Guest KING BLING Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 FOX NEWS! Dems Slam Anti-Kerry TV Broadcast Monday, October 11, 2004 WASHINGTON — The Democratic Party and 18 senators are objecting to a broadcasting company's plan to air on 62 TV stations a critical documentary about John Kerry's anti-war activities after he returned home from Vietnam three decades ago. Sinclair Broadcast Group (search) has asked its television stations — many of them in competitive states in the presidential election — to pre-empt regular programming to run some or all of the documentary as part of an hourlong program two weeks before the Nov. 2 election. The company owns or manages affiliates of major broadcast networks in several states, including Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. Mark Hyman, a vice president of corporate relations for Sinclair, said Monday the show would contain some or all of the 42-minute film as well as a panel discussion of some sort. He said final details had not been worked out. Called "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," the documentary chronicles Kerry's testimony before Congress and links him to activist and actress Jane Fonda (search). It includes interviews with Vietnam prisoners of war and their wives. "The documentary is just a part of a special news event that we're putting together. We've invited one person to be a guest. That's Senator John Kerry," Hyman said. The Democratic National Committee planned to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (search) contending that Sinclair's airing of the film should be considered an illegal in-kind contribution to President Bush's campaign. Also, 18 Democratic senators sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (search) on Monday asking that it investigate whether Sinclair's plan was an improper use of public airwaves. "To allow a broadcasting company to air such a blatantly partisan attack in lieu of regular programming, and to classify that attack as 'news programming' as has been suggested, would violate the spirit, and we think the text, of current law and regulation," the letter said. Hyman called the allegation "absolutely absurd." "Would they suggest that our reporting a car bomb in Iraq is an in-kind contribution to the Kerry campaign? Would they suggest that our reporting on job losses is an in-kind contribution to the Kerry campaign?" he said. "It's the news. It is what it is. We're reporting the news." Carlton Sherwood, a Vietnam veteran and former journalist who made the film, said Monday that he felt the media had not explored the period of Kerry's life after he returned from Vietnam, including when he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (search) about atrocities he and other soldiers witnessed. "For 33 years, we've been saying that how Kerry portrayed us was utterly false. It was purgatory of the worst kind. It was slander," Sherwood said. "But no one wanted to talk about it. Everybody ran for cover." Sherwood, based in Harrisburg, Pa., said the film took six weeks to make, and Sinclair contacted him last month upon the film's completion. He said he was told last week of the company's plans to run it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 www.sinclairwatch.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 This is precisely why Moore should have released Fahrenheit 911 in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porque Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 ^^^...that's why it was just dropped on dvd last week...more people are seeing it right before the election... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 i hope our fucking country eats itself. we're absolutely disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POIESIS Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 speaking of moore... i was told recently the repubs have hungry bums over a stunt moore is pulling to get college slackers to register by giving out free clean pairs of undies.. something about possible charges or some such ridiculousness. true? *holy shit x 2..congrats mams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diggity Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Sinclair is the fucking devil. ive been working on some shit for cnn for the past month or so i'm watching it about 5 hours a day so i find myself paying more attention to politics. anyways Its one thing when people choose to go out and see a film in order to learn more about the state of the country or to get someones opinions on our current president but its totally different when its forced onto networks during prime time 2 weeks from election date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Well, most broadcasting conglomerates are Right-wing based. Clear Channel Communications is a fine exampe. Colin Powell's son is the big wig for the FCC. The question is, will this program even get the viewer ratings that they are hoping for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Originally posted by porque@Oct 12 2004, 09:22 AM ^^^...that's why it was just dropped on dvd last week...more people are seeing it right before the election... Quoted post I can almost guarantee that the impact of initial DVD rentals and sales isn't even close to what it did when it came out in theaters. Plus, it is GREATLY diminished because everyone's already sick of hearing about it, and would rather talk about something else (ie: Kerry's skeletons). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Originally posted by seeking@Oct 12 2004, 08:42 AM i hope our fucking country eats itself. Quoted post Four more years of bush and that'll happen. I know I'm not the only one that secretly wishes it'll happen. The Roman Empire fell and so will we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has a great series of posts running down the current situation with Sinclair and what people can do about it: www.talkingpointsmemo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayNay Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 and they called farenheit democratic propoganda??? at least people had more of a choice whether they wanted to see it or not, this is being brought to our homes. too bad politicians don't even know what they are for or against..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hottnickels Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Originally posted by SteveAustin+Oct 12 2004, 02:10 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SteveAustin - Oct 12 2004, 02:10 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-seeking@Oct 12 2004, 08:42 AM i hope our fucking country eats itself. Quoted post I know I'm not the only one that secretly wishes it'll happen. The Roman Empire fell and so will we. Quoted post [/b] a lot of people don't give a shit about this election. a shitload of em want more bush. i wonder sometimes why i'm still here. the days of usa as world superpower are going to come to a close if he's reelected. i can't say i'll be upset about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porque Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Originally posted by El Mamerro+Oct 12 2004, 02:54 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (El Mamerro - Oct 12 2004, 02:54 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-porque@Oct 12 2004, 09:22 AM ^^^...that's why it was just dropped on dvd last week...more people are seeing it right before the election... Quoted post I can almost guarantee that the impact of initial DVD rentals and sales isn't even close to what it did when it came out in theaters. Plus, it is GREATLY diminished because everyone's already sick of hearing about it, and would rather talk about something else (ie: Kerry's skeletons). Quoted post [/b] ...i don't think that the impact is the same as when it dropped in theatres...but i do know that sales have been good...and that a lot of people couldn't see it at theatres becasue outside of major cities it wasn't shown...there's also the 'porn theory' that people are ashamed of going to see it, but they're much more likely to rent it and watch at home...but having it released before the election was definately done on purpose, compared to most films it was rushed out, remember that this just came out in theatres in the spring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KING BLING Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 THE DNC PAGE... * fixed your link - PMB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiLL Or DiE Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Originally posted by El Mamerro+Oct 12 2004, 10:54 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (El Mamerro - Oct 12 2004, 10:54 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-porque@Oct 12 2004, 09:22 AM ^^^...that's why it was just dropped on dvd last week...more people are seeing it right before the election... Quoted post I can almost guarantee that the impact of initial DVD rentals and sales isn't even close to what it did when it came out in theaters. Plus, it is GREATLY diminished because everyone's already sick of hearing about it, and would rather talk about something else (ie: Kerry's skeletons). Quoted post [/b] Damn I was watchin The tonite show (Jay Lenno) or whatever it is , and Michael Moore was there..He said the Sales on the movie were over $150 Mil at the theaters, Half a BILLION overseas and they still dont know bout the DVD/VHS sale..Then he went on to say that he had signed a contract with InDemand, the people responsible of the Pay-per-view shit , to show the movie for a few $$ a day before the election. He said it didnt matter if he didnt get an Oscar for it (cause u cant show a movie on tv before the awards)...but then they cancelled the contract cause I think 62 channels were going to show that anti-kerry documentary...Then he said he was willing to give the movie to any network that would show it for FREE...just as long as its seen by the whole world..just my 2 cents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekro Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 As PMB noted above, there is something you can do about this nonsense. Simply find out which if any stations in your local market are owned by Sinclair, watch them for a while, then call up their advertisers to explain that you can't support their businesses as long as they advertise on sinclair due to their ridiculous "documentary." This scares the stations shitless and is a great way to effect change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo knife Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Don't know if this is true, but I hear that there is also a Sinclair Oil corporation, a company that is in the same family as the broadcasting company... On a side note I hope Cheney has another *edit* (fatal) *edit* heart attack when he loses in November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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