David D. Smith, Head of Sinclair

[malatesta1137]

You are a criminal who should be warming a jail cell right now, along with The Bush Crime Family and Saddam Hussein.

Do you realize that we went to war to rid Saddam of WMDs and these have never been found? Or if they existed in the first place do you think Saddam wouldn't have used them to defend his own life and his sons'?

700 dead soldiers (so far) for Bush's lies. And now you want to pretend they never existed. You make me want to vomit.

[jpak]

1. Republican Censorship

The Gates of the New Dark Age

[Pallas180]

2. Did you read his statement on why he won't air the dead? here:

ABC Nightline Pre-emption

The ABC Television Network announced on Tuesday that the Friday, April 30 edition of "Nightline" will consist entirely of Ted Koppel reading aloud the names of U.S. servicemen and women killed in action in Iraq. Despite the denials by a spokeswoman for the show, the action appears to be motivated by a political agenda designed to undermine the efforts of the United States in Iraq.

There is no organization that holds the members of our military and those soldiers who have sacrificed their lives in service of our country in higher regard than Sinclair Broadcast Group. While Sinclair would support an honest effort to honor the memory of these brave soldiers, we do not believe that is what "Nightline" is doing. Rather, Mr. Koppel and "Nightline" are hiding behind this so-called tribute in an effort to highlight only one aspect of the war effort and in doing so to influence public opinion against the military action in Iraq. Based on published reports, we are aware of the spouse of one soldier who died in Iraq who opposes the reading of her husband's name to oppose our military action. We suspect she is not alone in this viewpoint. As a result, we have decided to preempt the broadcast of "Nightline' this Friday on each of our stations which air ABC programming.

We understand that our decision in this matter may be questioned by some. Before you judge our decision, however, we would ask that you first question Mr. Koppel as to why he chose to read the names of 523 troops killed in combat in Iraq, rather than the names of the thousands of private citizens killed in terrorist attacks since and including the events of September 11, 2001. In his answer, we believe you will find the real motivation behind his action scheduled for this Friday. Unfortunately, we may never know for sure because Mr. Koppel has refused repeated requests from Sinclair's News Central news organization to comment on this Friday's program.


David D. Smith


IM GONNA WRITE IN BIG CAPS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM HIM.

PLEASE E MAIL THIS SUCKER AND TELL HIM TO RESIGN - THAT HE DEFILES THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND ALL DECENCY.

AND BY THE WAY, DAVE, ARE ANY OF YOUR KIDS OVER IN IRAQ?

[pocoloco]

3. FOX AFFILIATE WHNS IN GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA

TO AIR NIGHTLINE BROADCAST THIS EVENING IN LOCAL MARKET AFFECTED BY SINCLAIR PRE-EMPTION. ABC RADIO MAKES FEED AVAILABLE TO LOCAL RADIO IN AFFECTED MARKETS. ST LOUIS RADIO KTRS WILL CLEAR TO AIR SIMULCAST... DEVELOPING...

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