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kimberly
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 Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:28 pm Post subject: Update on Sinclair's Airing of Stolen Honor - FORMAT |
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On F&F this morning, I get the impression from what Hyman said that the format of the show will now include part of SH and the rest of the time devoted to how Sinclair was affected in such awful ways by the decision to air the film.
I hope this means that they will dedicate this portion of their time to showing how the left has gone absolutely 'crazy' and the left's fight against Sinclair rights to show the film.
NOTE: I also noted that he made NO mention this time of the Kerry camp participating or any mention of telling their 'side' of the story.
So it sounds like it will be the P.O.W.s story and Sinclair story vs. the left. Quite a twist. |
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ocsparky101
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| That is great. The Left and the MSM is exposed again. Not that they don't deserve it. |
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PC
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:47 pm Post subject: Great |
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Now we're talking. That would be even better. What a kick in jewels for the lefties if this is the approach. They made themselves news and just about gave Sinclair a reason for airing the show with this approach.
Sinclair's stock will recover. If investor's think it's a good buy, they will buy it and this will be s short term steep selloff. Although if you look at a long term chart, the stock is in a pretty extended down trend.
Whe is it set to air? Wish Sinclair reached my area. |
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Anker-Klanker
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Even bettter. Sinclair's story doesn't have to be an opinion piece. If they decide to hit hard - and it sure looks like they might - they've probably got the whole sorry mess documented - phone calls, memos, letters, etc., etc. |
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CTW
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Ditto. Let it begin. CTW
Never Ever Kerry |
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kimberly
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Great |
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| PC wrote: | Now we're talking. That would be even better. What a kick in jewels for the lefties if this is the approach. They made themselves news and just about gave Sinclair a reason for airing the show with this approach.
Sinclair's stock will recover. If investor's think it's a good buy, they will buy it and this will be s short term steep selloff. Although if you look at a long term chart, the stock is in a pretty extended down trend.
Whe is it set to air? Wish Sinclair reached my area. |
If it is on in your area, it will be on Friday night. Time is dependent on zone. Everyone gets to watch it on the same night. |
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wednesdaychild
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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maybe Sinclair had this in mind all along. Kerry" camp's attempt to supress free speech and the dirty secrets of the liberal press.
how good can it get?
hope they show the clip from "Dayside" were he is being threatned by the DNC 
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PC
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:30 pm Post subject: Not In So Cal |
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| Quote: | | If it is on in your area, it will be on Friday night. Time is dependent on zone. Everyone gets to watch it on the same night. |
As far as I can tell, I can't get it in So Cal. I'll get the DVD though. |
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Rdtf
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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| wednesdaychild wrote: | maybe Sinclair had this in mind all along. Kerry" camp's attempt to supress free speech and the dirty secrets of the liberal press.
how good can it get?
hope they show the clip from "Dayside" were he is being threatned by the DNC |
oh how the underestimated do prevail. This would be the very best, and especially if they were brilliant enough to have set it up and planned it!!! |
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RogerRabbit
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From Sinclair Group website
| Quote: | Sinclair to Air "A POW Story"
Market & Stations To Air "A POW Story"
Baltimore WBFF Friday 10/22 8PM
Birmingham WTTO Friday 10/22 7PM
Buffalo WUTV Friday 10/22 8PM
Cedar Rapids KGAN Friday 10/22 7PM
Champaign, IL WICD Friday 10/22 7PM
Charleston, SC WMMP Friday 10/22 8PM
Charleston, WV WCHS Friday 10/22 8PM
Cincinnati WSTR Friday 10/22 8PM
Columbus WSYX Friday 10/22 8PM
Dayton WKEF Friday 10/22 8PM
Des Moines KDSM Friday 10/22 7PM
Flint WSMH Friday 10/22 8PM
Greensboro WXLV Friday 10/22 8PM
Greenville/Asheville WLOS Friday 10/22 8PM
Kansas City KSMO Friday 10/22 7PM
Las Vegas KVWB Friday 10/22 8PM
Lexington WDKY Friday-10/22 8PM
Madison WMSN Friday-10/22 7PM
Milwaukee WVTV Friday-10/22 7PM
Minneapolis KMWB Friday-10/22 7PM
Nashville WZTV Friday 10/22 7PM
Norfolk WTVZ Friday 10/22 8PM
Oklahoma City KOKH Friday 10/22 7PM
Paducah KBSI Friday 10/22 7PM
Pensacola/Mobile WEAR Friday 10/22 7PM
Peoria WYZZ Friday 10/22 7PM
Pittsburgh WPGH Friday-10/22 8PM
Portland WGME Friday 10/22 8PM
Raleigh WLFL Friday 10/22 8PM
Richmond WRLH Friday-10/22 8PM
Rochester WUHF Friday 10/22 8PM
Sacramento KOVR Friday 10/22 7PM
St. Louis KDNL Friday 10/22 7PM
San Antonio KABB Friday 10/22 7PM
Springfield, MA WGGB Friday 10/22 8PM
Springfield, IL WICS Friday 10/22 7PM
Syracuse WSYT Friday 10/22 8PM
Tallahassee WTWC Friday 10/22 8PM
Tampa WTTA Friday 10/22 8PM
Tri Cities WEMT Friday 10/22 8PM
BALTIMORE (October 19, 2004) - Sinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq: SBGI)
announced today that on Friday, October 22, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m.
