Minneapolis! 'Stolen Honor' Heads Up!!

[reprehensor]

Conservative TV Group to Air Anti-Kerry Film

NEW YORK — The conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group, whose television outlets reach nearly a quarter of the nation's homes with TV, is ordering its stations to preempt regular programming just days before the Nov. 2 election to air a film that attacks Sen. John F. Kerry's activism against the Vietnam War, network and station executives familiar with the plan said Friday.

Sinclair's programming plan, communicated to executives in recent days and coming in the thick of a close and intense presidential race, is highly unusual even in a political season that has been marked by media controversies.

Sinclair has told its stations — many of them in political swing states such as Ohio and Florida — to air "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," sources said. The film, funded by Pennsylvania veterans and produced by a veteran and former Washington Times reporter, features former POWs accusing Kerry — a decorated Navy veteran turned war protester — of worsening their ordeal by prolonging the war. Sinclair will preempt regular prime-time programming from the networks to show the film, which may be classified as news programming, according to TV executives familiar with the plan.

Executives at Sinclair did not return calls seeking comment, but the Kerry campaign accused the company of pressuring its stations to influence the political process.

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Sinclair in Minneapolis

Let them know you are on their tricks.

[Eric J in MN]

1. I emailed them with the form at

http://www.kmwb23.com/minneapolis_mn/station/contact_departments.shtml

[riverwalker]

2. phone number

www.kmwb23.com
Contact Information
1640 Como Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55108
[phone]

[dflprincess]

7. With a 551xx Zip Code

shouldn't that be St. Paul? I thought all Mpls zips were 554xx and St Paul was 551xx.

[Thegonagle]

8. That's definitely St. Paul

If that was Minneapolis, it would be Como Ave SE, and the ZIP code would be 55414. There's nothing at 1640 Como Ave SE in Minneapolis except perhaps Joe's Market, but I doubt the numbers go that high on the 1600 block. (I grew up over there.)

Note: This is my first post here. I've been lurking here for a few months now. It's good to find a Democrat-friendly board. I've been at Anandtech.com for years, but their Politics and News board is full of flames from both sides of the political spectrum, so the signal-to-noise ratio is relatively low. It's not so fun there anymore. :(

[northernsoul]

9. WB23's office is right by the State Fair

now, let's all start taking notes on who their local advertisers are and let 'em know how we feel.

[question everything]

15. As the area code - 651

And welcome to DU
:toast:

[Oreo]

3. Done

Here's what I wrote:

I really hope you don't bow to the pressure of your parent company to air anti-Kerry trash from the swiftboat liars. Instead, why don't you air an unbiased breakdown of all of the issues. Don't be a pawn in Karl Rove's chess game.

Thanks... I'll be watching.

[loveable liberal]

4. i tried to submit a letter, but it said "bad referer"

I wonder if it went through?

[shockingelk]

5. Vote in the poll

http://www.kmwb23.com/minneapolis_mn/

Do you think Sinclair Broadcast Group should run the documentary?

41% Yes

59% No

[myrna minx]

6. Thanks for the link! n/t

[northernsoul]

10. they changed the poll

Now it's "should John Kerry respond to the charges made against him by the former POWs?", which sounds a lot like "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?"

WB23 is goin' down!

[lakeguy]

11. contact all their advertisers

http://www.boycottsbg.com/advertisers/Default.aspx

this shit can't be allowed to go uncontested. email or call all of them and then get your friends/family to do the same. money is the only way to bring these pricks down. Sinclair already has an extremely low profit/revenue ratio the way it is. let's push them over the edge!!!

i'll try to post an updated list tomorrow. a couple of my unemployed friends will be watching wb23 all day.

[pauliedangerously]

12. they changed it again....

Do you think Senator Kerry should have mentioned the vice president's daughter when talking about homosexuality?


Copied and pasted it at 1:31 am...

I'll be back to this thread to look at the advertisers...I don't watch TV very much, but I'll send out flak!!!!!!!

[myrna minx]

13. My letter...

I am mortified that KMWB has decided to become the vessel for an hour long campaign commercial in an attempt to smear the integrity of a Presidential candidate. This is gutter politics. This is despicable. I have often appreciated KMWB in the past as an alternative to “news programming.” Your actions regarding this matter have made me realize that your channel is not a-political; in fact your station is a hostile partisan mouthpiece. Regardless of one’s political persuasion, KMWB’s decision to air this hatchet piece (of which was debunked on last night’s “Nightline”) is part of the poison that has made the American Electorate so cynical. Therefore I have joined the boycott of your station. No more Yugi-Oh. No more Smallville. No more Gilmore Girls. No more One Tree Hill. I am notifying your advertisers that I am boycotting their products and services if they continue to support a channel that veils an illegal campaign contribution as “news.” Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,

[lakeguy]

14. Here are a few more advertisers to contact...

I listed them on the main boycott link in the forums but since they were also on WB23 I put them here. Plus, it takes 24 hours for the boycott site to verify. Call and email away!!!

General Mills
1-800-248-7310
[phone]
http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/contact_us/contact_us.aspx

Twin Cities Magic and Costume
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: http://www.twincitiesmagic.com/index.htm?
Address: 241 West 7th Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
Contact: Jim Berg

Shinders
http://www.shinders.com/
[phone]


Pulte Homes
For media relations inquiries:
Mark Marymee
248-433-4648
[e-mail]

To reach us by fax: [phone]
You can also reach Corporate Communications toll free at 1-800-777-8583.

ITT Technical School
8911 Columbine Rd.
Eden Prairie, MN 55347
[phone]

http://www.itt-tech.edu/campus/school.cfm?lloc_num=27


K'NEX toys
1-800-543-5639
http://www.knex.com/contact/index.php