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Message 1 of 4 (150806)
10-18-2004 2:53 PM

If anyone else is steamed by the blatant misuse of airwaves by the sinclair group:

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Risks seen for Sinclair

Article reprinted from the New York Times

By BILL CARTER
Published: October 18, 2004

Senator John Kerry could find his presidential hopes damaged this week when the 62 television stations owned or managed by the Sinclair Broadcasting Group carry a documentary about his antiwar activities 30 years ago.

But the Democratic nominee for the White House may not be the only one adversely affected.

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Sinclair's Shame

Article reprinted from Alternet

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. Posted October 18, 2004.

In the world of right-wing corporate media, Sinclair Broadcasting has long been overshadowed by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and its cable mouthpiece Fox News.

But not any more.

Sinclair Broadcasting Group (SBGI) created an uproar last week when it announced its plans to force its affiliate stations to preempt regularly scheduled programming and air an anti-Kerry documentary, titled "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," just days before the election. It was a blatantly partisan move on the part of a company that owns 62 stations, many of which are in the critical swing states of Ohio, Florida, Iowa and Wisconsin. For example, in the highly contested state of Ohio, there are Sinclair stations in Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus.

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Sinclair Media Watch is a grassroots citizens effort to hold Sinclair Broadcasting accountable for its stewardship of the only commercial TV license allocated by the FCC for the mountain region of North Carolina.

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Like I have said beore: this action by Sinclair puts the lie to the claim of a liberal media.

Enjoy.

This message has been edited by RAZD, 01-03-2005 21:07 AM

we are limited in our ability to understand
by our ability to understand

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Message 2 of 4 (150813)
10-18-2004 3:12 PM

Reply to: Message 1 by RAZD
10-18-2004 2:53 PM

I think the FCC needs to come down hard on this situation.

I think it might even have a severe anti-Bush backlash if the FCC does not.

Or, I guess they could offer up (not mandatory to the affiliates) that the anti-Kerry documentary be paired with "Fahrenheit 9/11".

Moose

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Message 3 of 4 (151125)
10-19-2004 3:16 PM

Reply to: Message 2 by Minnemooseus
10-18-2004 3:12 PM

reality but

in a perfect world there would be ramifications for this action.

Kerry is asking for equal time: it should be interesting.

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Message 4 of 4 (151483)
10-20-2004 11:24 PM

From "The Nation"

Page not found | The Nation
Orwellian Twist on the Campaign

quote:
"Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind." -- George Orwell

George Orwell shaped our imagination of a future in which a propagandistic media produced a steady stream of up-is-down, right-is-wrong, war-is-peace lies in order to impose the will of a governing elite upon the subject citizenry.

Orwell reckoned this ultimate diminution of democracy would come in the year 1984. Imperfect genius that he was, the author missed the mark by twenty years. But, after watching the controversy regarding the Sinclair Broadcast Group's scheme to air the truth-impaired mockumentary Stolen Honor in an attempt to stall the momentum John Kerry's campaign gained from the presidential debates, it becomes evident that the future Orwell imagined is unfolding.

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