central time) certain television stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast
Group, Inc. will air a special one-hour news program, entitled A POW Story:
Politics, Pressure and the Media. In order to minimize the interruption of
normally scheduled programming in those markets where Sinclair owns and/or
programs more than one television station, the news special will be
broadcast on only one of those stations. A complete list of stations which
will be airing the program and the times of such broadcasts is attached.
The news special will focus in part on the use of documentaries and
other media to influence voting, which emerged during the 2004 political
campaigns, as well as on the content of certain of these documentaries.
The program will also examine the role of the media in filtering the
information contained in these documentaries, allegations of media bias by
media organizations that ignore or filter legitimate news and the attempts
by candidates and other organizations to influence media coverage.
Contrary to numerous inaccurate political and press accounts, the
Sinclair stations will not be airing the documentary "Stolen Honor" in its
entirety. At no time did Sinclair ever publicly announce that it intended
to do so. In fact, since the controversy began, Sinclair's website has
prominently displayed the following statement: "The program has not been
videotaped and the exact format of this unscripted event has not been
finalized. Characterizations regarding the content are premature and are
based on ill-informed sources."
While the news special will discuss the allegations surrounding Senator
John Kerry's anti-Vietnam War activities in the early 1970s raised by a
number of former POWs in "Stolen Honor," it will do so in the context of
the broader discussion outlined above. The program will be hosted by Jeff
Barnd, the Emmy award winning co-anchor of Fox 45's 10:00 News which airs
on WBFF-TV, Sinclair's flagship station in Baltimore, Maryland.
Joe DeFeo, Sinclair's Vice President of News commented that, "As with
all news programming produced by Sinclair's News Central, A POW Story is
being produced with the highest journalistic standards and integrity. We
have not ceded, and will not in the future cede, control of our news
reporting to any outside organization or political group. We are
endeavoring, as we do with all of our news coverage, to present both sides
of the issues covered in an equal and impartial manner."
In fact, Sinclair has been in private communication with Senator
Kerry's campaign, including a recent face-to-face meeting with senior
campaign officials, for approximately two weeks in order to negotiate
participation in the special by either Senator Kerry or his designee.
Although the Kerry campaign declined to participate, Sinclair has left the
invitation open and will make every effort to accommodate the Senator up to
the air date for the program should he become willing to present his
viewpoint for Sinclair's audience.
David Smith noted that, "The experience of preparing to air this news
special has been trying for many of those involved. The company and many
of its executives have endured personal attacks of the vilest nature, as
well as calls on our advertisers and our viewers to boycott our stations
and on our shareholders to sell their stock. In addition, and more
shockingly, we have received threats of retribution from a member of
Senator John Kerry's campaign and have seen attempts by leading members of
Congress to influence the Federal Communications Commission to stop
Sinclair from broadcasting this news special. Moreover, these coordinated
attacks have occurred without regard to the facts since they predated the
broadcast of our news special."
Mr. Smith further stated, "We cannot in a free America yield to the
misguided attempts by a small but vocal minority to influence behavior and
trample on the First Amendment rights of those with whom they might not
agree. I have been encouraged, however, by the thousands of e-mails and
other messages I, and others, received supporting Sinclair's efforts to
hold firm to its ideals in the face of a firestorm of controversy which,
ironically, was actually based on misinformation. We also took comfort in
the positions of other media organizations which supported our right to
present this story notwithstanding any disagreement they may have with the
content, as well as in the words of Michael Powell, Chairman of the FCC who
refused to block the program, noting that to do so would be
'unconstitutional' and 'an absolute disservice to the First Amendment.'"
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest and most diversified
television broadcasting companies, owns and operates, programs, or provides
sales services to 62 television stations in 39 markets. Sinclair's
television group includes FOX, WB, ABC, CBS, NBC, and UPN affiliates and
reaches approximately 24% of all U.S. television households.
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jack white
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I wish I lived in an area where I could watch the broadcast tonight, but I look forward to reading the comments. It sounds to me like Sinclair sandbagged the Kerry campaign and has exposed them as neo-communists who want to squelch free speech. |
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Islander
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Location: Sacramento, California
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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I'll watch it tonight. KOVR, channel 13 is a CBS affiliate. The irony!
