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They fell well short of giving "both sides".

Time and time again they gave the impression that John Kerry made all of the accusations about attrocities. The truth is he was re-telling the testimony of others. Yet over and over again they gave that false impression.

They also accused John Kerry of having cynical political ambitions for joining and serving and protesting the war. This is a pure invention, a partisan attack.

Tell the FCC you did not see this as balanced at all, but in fact as a largely one-sided attack on John Kerry. What they did try to pass off as the balance fell far short.

It was electioneering wrapped in the first amendment, and the FCC needs to take a stand on this now.

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[yardwork]

1. I watched it and was sickened. It was full of outright lies.

I just wrote to everyone linked above and told them what I thought.

I'm also writing to the following businesses who advertised in the ten minutes leading up to the show:

K-Mart
www.Leapfrog.com
Harris Teeter supermarkets

All the other ads were actually unpaid public info spots and ads for other SBG programming.

[BUSHOUT]

2. Can you believe so many DU'ers are celebrating?

I think most of them didn't see it, or are just happy because Freepers are pissed. Not all the freepers are pissed.

[ithacan]

14. it was garbage propaganda

okay, so they were forced to allow some other voices.

But you're right, it was a smear hit job against Kerry, just toned down a bit.

And they really lied about Bush's "service," giving him a total pass, making it seem like HE was the real military hero...

Absolute garbage, political propaganda that wasn't even done very well...

[BUSHOUT]

3. BUMP...CHECK OUT THESE FREEPER RESPONSES:

I beg to disagree with the posted statement. I found the movie to be quite balanced... and it still hangs John Kerry.

The slash and burn ( that I wanted ) probably would have turned off the people who are still confused.
Perhaps its better to 'plant a seed' of doubt about kerry and hope to hell it germinates REALLY fast.

(Another poster quotes this last post and says...)
Finally! Someone gets it!!

I thought the program was ingenuous ... on the surface, very well-balanced. Anyone filing suit will be hard-pressed to call it ended, or an in-kind donation; BUT, it got on the air the side of the story the MSM has failed to show. All the pro-Kerry stuff has been paraded before us before via the MSM, but Sinclair got the stuff the MSM has spiked on the air, without having ANY chance of being called unbalanced ...

I found the video to be very balanced and thought-provoking - while still putting the blame for atrocities against POWs at Kerry's feet where it belongs.

Kerry is left being accused of extending the War and contributing to the torture of our brave servicemen, Bush is accused of (maybe) being absent for a few months.

However, there seem to be many trolls out tonight which indicates there may be some fear out there....

Sometimes, (IMHO) a sneaky dig is better than a tire iron in the face.

What little I watched of the broadcast describes POW's being tortured, while F'n was back in the world spewing treason.
Is that the same show we are discussing?
What am I missing here?

I saw that this broadcast was devastating to Kerry and not to President Bush. The Left came across as violent, we did not. The Left came across as creepy, we did not. The allegations against Kerry were huge, those against President Bush were not.

[Katherine2]

9. Those are typical of freeper rationalization

Of course there must be some hidden reason for the fact that Sinclair caved to pressure (according to freepers). I love it how when Bush does or says something really stupid, they chalk it up to "strategery" and talk about how Bush is playing chess while his opponents are playing checkers. They just can't face the fact that Sinclair didn't broadcast the entire film like they wanted, and that Bush sucks.

[drfemoe]

10. When a freeper

claims something is 'balanced', I am 100% sure it is not. They know nothing about 'balance'.

Filmmaker Sues Sinclair in New York over Anti-Kerry Documentary

New York - Filmmaker George Butler sued Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. on Thursday, saying its documentary showing a one-sided view of presidential candidate John Kerry's anti-war activities violates his copyrights by using pictures and film without permission.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, seeks unspecified damages and a halt to any use of the material Butler has created in the more than three decades he has documented Kerry's life.
<>
In its refusal, the Kerry campaign noted Sinclair fired its Washington bureau chief after he publicly criticized the program.

"When their own top political reporter had the courage to speak up, they fired him, that tells you everything you need to know about them," Clanton said. "The Kerry campaign is in no way cooperating with this discredited, partisan effort that Sinclair is poorly disguising as news."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304C.shtml

[sandnsea]

4. Questions

No Sinclair in my area.

Did they imply or outright state the left tried to opress their freedom of speech, mentioning the boycott?

Did they say the mainstream media opressed the POW's freedom of speech?

This is what I expected, then clips of anti-Kerry stuff, etc.

[BUSHOUT]

6. Pretty much, yes. A lot of anti-Kerry lies were left unchallanged.

They whined about the DNC and the Kerry campaign working to suppress the original plan to air "Stolen Honor".
They had some idiot (the producer of SH I think) on at the outset asking in a melodramatic way "What are they so afraid of??"

This was a joke. The rightwingers don't like it for stupid reasons, because they're stupid.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

5. Copps and Adelstein are the two Dems. The other three are the Reps.

Copps spoke out against the Documentary.

[Redleg]

7. I saw it as anti-Kerry and pseudo balanced.

They permitted a few Kerry supporters to say their piece but the narration still presented the story in a way to discredit Kerry. Pretty fucking disgraceful- the same old fucking lies. There is truly no accountability for what people say.

[proReality]

8. LINK TV showed 1 1/2 hours of

Stolen Honor and Going Up River combined. Both are partisan propaganda (think about it before you start to flame). However, only River is believable because of all the actual film coverage from that time period, featuring John Kerry, the Winter Soldiers, members of Congress, etc.

I have the greatest respect for the service of those who spoke in Stolen Honor, and the greatest sympathy for their years of torture and incarceration. However, they were mainly Air Force POWs--not boots on the ground--locked away for years, with no way of knowing what was actually going on at the front. Yet they talk about it as if they were there and knew that every day of the war was fought by absolutely pure Americans.

The only conclusion any sane person can come to is that the pain and deprivation these men went through had to have a target of release, so they picked John Kerry as that target. They never paid attention to his actual words or honestly tried to listen to details of what eventually put him before a Congressional committee. They can't admit the truth now because their pent-up hate for those who captured and hurt them would have nowhere to go. It's truly sad that they can't break through their wall hurt and hate.

I pity them, but I'll be voting for Kerry.

[tlcandie]

12. Very well put....

I saw it too, see my post below. They are blinded by their anger and no one will convince them otherwise.

I feel for them as well because you saw the passion in their faces and voices when they spoke. It was very sad. It was very traumatic for all of them and their families.

It is no different than today's soldiers in Iraq not wanting to see the truth of why they are in Iraq. Sometimes people need the illusion in order to live with themselves. Who are we to judge?

[tlcandie]

11. I watched LINK TVs airing of both and it was EXCELLENT

and very balanced! It is a must see to get an extremely balanced perspective or another perspective maybe...

I could see the Stolen Honor people's point of view, but the guy supposedly a well known reporter/hound/sleuth lost his credibility, IMO, when he stated he was a Nam Vet as well. IMO, that meant he had an emotional stake in the film just like the rest, so he lost his objectivity which was obvious in the film itself.

However, Kerry's film was more objective, but it was still presented from the lens of a friend and didn't provide the other side either!

:hi:

[drfemoe]

13. FCC may revoke Sinclair license

via radio:

http://tinyurl.com/3qmla
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