[opendtv] News: Kerry Doc Won't Air in Full
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- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 07:43:42 -0400
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Kerry Doc Won't Air in Full
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/19/2004 2:08:00 PM
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said it will not air anti-John Kerry
documentary Stolen Honor in its entirety, and what parts it airs will
be in the broader context of a story on media filtering, bias and
influence.
Sinclair has slated Friday, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m. to air an hour news
special, A POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media," which it
says will contain parts but not all of the controversial documentary,
Stolen Honor.
Sinclair said Tuesday that the special will be carried on only on of
its stations in markets where it owns more than one.
The special will deal, in part, with "the use of documentaries and
other media to influence voting," which is the charge that had been
leveled against it following an L.A. Times story reporting it was
planning to preempt programming on its stations to air the
documentary.
Sinclair has maintained that it had never made the decision to air
the entire documentary.
In a statement outlining the show, David Smith said: "The company
and many of its executives have endured personal attacks of the
vilest nature," as well as calls for boycotts, government
intervention and shareholder revolt. But he also cited e-mails and
other shows of support and added, "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. "
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