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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like to know why John McCain is always used as
a quote. Is it because he is Republican and you all think we will pay more
attention? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 17, 2004 11:21
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Sinclair
Broadcasting</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Oct 11, 2004<BR>Sinclair Broadcasting
Group<BR><BR>The Sinclair Broadcasting Group is a conservative broadcasting
network that controls television airwaves in dozens of major television
markets, including markets in battleground states such as Florida and Ohio.
Recently, it has banned shows that are critical of the war on terror, ordered
its stations not to air a tribute to our fallen U.S. soldiers, and now plans
to air an anti-Kerry movie days before election day. The Sinclair Broadcasting
Group has historically contributed thousands of dollars to Republican causes
and its CEO also contributed the maximum to Bush-Cheney.
<BR><BR>"Sinclair—They're Big Supporters of the Bush Administration" [Chicago
Sun Times, 5/3/04]<BR><BR><B>Sinclair Broadcasting Group: Consistent
Anti-Kerry, Pro-Bush Programming </B><BR><BR><B>Sinclair Broadcasting Group
Ordered Preemptions To Air Anti-Kerry Program Days Before Election.</B>
According to the Los Angeles Times, "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." [Los Angeles Times,
10/9/04]<BR><BR><B>The Show Will Be Aired In Swing States Around The Country.
</B>Sinclair Broadcasting has ordered stations in swing states like 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." [Los Angeles Times,
10/9/04]<BR><BR><B>Previously, Sinclair Group Ordered Its ABC Stations Not To
Air American Soldier Tribute.</B> While millions of viewers across the country
watched a moving ABC special honoring the 500 U.S. soldiers who had died in
Iraq at the time, the Sinclair Group forced its ABC affiliates to not show the
program. [CNN, 4/30/04]<BR><BR><B>Senator John McCain Criticized Sinclair's
Decision.</B> "Your decision to deny your viewers an opportunity to be
reminded of war's terrible costs, in all their heartbreaking detail, is a
gross disservice to the public, and to the men and women of the United States
Armed Forces," McCain, a Vietnam veteran, wrote in a letter to David Smith,
president and CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group. "It is, in short, sir,
unpatriotic. I hope it meets with the public opprobrium it most certainly
deserves." [CNN, 4/30/04]<BR><BR><B>Previously, Sinclair Broadcasting Ran
Misleading Medicare Advertisements.</B> In May, the General Accounting Office
(GAO) found that fake news segments produced to promote the administration's
Medicare law violated federal laws against producing propaganda. The video
news releases were distributed to local television sessions to be run as part
of the stations' news programs. One of the broadcasters that ran these
misleading and illegal advertisements was the Sinclair Broadcasting group,
owned by David Sinclair, a major bush donor. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
3/20/04; GAO, Decision in Matter of Center for Medicaid & Medicare
Services - Video News Release, 5/19/04]<BR><BR><B>Previously, Sinclair-Owned
Station Refused to Air DNC Ad.</B> Sinclair Broadcasting decided not to air a
DNC ad criticizing George Bush. "While three Madison TV stations are airing an
ad this week from the Democratic National Committee criticizing President Bush
for his Iraq war policies, one station — Fox 47 — is taking heat for deciding
not to air the ad. The 30-second spot, which is now only being aired in the
Madison market, includes a clip of Bush's State of the Union address regarding
Iraq's acquisition of uranium from Africa. Executives of the Maryland-based
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the parent company of Fox 47, did not return phone
calls." [Madison Capital Times, 7/24/03]<BR><BR><B>Previously, Sinclair Forced
Stations to "Broadcast Spots Declaring Support for President Bush and Other
Government Leaders." </B>"Sinclair Broadcast Group directed its more than 60
stations, including WBFF-TV and WNUV-TV in Baltimore, to broadcast spots
declaring support for the efforts of President Bush and other government
leaders. The spots direct viewers to log on at www.supportournation.com or to
call a 900 number to register their views. (Officials said the 50-cent fee for
each call simply covered its costs.) At WBFF, anchors were drafted to tape the
messages in support of the White House, stirring internal fears they were
