Market forces? David Smith, president and CEO of Sinclair, noted: "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." http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/10/19/164108.shtml
--- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hehe. TV free of partisan BS. You funny man, you. > Have you watched Fox > News lately? On the other hand, I happen to agree > that the First > Amendment is the most important thing here. I heard > that shareholders > protested plans to show the film, saying it might > affect profits, and > if I am remembering this correctly that would seem > to be a classic > case of market forces doing what they should. > > Dana > > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:19:54 -0500, Gruss Gott > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Howie wrote: > > > Sinclair stations will not air the John Kerry > documentary > > > > This was a stupid idea in the first place - > preempting broadcast television?? > > > > When the US invaded Iraq, what was one the first > things it hit? The > > movie theatres? Nope, television and radio. This > is why we have NPR > > and PBS in the first place. In my opinion > broadcast TV has to remain > > free of partisan BS. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=37 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:131936 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
