Orlando Sentinel: TV station defends airing of anti-Kerry infomercial

[ryban]

More than 100 callers blasted WKMG-Channel 6 on Sunday for airing an infomercial of Stolen Honor, a documentary that condemns Sen. John Kerry, two days before the presidential election.

WKMG General Manager Henry Maldonado defended the decision to sell the time. He said he handled the transaction Friday by phone and said he couldn't identify the purchasing group because he was out of town on business.

"It was a paid program," Maldonado said. "It was no different from selling knives. The time periods are set up for infomercials."

WKMG's news desk had received 100 to 200 complaints, Maldonado said.

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/elections/orl-asecstolen01_tvst110104nov01,1,469401,print.story?coll=orl-news-headlines

[Demeter]

1. Hope They Included a Laugh Track

[hadrons]

2. aired too late & quietly to make a difference ....

and anyway this could help after the election because the fairness doctrine would be back on the table

[meegbear]

3. He couldn't identify the purchasing group ...

because he was out of town on business. Sure you can't.

Prick.

[nibbana]

6. Can U say NEWSMAX...and DISHNET...boycott DISHNET

[sandnsea]

8. Not Dish

They showed Going Upriver too, and I think F9/11 today. Dish was fair, no reason to get in a tailspin over them. Fairness is the point, so if we truly believe in that we can't go after a company that acted fairly. They should be the shining example, not the target. The biggest target is the FCC and whether we the people are going to control our airwaves or the corporations.

[daleo]

7. Maybe Ossama paid for it - Kerry might be bad for his health

Could be, after all this guy doesn't even check out who is buying time on his station.

[Paranoid_Portlander]

4. Right here right NOW in Portland!

Showing on channel 5 on the Comcast system. It's either the same infomercial or very similar to it.

[doubleplusgood]

5. Channel 5: PAX

another right-wing, reactionary station, owned by a mult-millionaire "Christian" fundie.

[Candelabra]

9. ABC affiliate WPLG in Miami ran it too

They pre-empted the double-overtime Michigan-Michigan State Football game.