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The lead story - should get some visibility.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/101904_nw_stolenhonor.html
Anti-Kerry Film Showing Canceled
October 19, 2004 — The Big Story on Action News is a politically motivated film furor Tuesday night in Jenkintown. Supporters of George Bush and John Kerry went nose to nose Tuesday night in Montgomery County, and neither side had any intention of backing down. Nerves are fraying at the edges, and there are still two weeks before Election Day.
The emotion of this politically charged presidential election got the best of some people. People who came out to see the anti-Kerry film, "Stolen Honor" were already upset that management of the Baederwood Theater cancelled the showing after threats of civil disturbances. Ultimately the anger reached a higher level when Bush supporters clashed with Kerry supporters.
Dan Sweeney/SOMERTON:
"Did you see what he said in the senate? Did you see that?"
Bill Perry/LEVITOWN, PENNSYLVANIA:
"If you'd shut your mouth we wouldn't be arguing (slur)."
Sweeney: "What (slur)?"
Perry: "Give yourself a try. Come on. Hey. Hey. Hey coolaid."
Abington police had to move in several times to keep ardent Kerry and Bush supporters from coming to blows. This after the documentary "Stolen Honor" which was to debut to a sellout crowd of 600 people was cancelled."
Joanne Dalbey/WARRINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA:
"It denied me the right as an American citizen to see a movie that every American should have the right to see."
Ryan Sweeney/SOMERTON:
"I think it's terrible, I think it's ridiculous that they're gonna shut this down and at the same time they're gonna show Michael Moore the day before the election."
The producer of the film blames Kerry operatives for shutting down the showing of the film.
Carlton Sherwood/FILM PRODUCER:
"The underhanded coercion and intimidation tactics of John Kerry, here's my reaction, what is John Kerry so afraid of with this documentary?"
Kerry supporters were pleased the showing of the film had been cancelled.
Bob Fields/READING, PENNSYLVANIA:
"We don't believe it's an honest movie. Doesn't honestly state the positions of what he did."
"Have You Seen The Movie?"
"No, I don't I have not." Once again, police had their hands full...
"Go back to Hollywood and Michael Moore, go ahead."
"I live In Levittown fool. I'll stay here as long as I want to."
"You think so?"
"I know so."
"You gotta get a lot more weight to keep up with me son."
"You think so?"
"Yeah, I'll knock you right on your butt pal."
Incidentally the Kerry campaign claims they hadn't anything to do with the movie not being shown here. Refunds were given to those who had bought tickets and the producers gave out DVD copies of the film for them to watch at home.
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Thats good becasue the more fuss they make the more pepople are gonna want to watch to see just what all the fuss is about....
If Kerry is so PROUD of his Anti-vietnam activity PROUD that he stood up for what he believed in then why is he afraid now... The MSM gave him a pass never uttered a question one and now that he has assumed an anti-war stance as the candidate for President I think it is imperative that America see exactly what John Kerry means when he says he is reporting for duty....
At the last minute, Sinclair Broadcasting has reshuffled the broadcast schedule for their program on "Stolen Honor" and now call it "A POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media". The new schedule and content of the program is described in the Sinclair press release shown in the post below:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1250402/posts
By Jon Friedman, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 6:11 PM ET Oct. 19, 2004
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Sinclair Broadcasting Group fell further Tuesday and hit a 3 1/2-year low in the wake of a the television station owner's controversial decision to run a film critical of Sen. John Kerry's military service.
Sinclair shares have dropped about 15 percent since just over a week ago, when the company said its 62 television stations would show the documentary, "Stolen Hours," from Oct. 21-24.
The company's stations reach about 24 percent of the U.S. households that have television sets.
Sinclair's stock (SBGI: news, chart, profile) declined 29 cents to $6.17 by the close of trading.
Sinclair has come under pressure to provide equal time on its stations to allow the Kerry campaign to rebut the film's main charges.
Glickenhaus & Co., a Wall Street firm with clients who own about 6,100 shares of Sinclair stock, sent a protest letter to Sinclair Chief Executive David Smith and the company's board of directors.
Glickenhaus general partner Jim Glickenhaus, whose firm has about $1 billion in assets under management, said, "Let there be a rebuttal, so no one can accuse you of taking a position."
"Simply, as a fiduciary matter, we have to protect our shareholders," Glickenhaus said. "This has nothing to do with politics."
A call placed to the office of Sinclair's Smith seeking comment wasn't returned.
Some sponsors have already withdrawn their commercials on Sinclair stations in response to the decision.
"Management is not acting in the interest of shareholders," he said. "By showing something that's clearly propaganda, they are damaging the network."
Additionally, some public interest groups have expressed anger over Sinclair's decision and have vowed to oppose its stations when their broadcasting licenses come up for renewal.
"They could lose their licenses," Glickenhaus said. "They're going incur all sorts of challenges to their licenses."
Jon Friedman is media editor for CBS.MarketWatch.com in New York.
F9/11 plays in every city in America without one incident of violence. This one little documentary is shown, and has to be cancelled for fear of retaliation. I WISH EVERY DEMOCRAT SEES THIS...The same people who yell and scream about the Patriot Act taking away your freedom are the same people who won't let you watch a damn movie. Outrageous. These are the people who want to run this country.
Why isn't it playing in Philly?
God, the Rats are censoring goon.