Du'ers I know it is from the freepers, [Sinclair and Newsmax up to this]

[AnIndependentTexan]

Is there any truth at all to this and should we still apply as much pressure as possible?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1254651/posts

Is Sinclair Still Preparing to Run Stolen Honor in Its Entirety? NewsMax Says "Yes"


Posted on 10/23/2004 1:27:15 PM PDT by jmstein7


I just want to share the odd phone call I just received.

Apparently, NewsMax working with Sinclair to go ahead and air ALL of Stolen Honor next week. My source is reliable, and the source has advised me that NewsMax will be using a telemarketing service (do not call compliant) to raise funds and work with Sinclair to run it.

Has anybody else heard about this? Has anyone been solicited by anyone connected with NewsMax about this yet?
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Yes, I received a call from them this past week asking for a donation of $30.00 to help pay for airing it.

Since I "thought" Sinclair was already doing that, I didn't give. Too bad they didn't advertise their campaign better, it would have come across better. I really was afraid someone was just scamming and didn't join in.



3 posted on 10/23/2004 1:31:00 PM PDT by ex-rushie
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I got an email from the stolen honor site and was lead to the newsmax effort to help air stolen honor. They were asking for donations to make it happen. Check out the link.

https://www.newsmaxstore.com/contribute/stolenhonor/
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My guess is that NewsMax wants to buy time to air it. They are known to become "active" when we are in a pinch.

For example, NewsMax purchased and ran very effective ads in national papers (and purchased some air time in local markets) during the 2000 election debacle.

This is a plausible scenario. When the chips are down, NewsMax often actually takes action. But, it's a rarity.



11 posted on 10/23/2004 1:44:52 PM PDT by jmstein7

[Bluebear]

1. Let them run it!

They can put it on 24/7 for all I care. Just make sure people know Bush lost track of 380 tons of weapons that could endanger Americans for years to come.

[Indiana_Dem]

4. Yeah I feel the same!

If the SBVs haven't stopped Kerry by this point then not much will. Those accusations have been presented and people have had time to sift through it in their minds and it looks as though they don't really choose to focus on pre-presidential acts. Most people want to know what the campaigner is going to do in the future. I think people are tired of hearing about each sides' accusations. At least that's what all my coworkers and relatives/friends say. Too much sliming kind of wears thin after awhile. I think it's too late. So go ahead and let them--people will see through it.

[yardwork]

2. It sounds to me like this freeper just got suckered out of $30

This may be a huge underdeveloped resource. Maybe Democratic operatives could start calling freepers and begging for money to air anti-Democratic shows on TV, then use the money to run anti-Republican ads. Nah. That would be unethical.

[Guaranteed]

5. LOL...

yeah...I, uh, agree...totally unethical. :)

[npincus]

3. article fromNewsMax on subject

http://email.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/10/24/212801.shtml

Apparantly the producer of the film "Stolen Honor" is offering it up for free to any stations who would broadcast it. It's hard to imagine after Sinclair folded on this, that they would stir up another shit storm by airing it. But who knows?


Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004 9:23 p.m. EDT
Vets Plan to Make 'Stolen Honor' Free to Stations

Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Carlton A. Sherwood, producer of "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," says his organization plans to make his film free to television and radio broadcasters who would like to air it.

Sherwood added he plans on offering free webcasts of the program soon.

"Any media entity brave enough to air Stolen Honor can contact us for a license to air the film, provided the entity will air the film in its entirety," Sherwood said in a prepared statement. "Likewise, any individual who wishes to purchase time on a local broadcast station or a local theater will be allowed to license the film if the film is shown in its entirety at no cost."

Sherwood continued: "Since Sinclair Broadcast Group decided to air this documentary which tells the true story of the torture of American prisoners of war in North Vietnam and the impact that John Kerry’s anti-war activities had upon the POWs and their families in the early 1970s, the Kerry campaign and the liberal media establishment have stopped at nothing to try to keep this film from being seen by the American people. The liberal establishment media didn’t tell the POW story thirty years ago – and they still don’t want that story to be told. Neither does John Kerry, because the POWs provide compelling personal stories of his treachery to them and their fellow Vietnam veterans.

"Sinclair has been subjected to threats, harassment, legal action, and financial loss simply because of its editorial decision to air ‘Stolen Honor’ and at long last, after thirty years of media silence, to tell this story. Sinclair has now determined to air only portions of the documentary. I applaud the courage of Sinclair Broadcast Group to move forward with this story in the first place and to be steadfast in the face of this onslaught from the media establishment and the orchestrated attacks directed at the company.

"But let me be clear: the purpose of this film is to document for all time the truth about John Kerry, the truth about what happened to the POWs in those North Vietnam prison camps, the complicity of the national media in protecting and promoting Kerry as a ‘war hero’ when he was and is the opposite.

"The North Vietnamese captors tried to silence the POWs in the prison camps then, the American media and politicians have tried to silence the POWs today. As POW Smitty Harris said in the film, "They never shut us down.” We will do whatever we can to make sure the POWs are not silenced today.”

Editor's note:

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[Old and In the Way]

6. Yeah, they were so outraged they had to wait 30 years to make this case.

Sad that these Republican vets will tear down another vet to keep AWOL and his war profiteering sidekick in office. Kerry's real crime is that he's a Democrat.

Do you think these guy's would be so outraged if Kerry was a Republican? I don't.