has asked its television stations - many of them in competitive states in the presidential election - to pre-empt regular programming to run the documentary as part of an hourlong program two weeks before the Nov. 2 election.
Based near Baltimore, the company owns or manages affiliates of major broadcast networks in several states, including Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania.
Mark Hyman, a vice president of corporate relations for Sinclair who also is a conservative commentator for the company, said Monday the show would contain some or all of the 42-minute film as well as a panel discussion of some sort. He said final details had not been worked out.
The documentary, called "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," chronicles Kerry's 1971 testimony before Congress and links him to activist and actress Jane Fonda. It includes interviews with Vietnam prisoners of war and their wives who claim that Kerry's testimony - filled with "lurid fantasies of butchery in Vietnam" on the part of U.S. troops - demeaned them and led their captors to hold them longer.
The Democratic National Committee planned to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday contending that Sinclair's airing of the film should be considered an illegal in-kind contribution to President Bush's campaign. Also, 18 Democratic senators sent a letter to the Federal Communication Commission asking that it investigate whether Sinclair's plan was an improper use of public airwaves.
However, Sinclair's Hyman said, "The documentary is just a part of a special news event that we're putting together. We've invited one person to be a guest. That's Senator John Kerry." The company posted a note on its Web site Monday afternoon urging people to call Kerry's headquarters to urge his participation.
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From Sinclair's website
We welcome your comments regarding the upcoming special news event featuring the topic of Americans held as prisoners of war in Vietnam. The program has not been videotaped and the exact format of this unscripted event has not been finalized. Characterizations regarding the content are premature and are based on ill-informed sources.
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry has been invited to participate. You can urge him to appear by calling his Washington, D.C. campaign headquarters at (202) 712-3000.
if you would like to make further comments on this matter, you may do so at:
comments@sbgi.net

Steve 1
10-11-2004, 04:55 PM
That's funny what about Moorons tripe Crock u mentry lie and cBS with the forged documents on prime time No less slandering Bush ;where is that mentioned?? The Rats are braindead !!

MagicMtnDan
10-11-2004, 05:34 PM
It's a start (and I'm very happy about it) but nothing will ever come close to the "documentary (PROPAGANDA) film" that anti-American pig M. Moore released this summer and has now released on DVD (he passed up a chance at an Academy Award in order to get more anti-Bush traction and MAKE MORE MONEY.
I hope this program is shown in every major market in the US.

058
10-11-2004, 06:29 PM
Freedom of speach???? Indeed. Just another fine example of the hypocracy of the DemocRAT party. They beleive in free speach as long as its what they want to hear.