Very large U.S. TV network to air documentary-shaped anti-Kerry lieball, Federal Election Commission will investigate

In article , "Tamas Feher"
wrote:

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=571225


TV stations clear schedule for Kerry attack
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
12 October 2004


The Kerry campaign dismissed the documentary while the Democratic
National Committee said it planned to file a complaint with the Federal
Election Commission arguing that the airing should be considered an
illegal contribution to President Bush's campaign.

In a letter to the commission, a group of 18 Democratic senators asked
for an investigation. "To allow a broadcasting company to air such a
blatantly partisan attack in lieu of regular programming, and to
classify that attack as news programming as has been suggested, would
violate the spirit, and we think the text, of current law and
regulation," they wrote.

OK. Where was the complaint against CBS and 60 Minutes then when they
used prime time to air such a blatantly partisan attack, classifying that
attack as news programming?

Let's see Dan Rather step up and defend this network the same way
he asked to be defended himself.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

h (Rand Simberg) wrote in message .. .
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:10:48 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Tamas
Feher" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=571225


TV stations clear schedule for Kerry attack

And this relates to space policy, how exactly?

It relates to space policy exactly, in that
Sinclair is one of those huge Corporations
that Walter Cronkite is always talking about
that owns space policy. In constrast to
"science", which owns Mickeysoft,
which owns Congress, The Republican Party,
and Sinclair, but as of yet, no space policy.

October 12, 2004

Rand Simberg wrote:

I post neither, being neither left or right.


You are completely satisfied with wrong.

Thomas Lee Elifritz
http://elifritz.members.atlantic.net

Don't worry it'll backfire on them

"Tamas Feher" wrote:

:The Kerry campaign dismissed the documentary while the Democratic
:National Committee said it planned to file a complaint with the Federal
:Election Commission arguing that the airing should be considered an
:illegal contribution to President Bush's campaign.

While things like Fahrenheit 911 are just good clean fun.

:Stolen Honour has been produced by Carlton Sherwood, a Vietnam veteran
:and former journalist. It includes interviews with two participants of
:the Swift Boat advert.

It also sounds like it's going to document Mr Kerry's actual
activities in the post-Vietnam era. Yeah, gotta squelch reality.
Why, we can't have people making up their minds based on someone
actually telling them the facts!

--
You are
What you do
When it counts.

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:47:13 -0700, "Leadfoot"
wrote:

Don't worry it'll backfire on them
Oh yea - I'm sure of that. After all - who in the hell is going to
take a bunch of former POW's and MOH winners seriously....
Regards,

You all seem to be missing a critical point: Farenheit 9/11 was
explicitly denied the right to air on public television. Moore is
currently pursuing Pay Per View as a method of distribution. Sinclair
Networks' airing of this show flies in the face of all the campaign
finance laws that stopped Michael Moore from showing Farenheit 9/11 on
network television. Airing either show on pay per view is, however,
perfectly legal.

"nomihn0" wrote:

:You all seem to be missing a critical point: Farenheit 9/11 was
:explicitly denied the right to air on public television.

Hogwash! If that was true, why was Moore offering it to Sinclair for
free last night?

:Moore is
:currently pursuing Pay Per View as a method of distribution.

And they've told him they don't want it.

:Sinclair
:Networks' airing of this show flies in the face of all the campaign
:finance laws that stopped Michael Moore from showing Farenheit 9/11 on
:network television.

Again, hogwash! You are also ignoring the minor issue that one show
may be a real documentary, while we know that the other is Michael
Moore propaganda and not a documentary at all.

:Airing either show on pay per view is, however,
erfectly legal.

Except for the minor problem that Pay Per View changed their mind and
told Moore they weren't interested.

--
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the
soul with evil."
-- Socrates

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
...

:Airing either show on pay per view is, however,
erfectly legal.

Except for the minor problem that Pay Per View changed their mind and
told Moore they weren't interested.

It was a 'Michael Moore Election Special' that was cancelled, 'Fahrenheit
911' was due to be shown as part of this.

PPV (actually a company called 'On Demand') are actually claiming
'legitimate legal and business problems'.

Moore is screaming blue murder about 'People putting pressure on them'.

(Source 'BBCi Entertainment News', It's not being treated as politics yet)

--
William Black
------------------
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government

"William Black" wrote:

:
:"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
.. .
:
: :Airing either show on pay per view is, however,
: erfectly legal.
:
: Except for the minor problem that Pay Per View changed their mind and
: told Moore they weren't interested.
:
:It was a 'Michael Moore Election Special' that was cancelled, 'Fahrenheit
:911' was due to be shown as part of this.
:
:PPV (actually a company called 'On Demand') are actually claiming
:'legitimate legal and business problems'.
:
:Moore is screaming blue murder about 'People putting pressure on them'.

Well, this seems to be Moore's mode of operation to get free
publicity, doesn't it? There is absolutely zero evidence that
Republicans (or anyone else) has actually applied any pressure.

(Source: Michael Moore, speaking with Jay Leno on the "Tonight Show"
aired 10/15/04)

--
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the
soul with evil."
-- Socrates