Sinclair Broadcast Group Orders Its 62 TV Stations To Air Anti-Kerry Propaganda

Anti-Kerry film sparks DNC response
Sinclair Broadcast Group orders its 62 stations to show movie next week; DNC files complaint to FEC.

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of the largest group of television stations in the nation, plans to air a documentary that accuses Sen. John Kerry of betraying American prisoners during the Vietnam War, a newspaper reported Monday.

The reported plan prompted the Democratic National Committee to file a complaint against Sinclair with the Federal Election Commission.

Sinclair has ordered all 62 of its stations to air “Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal” without commercials in prime-time next week, the Washington Post reported, just two weeks before the Nov. 2 election.
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“Sinclair’s plan to air anti-Kerry propaganda before the election is an abuse of the public airwaves for what appears to be partisan political purposes,” Media Matters CEO David Brock said in the letter.

The letter warned Sinclair that its plan could constitute a violation of broadcast regulations requiring equal time for political candidates, as well as the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, the group said.

Federal campaign finance law states it is illegal for a corporation to contribute anything of value to a federal campaign or a national political committee, including broadcast communications, said Cabrera.

Sign the petition calling for Sinclair to cease and desist in partisan politics. This is a blatant violation of campaign finance laws, and it can’t be allowed to happen.