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  • KOPPEL MAKES THE CALL: ABC SET TO AIR NAMES OF WAR DEAD [Drudge]

    04/30/2004 1:28:03 PM PDT · by lainie · 42 replies · 321+ views
    Hartford Courant via Drudge ^ | April 30, 2004 | Liz Halloran
    "Nightline" divides audience HARTFORD, Conn. - (KRT) - ABC newsman Ted Koppel's plan to devote tonight's "Nightline" to reading the names of the more than 700 U.S. servicemen and women killed in action in Iraq has stirred anger and praise, and prompted one media company to bar its stations from airing the program. Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group said Thursday that the unique program is politically motivated and ordered its seven ABC affiliates, including WGGB in Springfield, Mass., not to air it. "While the Sinclair Broadcast Group honors the memory of the brave members of the military who have sacrificed their...