Sinclair Stations Won't Run "Nightline" Tribute (Ha Ha! BITE It, Koppel -- !)

PoynterOnline ^ | 4/29/04 | Staff

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

NewsBlues.com is reporting [no free link] that Sinclair Broadcast Group has ordered its ABC-affiliated stations not to carry tomorrow's "Nightline," which will air the names and photos of soldiers who have been killed in combat in Iraq.

Sinclair General Counsel Barry Faber tells the site: "We find it to be contrary to the public interest."

The boycott will affect eight ABC-affiliated Sinclair stations.

[McGavin999]

I was willing to give ABC the benefit of the doubt until I heard they did something like this during the Vietnam era. Add that to Tokoyo Ted's stated position on the war and I've decided this is a pretty sleazy stunt.

[American_Centurion]

I saw two in Salt Lake City, UT last year when I was visting.

[ZGuy]

Something must be wrong with you. The showing of a blurred image of a part of the trade center was offensive. Showing the names and photos now of those who are deceased is good journalism. ABC says so.

[Spok]

Did Koppel ever read the names and show pictures of the victims of 9-11? If not, I must question his motives. (sarcasm)

[hnorris]

Amazing! Nightline is still on tv?

[new cruelty]

What's this... Sinclair Stations won't Run "Nightline" Tribute? ... hmmph... I guess Ghandi will have to watch it on tivo when he gets home from work...

[moehoward]

Last time I was in Kansas City I filled up my rental car at one near the airport. GO DINO!!!

[Redbob]

"Succession time again?"

Perhaps you meant "secession?"

If so, I'm in favor of it.

[bigeasy_70118]

If the purpose was to honour the soldiers it might be a great thing.

I told my wife last night if Fox News were doing this, I'd have zero problem with it. I just don't trust the motives of ABC.

It's amazing how the big media is loathed.

[GOPJ]

Bump comment:

Let's return the "respect" Nightline gave to our dead troops.

How about getting some anti-homosexual Christian TV evangelist to read the names of gays who die of AIDS. We can even show their pictures, and maybe interview a few crying relatives.

Would the media see this as creepy? Tacky? Sick? Would they see it the way we see Nightline?

[namvetcav]

Didn't I hear that Koppel's dad had a radio program during WW2 and that Herman Goring paid money out of his own pocket if Koppel's dad read all the names of the American dead at the Normandy invasion? Koppel's dad attempted to make a similar deal with Tojo about Iwo Jima but they couldn't reach a agreement on price because Tojo thought the show ratings were actually much lower. Somebody should ask Ted if this is true.

[BushisTheMan]

Please thank them:

Corporate Headquarters
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
10706 Beaver Dam Road
Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030
410-568-1500 (Main Telephone)
410-568-1533 (Main Fax)

[Denver Ditdat]

Great idea. That would rupture a few blood vessels in liberal skulls, and send even more into fits of sputtering incoherence.

[eyespysomething]

oh no roflmao

[far sider]

Columbus, OH- WSYX

Channel 6 (WSYX) always runs Seinfeld at 11:30 and runs Nightline after. Maybe now I know why.

[ChinaThreat]

You are correct sir. Pardon my grammar. I am also a product of southern education :-) Just kidding. I travel a great deal, and I feel more at home in some foreign countries than i do in say.....oh.....Taxachussets.

[NCjim]

Exactly my first thought when I saw the headline...

[OldFriend]

Thank you thank you thank you for respecting the honor of those who died giving their last measure of service so that America may be free.

[lonevoice]

God Bless them-- In another time, the people wouldn't stand for Ted's treason for sweeps. In another time, Ted wouldn't dare pull this subversive stunt. May Ted Koppel learn the hard way that terrorists don't like him despite his appeasement.

ping for Southern patriotism

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

May Ted Koppel learn the hard way that terrorists don't like him despite his appeasement.

The VERY hard way. Amen. :)