10-20-2004, 12:19 PM
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Junkie
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Anti Kerry film cut
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Anti-Kerry film cut
October 20, 2004 - 7:52PM
Facing a public outcry, a US media conglomerate has backed down from its plan to air in its entirety what was billed as a lengthy expose of John Kerry's role in the Vietnam War, less than two weeks before the November 2 vote.
But Sinclair Broadcast Group, which reaches about a quarter of US households, will on Friday broadcast an hour-long special on what it described as attempts by various organisations to use the media to influence the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.
Some of the allegations against the Democratic presidential candidate will be in the program, the company, which has made no secret of its support for the incumbent George Bush, acknowledged late yesterday.
"Contrary to numerous inaccurate political and press accounts, the Sinclair stations will not be airing the documentary Stolen Honour in its entirety," the group said in a statement.
"At no time did Sinclair ever publicly announce that it intended to do so."
The now shelved documentary, Stolen Honour: Wounds That Never Heal, harshly criticised Mr Kerry's appearance before Congress in 1971, when he returned from Vietnam as a decorated officer and vehemently denounced the war.
The 90-minute program, featuring statements from ex-Vietnam prisoners of war and their families that Mr Kerry betrayed his comrades and prolonged their captivity, has drawn a furious response from Democrats.
In a letter to the Federal Election Commission, Democratic National Committee general counsel Joseph Sandler said the broadcast plans amounted to an illegal "corporate in-kind contribution" to the Republican president.
It said Sinclair was forcing its television stations - many of which are in crucial swing states - to cancel their regular programming to run the documentary made by an ex-reporter with no prior experience in such filmmaking.
AFP
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REF: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...51763989.html#
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