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This site will allow you to send a note to Sinclair advertisers in one single click. The default is a nasty note - BUT YOU CAN MODIFY THE NOTE IN ANY WAY YOU WISH. Let those people know what you think!

One local business has decided to pull its ads from WMSN/Channel 47 in the wake of the station's decision to air an anti-John Kerry documentary next week. The owners of the Paisan's and Porta Bella restaurants said that after receiving about a dozen complaints about the program, "we just decided that we didn't want to jeopardize losing any customers over this," said owner Jerry Meier.He was among several business owners who said they have received numerous calls from patrons upset that they advertise on Channel 47.Channel 47 is one of 62 stations nationwide owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. that...

FCC Wants us to call! Number below Air America annouced that FCC WANTS us to call them. They've been inundated with calls and they are logging all calls. The number: 1-888-225-5322 Also, try freepress.net Supposedly they have a form letter to file a letter with the FCC. The site is down right now, but keep trying!

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Democratic Party has filed a formal complaint over a large broadcast chain's plans to air a documentary highly critical of presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) just before the election, party officials said. A letter to the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) (FEC) said the plans by the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which reaches a quarter of US households, amounted to an unlawful and "brazen attempt" to influence the November 2 ballot. The documentary, "Stolen Honour: Wounds That Never Heal," harshly criticizes Kerry's appearance before Congress in 1971, when he returned from Vietnam...

"The enthusiasm of U.S. Marine captains Thomas "Tad" Douglas and David Nevers can hardly be contained. Their voices, alternately crackling over a weak satellite-phone connection, are heartening as they describe the successes they are witnessing in Iraq. The insurgency is losing ground. Iraqi civilians, feeling less afraid than in previous months, are increasingly coming forward with solid information about the bad guys. And a new Iraqi special-operations force is taking the lead in wiping out guerilla strongholds, south of Baghdad."

[CUT] Brown set up his first October 11 NewsNight segment with a promise of fairness: "For those of you who believe that most media is hopelessly liberal, this will be the proof. You won't hear or believe that if the story in question were about an anti-Bush film, let's say 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' we would say exactly the same thing, do the segment exactly the same way, ask the same questions. We would. But we're not naive enough to believe that you would believe. So this segment is really for everyone else, for those who worry about fairness in media, who...