http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5015.shtml
----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Morris
To: CF-Community
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: Freedom of speech?
The three-page letter is a not-so-thinly veiled threat
with only one possible goal: to scare the stations
into dropping the ad. How? By misstating provable
facts that back up the ad's claims, and by shamelessly
misrepresenting the law. How, specifically? On the
legal side of the ledger, by trotting out the standard
bogeymen for TV stations: false and misleading
advertising, frowned on by the FTC; the specter of
libel suits; dark hints of serious damages unless, "in
the public interest," station managers refuse to run
the ad.
On the factual side, one assertion by Kerry's lawyers
is that Swift Boat Veterans For Truth is a "sham"
organization. Why? Because its hard-hitting
controversial ad was "spearheaded" by a "Texas
corporate media consultant" and "financed largely" by
a Houston homebuilder. Since when does the support of
a businessman who believes the claims of a large
number of Navy Vietnam veterans make the entire
organization, ipso facto, a "sham"-i.e., a fake? Only
the naïve would regard this contentless assertion as
having any substance and not recognize it for what it
is: an ad hominem attack.
http://www.swiftvets.com/article.php?story=20040810190737687
--- William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >No, I'm saying you evaded the question.
>
> ah. okay, so where in this letter is the threat?
>
>
http://humaneventsonline.com.edgesuite.net/unfit_pdf.html
>
> (oooo and the link is from humaneventsonline.com ...
> good conservative people they, no)
>
> will
>
>
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