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Knot4jfnk
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Location: Indiana
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| jack white wrote: | | I wish I lived in an area where I could watch the broadcast tonight, but I look forward to reading the comments. |
Me too. Any who get to watch, please post some highlights. Sounds like this should be good! |
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kimberly
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| RogerRabbit wrote: | From Sinclair Group website
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BALTIMORE (October 19, 2004) - Sinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq: SBGI)
The news special will focus in part on the use of documentaries and
other media to influence voting, which emerged during the 2004 political
campaigns, as well as on the content of certain of these documentaries.
The program will also examine the role of the media in filtering the
information contained in these documentaries, allegations of media bias by
media organizations that ignore or filter legitimate news and the attempts
by candidates and other organizations to influence media coverage.
Contrary to numerous inaccurate political and press accounts, the
Sinclair stations will not be airing the documentary "Stolen Honor" in its
entirety. At no time did Sinclair ever publicly announce that it intended
to do so. In fact, since the controversy began, Sinclair's website has
prominently displayed the following statement: "The program has not been
videotaped and the exact format of this unscripted event has not been
finalized. Characterizations regarding the content are premature and are
based on ill-informed sources."
While the news special will discuss the allegations surrounding Senator
John Kerry's anti-Vietnam War activities in the early 1970s raised by a
number of former POWs in "Stolen Honor," it will do so in the context of
the broader discussion outlined above. The program will be hosted by Jeff
Barnd, the Emmy award winning co-anchor of Fox 45's 10:00 News which airs
on WBFF-TV, Sinclair's flagship station in Baltimore, Maryland.
Joe DeFeo, Sinclair's Vice President of News commented that, "As with
all news programming produced by Sinclair's News Central, A POW Story is
being produced with the highest journalistic standards and integrity. We
have not ceded, and will not in the future cede, control of our news
reporting to any outside organization or political group. We are
endeavoring, as we do with all of our news coverage, to present both sides
of the issues covered in an equal and impartial manner."
In fact, Sinclair has been in private communication with Senator
Kerry's campaign, including a recent face-to-face meeting with senior
campaign officials, for approximately two weeks in order to negotiate
participation in the special by either Senator Kerry or his designee.
Although the Kerry campaign declined to participate, Sinclair has left the
invitation open and will make every effort to accommodate the Senator up to
the air date for the program should he become willing to present his
viewpoint for Sinclair's audience.
David Smith noted that, "The experience of preparing to air this news
special has been trying for many of those involved. The company and many
of its executives have endured personal attacks of the vilest nature, as
well as calls on our advertisers and our viewers to boycott our stations
and on our shareholders to sell their stock. In addition, and more
shockingly, we have received threats of retribution from a member of
Senator John Kerry's campaign and have seen attempts by leading members of
Congress to influence the Federal Communications Commission to stop
Sinclair from broadcasting this news special. Moreover, these coordinated
attacks have occurred without regard to the facts since they predated the
broadcast of our news special."
Mr. Smith further stated, "We cannot in a free America yield to the
misguided attempts by a small but vocal minority to influence behavior and
trample on the First Amendment rights of those with whom they might not
agree. I have been encouraged, however, by the thousands of e-mails and
other messages I, and others, received supporting Sinclair's efforts to
hold firm to its ideals in the face of a firestorm of controversy which,
ironically, was actually based on misinformation. We also took comfort in
the positions of other media organizations which supported our right to
present this story notwithstanding any disagreement they may have with the
content, as well as in the words of Michael Powell, Chairman of the FCC who
refused to block the program, noting that to do so would be
'unconstitutional' and 'an absolute disservice to the First Amendment.'"
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest and most diversified
television broadcasting companies, owns and operates, programs, or provides
sales services to 62 television stations in 39 markets. Sinclair's
television group includes FOX, WB, ABC, CBS, NBC, and UPN affiliates and
reaches approximately 24% of all U.S. television households.
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This statement absolutely AMAZES me. In retrospect, the entire content of the message implies that the format would be the POW's and Sinclair vs. the liberal left media. They mention that Kerry is not interested in participating, but we find out ONLY during the airing that Kerry's film was given alot of time to try and discredit the SH story.
The portion of the text that is bolded says it all. At no time did Sinclair ever publicly announce that it intended
to do so. In fact, since the controversy began, Sinclair's website has
prominently displayed the following statement: "The program has not been
videotaped and the exact format of this unscripted event has not been
finalized. Characterizations regarding the content are premature and are
based on ill-informed sources."
They most certainly did imply, right from the start, that the entirety of the film would be shown. THAT is what started the whole controversy! Then they go on to say "since the controversy began"....which, to me means, after they started getting heat from the left, they put a disclaimer on their website.
We are furious about this, but imagine how Carlton Sherwood must feel!!! All of his hard work and more than likely, his assumption that he found a group who supported him and planned to get his message out. He must feel awful and completed duped. As I posted on another thread, I wonder if Sherwood has any recourse? I wonder what the terms of his agreement were with Sinclair. In any event, I'm sure that anything we can do to support Sherwood, at this time, would be appreciated.
The honor stolen from our P.O.W.s has been stolen, again;(
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