This just in (was Re: local Sinclair stations)

david gourley davidg at ipass.net
Wed Oct 20 11:34:17 EDT 2004


jameshepler at yahoo.com (James Hepler) 
news:20041020143614.56472.qmail at web40611.mail.yahoo.com:

> 
> --- "G.T. Tyson" <gtyson at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.,
>> under widening 
>> scrutiny over plans to air a documentary about Sen.
>> John Kerry's wartime 
>> activities 30 years ago, said on Tuesday it would
>> not show the program 
>> in its entirety.
>> 
>> "Contrary to numerous inaccurate political and press
>> accounts, the 
>> Sinclair stations will not be airing the documentary
>> 'Stolen Honor' in 
>> its entirety," the Baltimore-based company said in a
>> statement.
>> 
>> Sinclair said it would air a special news program on
>> Friday called "A 
>> POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media" that
>> would discuss the 
>> allegations surrounding Kerry's anti-Vietnam War
>> activities.
> 
> Does this sound like an improvement to anyone?  What,
> they're going to get some right wing pundits to
> essentially read from the Stolen Honor script so that
> it can be news commentary instead of political
> propaganda?  Ugh.
> 
> Anyone see Jon Stewart on Crossfire last Friday?  I
> can link you to video if it hasn't already been done.
> 
> Hep   
> 

"You're on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone 
calls. "

Brilliant, just brilliant!  He nailed them good.

david



More information about the Ch-scene mailing list