MODEPosted on 10/12/2004 10:19:45 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Linda Vester is currentlly interviewing Chad Clanton, described as a 'senior Kerry campaign advisor.'
Discussing the plans of the Sinclair broadcasting group to air "Stolen Honor," the documentary about Kerry's Vietnam war service, Clanton stated:
"They [Sinclair] better hope that we're not elected."
Vester immediately asked if that was intended as a threat to Sinclair that a Kerry administration would not renew their broadcast licenses. Clanton tried to back off, but the threat was unmistakable.
These people are thugs.
Did you hear the Quadripalegic that called Rush this morning? He wasn't happy with Edwards claiming this.
SKerry.
Television Week
August 2, 2004 ... President Bush has made no secret of his support for media ownership deregulation-something Sen. Kerry and running mate Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., have opposed. So at first blush, a Democratic Federal Communications Commission would be expected to be less amenable to additional deregulation. But some key lobbyists believe the FCC will leave the regulations alone no matter who prevails at the polls, because the effort by the FCC's Republican commissioners to deregulate last year was met by an unprecedented roar of disapproval-and bipartisan opposition in both houses of Congress. ''Who at the FCC is going to have the stomach for that?'' one source said.
...
Whoever wins the White House will select commissioners from his political party as the majority on the five-member panel, and will control the agency's chairmanship. So if Sen. Kerry is elected, Democrats will have a clear shot to put their stamp on FCC policy.
If Democratic Commissioner Michael Copps were promoted to the chairmanship, lobbyists predict that the crackdown on indecency would be particularly harsh. While President Bush's Republican FCC has beefed up its efforts to fine stations for indecency violations, Mr. Copps has made it no secret that he believes the agency should take away broadcast licenses for particularly egregious indecency violations. Sen. Kerry voted for legislation to crack down on indecency.
Under the gun from Congress, the FCC just last week launched an inquiry to consider extending its crackdown to violent programming-whether it appears on broadcast, cable or satellite TV. Mr. Copps has been a particularly vehement critic of TV violence. If Mr. Copps were named chairman, some lobbyists predict he would try to extend indecency prohibitions to cable, which is currently exempt from broadcast restrictions. Giving the issue a bipartisan flavor, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has also warned that Congress may extend the crackdown to cable.
Chutzpah = hearing this reported on NPR.
Yeah I saw that. WBFF, home of Captain Chesapeake!
EYE POPPING picture of SKerry's daughter showing boobs and thong posted at this website http://www.25thaviation.org/johnkerry/ A MUST GO SEE!
HA! and the media bashes the Bush daughters?
btw, This Copps cretin is a RAT.
Copps came to Washington in 1970, joining the staff of Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC) and serving for over a dozen years as Chief of Staff.
http://www.fcc.gov/commissioners/copps/
Sounds like a typical Pittsburgh city ward pol -- "we'll make you damn sorry".
I did hear that. A very courageous man.
I hear you. Where was this idijot when See BS had the dan blather memogate or the Bush is bringing back the draft? Typical RAT BS before elections.
Can we say...."Lamppost Dance"?
Could you clarify? Are you saying that NPR has reported this?
Nah, they could have responded with just about anything. Such as an hours worth of carville foaming at the mouth.
NPR will report what J. F'nn Kerry tells them to report.
Nothing more!
Here's a note from Sinclair's website. Note email address to voice your support.
"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"
Trust me...we ALL hope you don't win, you fascist thugs.
Kedwards people are nuts.
The heavy-handed, blatant, unabashed, unequivocal, unmistakable nature of the threat, uttered on live national TV, was absolutely breathtaking. Either this guy is a loose cannon who will fired by sundown, or the Kerry campaign is a criminal enterprise.
MODE
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