Sinclair to air anti-Kerry special (Stolen Honor)

Washington Times ^ | Oct. 9, 2004 | UPI

[FairOpinion]

New York, NY, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- A conservative U.S. broadcaster whose outlets reach one-quarter of the nation's TV viewers is airing a film that attacks John Kerry just before the election.

Sinclair Broadcast Group has ordered its 62 stations to preempt regular programming during primetime to air "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.

The film, funded by Pennsylvania veterans and produced by a veteran and former Washington Times reporter, features former POWs accusing Kerry -- a decorated U.S. Navy veteran who later protested the war -- of worsening their ordeal by prolonging the conflict.

The one-hour special, which will be aired between Oct. 21 and Oct. 24 depending on the city, will be followed by a panel discussion to which Kerry will be invited, potentially satisfying fairness regulations, the Times reported.

[no dems]

It will be broadcast right in the states we need it to be; the Midwest.

[holymoly]

http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/sinclair.asp
* WTTA - Tampa
* KMWB - Minneapolis
* WPGH & WCWB - Pittsburgh
* KOVR - Sacramento
* KDNL - St. Louis
* WBFF & WNUV - Baltimore
* WTTV & WTTK - Indianapolis
* WLFL & WRDC - Raleigh - Durham, NC
* WZTV & WUXP - Nashville
* WCGV & WVTV - Milwaukee
* WSTR - Cincinnati
* KSMO - Kansas City, MO
* WTTE & WSYX - Columbus, OH
* WFBC & WLOS - Asheville, NC
* KABB & KRRT - San Antonio
* WTTO & WABM & WDBB - Birmingham, AL
* WTVZ - Norfolk, VA
* WUTV - Buffalo, NY
* KOCB & KOKH - Oklahoma City
* WXLV & WUPN - Greensboro, NC
* WKEF & WRGT - Dayton, OH
* KVWB & KFBT - Las Vegas
* WCHS & WVAH - Charleston, WV
* WRLH - Richmond, VA
* WEAR & WFGX - Mobile, AL
* WSMH - Flint, MI
* WDKY - Lexington, KY
* KDSM - Des Moines
* WSYT & WNYS - Syracuse
* KBSI & WDKA - Paducah, KY
* WUHF - Rochester, NY
* WGME - Portland, ME
* WMSN - Madison, WI
* WEMT - Tri-Cities, TN
* WGGB - Springfield, MA
* WYZZ - Peoria, IL
* WTWC - Tallahassee, FL
* WMMP & WTAT - Charleston, SC
* WICS & WICD — Springfield, IL
* KGAN — Cedar Rapids, IA

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[FairOpinion]

Why?

It's their station. They can do anything with it they want.

[FairOpinion]

Here is the list of all their markets, by cities and channels:

http://www.sbgi.net/business/markets/all.shtml

[NicknamedBob]

Take a look!

http://www.sbgi.net/business/television.shtml

[killjoy]

It's their station. They can do anything with it they want.

How would you feel if a competitor decided to do the same thing with Fahrenheit 9/11?

[jwalsh07]

I have mixed feelings about this. I don't want the same thing being done with Moore's flick, so why should it be done with this one? I support why it is being done, just don't know if it is such a good idea or not.

Think First Amendment. Think freedom. Or hop on John McCains 1A abridgement bus.

[Necrovore]

Here is a list. I do not know if the list is complete or not.

http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/sinclair.asp[/url]

[ditto h]

Kind of a surprise..............in October.

[jwalsh07]

How would you feel if a competitor decided to do the same thing with Fahrenheit 9/11?

Get real. You've heard of Dan Rather, Mark Halperin, Ted Turner, George Soros, NBC, CBS, ABC et al, haven't you?

[FairOpinion]

"The one-hour special, which will be aired between Oct. 21 and Oct. 24 depending on the city, will be followed by a panel discussion to which Kerry will be invited, potentially satisfying fairness regulations, the Times reported."

Well, is the other station going to invite Republicans to refute Moore's lies?

[TheBattman]

Darn - not here in Arkansas....grrr...

[ProudVet77]

The left is already doing it's worse.
In Boston, when I check out the PBS stations, I see that a documentary about RFK seems to be running 3 or 4 times a day. I can almost guarantee that that before election day they will show the watergate specials they have, and the suck up pieces on JFK.

[Jewels1091]

ANYONE GET THIS NETWORK??? PLEASE RECORD!

[AmishDude]

I know. I know they can air what they want. The problem is that this escalates things. Guaranteed next election a liberal broadcast group will do the same thing with a program much less truthful. You also have that the FCC will be awakened to this.

Moreover this is an attack that is not related to issues but is personal against a presidential candidate's character and activities. Maybe it's just that it's an unorthodox format. If it were part of a newsmagazine or news broadcast, it would be a little less conspicuous.

Again, if this were purchased as an infomercial, I have no objections at all. Even this way, I can only say I'm disappointed.

[StarCMC]

Bump and ping!!!

[chiefphil]

Don't be confused, for the Moore's 'flick' was an lie, with no pretenst of being fair...but this 'flick'(if so stated)appears to be......oh well

[mylife]

DU's got their panties in a wad over this one.

Bwaahaahaa