NEWS: FCC won"t block Stolen Honor, page 1

When the Sinclair group first announced they would be airing Stolen Honor two weeks before the election it sparked a firestorm of controversy in the US at large, as well as here on the boards. Charges of illegal election contributions were made and the Democratic Party filed complants with both the FCC and the FEC to block the broadcast. Whle the FEC has yet to rule on the legality of airing Stolen Honor FCC chairman Michael Powell, in a recent statement to reporters stated the FCC would not block the airing of the program as it would be a violation of the first amendment. While there is still a challenge being considered by the FEC which could fnd that the airing of the program would be in violation of campaign law, it seems doubtful that a ruling in favor of the democrats would be able to stop Stolen Honor from airing.

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Will this film, being aired just two weeks before the ballot box opens inflence the US elections? Only time will tell. One thing is for certain though barring any major changes in ownership of the sinclair group Stolen Honor will air. In the event that it is found to have influenced voters in the 11th hour could this be a portent of things to come?

[edit on 19-10-2004 by Nerdling]

The problem with this propaganda anti-Kerry movie is, that it is full of lies and distortions from a group of "right-wingers". They have been trying to "dis-color" John Kerry's war record and say he did not earn his medals, which is also a lie.




Drudge, NY Post spread Mark Hyman's false anti-Kerry accusations
On September 14, Internet gossip Matt Drudge linked to Sinclair Broadcast Group vice president Mark Hyman's September 13 televised commentary, in which Hyman rehashed attacks on Senator John Kerry's Vietnam service. New York Post Washington bureau chief Deborah Orin followed suit in a September 15 article.

In his September 13 commentary, entitled "Kerry and the Killing," Hyman leveled false accusations relating to Kerry's receipt of the Silver Star in an attempt to cast new doubt on Kerry's Vietnam service record:

False Accusation #1: John Kerry was awarded the Silver Star "for killing a Vietnamese man"

Hyman stated that Kerry was awarded the Silver Star "for killing a Vietnamese man," but as Media Matters for America previously noted, and FactCheck.org reported, Kerry in fact earned the award for "extraordinary daring and personal courage ... in attacking a numerically superior force in the face of intense fire." This is according to Kerry's Silver Star citation (pdf), which, as FactCheck.org explained, "shows Kerry was not awarded the Silver Star 'for simply pursuing and dispatching' the Viet Cong." FactCheck.org also noted that Kerry's former commanding officer, George Elliott (a retired Lieutenant Commander and a member of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth) "as recently as June, 2003 ... called Kerry's Silver Star 'well deserved' and his action 'courageous' for beaching his boat in the face of an ambush." Despite this, Elliot recently signed and then recanted an affidavit in which he said Kerry did not deserve the Silver Star. He subsequently recanted his recantation, reaffirming the first affidavit by signing a second, in which he admitted having no firsthand knowledge of the incident but reiterated his statement that Kerry did not deserve the Silver Star.


mediamatters.org...



Here's more "URLS" to look at.

www.johnkerry.com...

www.boston.com...

www.swiftvets.com...

www.charlotte.com...



AND FINALLY, WHO COULD OR WOULD TAKE THE WORD OF MARK HYMAN WITH ALL THE CONNECTIONS HE HOLD TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ????


From the U.S. Navy document (page two), which Hyman posted on the Sinclair Broadcast Group website along with the text version of his September 13 commentary:

PCF 94 beached in center of ambush in front of small path when Viet Cong sprung up from bunker 10 feet from unit. Man ran with weapon towards hootch. Forward M-60 machine gunner wounded man in leg. [Officer-in-charge, LTjg Kerry], jumped ashore and gave pursuit while other units saturated area with fire and beached placing assault parties ashore. [Kerry] chased VC inland behind hootch and shot him while he fled -- capturing one B-40 rocket launcher with round in chamber.

Kerry's account from his campaign website:

PCF 94 landed in the center of ambush and a man jumped up holding a B-40 rocket launcher and started to run. The forward M-60 gunner on PCF94 wounded him in the leg as Kerry jumped off the boat and chased him inland behind a hooch and shot him.

Mark Hyman is vice president for corporate relations for Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. He is the host of The Point, televised commentaries that are broadcast on Sinclair-owned TV stations. As Media Matters for America previously noted, Sinclair's top executives are major contributors to the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. The company has a history of offering a one-sided view political debate, as the Center for American Progress has documented. In July 2003, one Sinclair station refused to air an ad that criticized President George W. Bush; the company has also produced in-house conservative content for its stations. In September 2001, Sinclair required affiliates to convey "full support" for Bush and, most recently, refused to allow its ABC-affiliated stations to air a May 9 broadcast of ABC's Nightline in which the names of those troops who had died in combat in Iraq were read.

The FCC wont block this BECAUSE it would be improper and a violation of the 1rst amendment to precensure a broadcaster.

this thread was going on about this issue.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

I pointed out there that i didnt think this would fly, noting the qualifications needed for "equal time" for broadcasting were not there for EITHER f911 or the anti Kerry film.

Ok liberal, anything to get Bush people, on this one im going to say,

i told you so!!!!

This should have been a no brainer to figure out, yet i still hear people that were grasping at ways to "get bush" with this.

First, you should have known rules guiding the fcc and woudndt find anything to support the allegations over "equal"time . arguments.

secondly, before we hear the pass the buck cries that will say..."ohh the republican machine led by Bush told their FCC buddy to not fault the movies airing."
Come on!!!! If you cant quote, cite or otherwise back up this allegation, then all your doing by saying this would be blind party support based on unfounded liberal wishing. In short...you dont got any proof of activity like i alledged for you liberals.

So now what? can we let this private company do what it wants now that the feds have said there is nothing to act upon here?
or do you favor prior to broadcast censorship by the government?

Are the anti Bush zombies going to cling to this trumped up harrassment and plead "public airwaves"?
Well, there are some rules a broadcaster has to follow to get to "rent" the public airwaves, they are clear and the courts have shown in the past that companies CAN control the message that is exhibited by the company.
Barring a gross flagrant violation of policy, the public airwaves become corporate controled once they get the license to broadcast on a frequency.

I feel the real issue here is not a dem or rep one, it is more about mega media conglomerates and their ever increasing strangle hold on media outlets for programs, choking off free speech and increasing the "censorship" of ideas by a limited number of unelected (by citizens) corporate owners. These media giants can now squash creative ideas, news items, and jobs thru this consolidation, and there are few ways citizens can check this power.

This is where the problem stems. Not Bush or even the FCC.

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