compromising their professional objectivity." [Baltimore Sun,
9/19/01]<BR><BR><B>Residents "Tricked" Into Thinking They Are Watching Local
News. </B>Sinclair Broadcasting tapes a daily half hour session of
conservative news at their corporate headquarters in Baltimore. Sinclair then
transmits the conservative news segment to coincide with the half hour of
local news aired by its affiliates, creating a one hour news segment. Mark
Hyman, Vice President of Corporate Relations for Sinclair, appears on the air
and gives a daily conservative commentary named "The Point." Hyman portrays
animal activists as "wackos" and denounces the "leftist agenda." According to
the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Critics say viewers are tricked into thinking
they're watching an all-local newscast when, in fact, much of it is being
piped in." [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/24/03]<BR><BR><B>"The Point" and
Sinclair Executive Mark Hyman's Refrain: Attack John Kerry
</B><BR><BR><B>Hyman Claimed Kerry Joined Navy Because It Was The "Least
Likely" To Go To Vietnam.</B> In his daily commentary program "The Point," on
9/19/04, Sinclair VP Mark Hyman said that Kerry dodged the Army draft by
enlisting in the Navy. "The reality is Kerry joined the Navy because it was
the military branch least likely to involve assignment to Vietnam — in order
to avoid being drafted into the Army." [The Point, 9/19/04]<BR><BR><B>Hyman
Accused Kerry of Falsifying Military Records.</B> In his commentary on
9/27/04, Hyman accused John Kerry of "Gun Decking". According to Hyman "'Gun
decking' is the falsifying of official records and reports, usually to
cover-up a wrong doing or to make one look better than he is." Hyman continued
in his commentary to state that, "Extensive records review shows Kerry guilty
of 'gun decking' his military career." [The Point, 9/27/04]<BR><BR><B>Hyman
Claimed Kerry Supported Communists.</B> In his commentary on 9/22/04, Hyman
argued that Kerry supported Communist regimes. "Kerry has a lifetime of
experience in foreign policy. Unfortunately, it is a lifetime of supporting
Communist forces opposed to the U.S. in Vietnam, in Nicaragua…." [The Point,
9/22/04]<BR><BR><B>Sinclair Broadcasting Group, CEO and Other Executives are
Longtime Republican Donors.</B><BR><BR><B>Sinclair CEO Is A Maxed-Out Bush
Donor.</B> David Smith, CEO of Sinclair Broadcasting Group, gave the maximum
to Bush-Cheney 2004, contributing the legal limit of $2,000.
[FEC]<BR><BR><B>Sinclair Vice President Donated $175,000 to RNC and Maxed Out
To Bush-Cheney.</B> Frederick Smith, Vice President of The Sinclair
Broadcasting Group, has donated $175,000 to the Republican National Committee
since 1999 and contributed the legal limit to Bush-Cheney 2004 and 2000.
[FEC]<BR><BR><B>Other Sinclair Executives Maxed Out to Bush-Cheney 04.</B>
Julian D Smith, Vice President and Secretary of the Sinclair Broadcasting
Group, and Robert Smith, an analyst with SBG, both maxed out the legal
spending limit to Bush-Cheney 2004. [FEC]<BR><BR><B>Sinclair VP Mark Hyman
Donated To the Maryland Republican Party.</B> Mark Hyman donated $2,061 to the
Republican State Central Committee of Maryland in 2000. [FEC,
tray.com]<BR><BR><B>Sinclair Broadcasting Group Has Affiliates Around The
Country.</B> Below is a list of cities where Sinclair owns at least one major
news affiliate: <BR><BR>· WTTA - Tampa <BR>· KMWB - Minneapolis <BR>· WPGH
& WCWB - Pittsburgh <BR>· KOVR - Sacramento <BR>· KDNL - St. Louis <BR>·
WBFF & WNUV - Baltimore <BR>· WLFL & WRDC - Raleigh - Durham, NC <BR>·
WZTV & WUXP - Nashville <BR>· WCGV & WVTV - Milwaukee <BR>· WSTR -
Cincinnati <BR>· KSMO - Kansas City, MO <BR>· WTTE & WSYX - Columbus, OH
<BR>· WFBC & WLOS - Asheville, NC <BR>· KABB & KRRT - San Antonio
<BR>· WTTO & WABM & WDBB - Birmingham, AL <BR>· WTVZ - Norfolk, VA
<BR>· WUTV - Buffalo, NY <BR>· KOCB & KOKH - Oklahoma City <BR>· WXLV
& WUPN - Greensboro, NC <BR>· WKEF & WRGT - Dayton, OH <BR>· KVWB
& KFBT - Las Vegas <BR>· WCHS & WVAH - Charleston, WV <BR>· WRLH -
Richmond, VA <BR>· WEAR & WFGX - Mobile, AL <BR>· WSMH - Flint, MI <BR>·
WDKY - Lexington, KY <BR>· KDSM - Des Moines <BR>· WSYT & WNYS - Syracuse
<BR>· KBSI & WDKA - Paducah, KY <BR>· WUHF - Rochester, NY <BR>· WGME -
Portland, ME <BR>· WMSN - Madison, WI <BR>· WEMT - Tri-Cities, TN <BR>· WGGB -
Springfield, MA <BR>· WYZZ - Peoria, IL <BR>· WTWC - Tallahassee, FL <BR>·
WMMP & WTAT - Charleston, SC <BR>· WICS & WICD — Springfield, IL <BR>·
KGAN — Cedar Rapids, IA<BR><BR><A
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