WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Party and 18 senators are seeking a pair of federal investigations into Sinclair Broadcast Group's plans to preempt network primetime programming on its 62 TV stations nationwide later this month to air a documentary critical of Sen. John Kerry's antiwar activities. The Democratic National Committee plans to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission that alleges that the documentary Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal is an illegal in-kind contribution to President Bush's campaign. Many of the stations the company owns are in critical "battleground states." Meanwhile, the Democratic senators have asked the FCC to investigate whether Sinclair's plan was an improper use of public airwaves. The documentary by Pennsylvania-based Carlton Sherwood, a former journalist and Vietnam veteran, chronicles Kerry's 1971 testimony before Congress and links him to activist and actress Jane Fonda. It includes interviews with Vietnam prisoners of war and their wives who claim that Kerry's testimony -- filled with "lurid fantasies of butchery in Vietnam" on the part of U.S. troops -- demeaned them and led their captors to hold them longer.
- 10/12/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Party and 18 senators are seeking a pair of federal investigations into Sinclair Broadcast Group's plans to preempt network primetime programming on its 62 TV stations nationwide later this month to air a documentary critical of Sen. John Kerry's antiwar activities. The Democratic National Committee plans to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission that alleges that the documentary Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal is an illegal in-kind contribution to President Bush's campaign. Many of the stations the company owns are in critical "battleground states." Meanwhile, the Democratic senators have asked the FCC to investigate whether Sinclair's plan was an improper use of public airwaves. The documentary by Pennsylvania-based Carlton Sherwood, a former journalist and Vietnam veteran, chronicles Kerry's 1971 testimony before Congress and links him to activist and actress Jane Fonda. It includes interviews with Vietnam prisoners of war and their wives who claim that Kerry's testimony -- filled with "lurid fantasies of butchery in Vietnam" on the part of U.S. troops -- demeaned them and led their captors to hold them longer.
- 10/12/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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