What was >NOT< said by McCain or the DNC: "...and until further notice neither we, nor any of our shills, will purchase air time from Sinclair." I love the smell of money in the morning. It smells like...hypocrisy. Regarding the last McCain quote, I highly doubt that your average line grunt wants viewers to be "reminded of war's terrible costs, in all their heartbreaking detail". This tends to get more troops killed due to fools' benighted attempts to "keep our boys safe".=20 Dave S. -- the ds who got tired of burning the candle at both ends and ended up chucking the whole damn thing in the fireplace. -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Hogan Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 5:53 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Nightline being blacked out by Sinclair <snip> Among the comments are ones from John McCain http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=3DtelevisionNews&storyID=3D= 500 5989§ion=3Dnews One excerpt: McCain had issued a stinging rebuke of Sinclair in a letter of protest to company president David Smith.=20 "There is no valid reason for Sinclair to shirk its responsibility in ... a very misguided attempt to prevent your viewers from completely appreciating the extraordinary sacrifices made on their behalf by Americans serving in Iraq," McCain wrote.=20 "Your decision to deny your viewers an opportunity to be reminded of war's terrible costs, in all their heartbreaking detail, is a gross disservice to the public and to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces." =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.