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Originally posted by Lanny_MacDonald@Oct 13 2004, 04:21 PM
Okay, you want to know just how unbiased this "documentary is? Here's the options from a poll on their site, Stolen Honor.
What is your opinion of Sinclair Broadcasting's intent to air Stolen Honor on all 62 of their television stations, during prime time, October 21 –24?
* The DNC is worried the truth unearthed in Stolen Honor will negatively impact Kerry’s presidential race.
* After the CBS scandal, partisans on both sides of the political spectrum should applaud truthful journalism.
* Forces are at work to keep the public from seeing this moving and powerful account of Kerry’s betrayal.
* Sinclair Broadcasting should air Stolen Honor as intended.
Wow, those are some real options you have to choose from. And they frame the public senitment so well. This guys has a bit of a history or running smear campaigns against those he has an axe to grind. Charlton Sherwood seems to be a habitual manipulator of the truth, even claiming to have won a Pulitzer prize for his work, which he did not.
From my point of view I think this guy is still p*ssed about what Kerry said 33 years ago and has had a vendetta against him since he spook out about the war. Frankly I think this garbage of bringing stuff up that happened during the Viet Nam era a bit of a joke. Stuff that was said then has lost its context. People no longer understand the mood of the nation that was present in the early 70's. People don't remember just how divided the nation was about Viet Nam or how hard it was for vets coming home. I think that those that spoke out about the war contributed to the end of the engagement. I think what he said, at times cruel, was right. Unfortunately those comments will not play the same today because the mood of the nation is different and the impacts of that war have faded. It is out of context, it is out of date, and it is not applicable to this Presidental campaign.
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The issue isn't the documentary or the author because obviously the product and the originator look exactly like Michael Moore on the other side so what's the big deal? You may not like the comparison but there are wingnuts on both sides and they're out in droves these days.
The issue is whether or not FOX should air this documentary. I agree its an issue for discussion.
For amusement, I'll reveal a widdle birdy tells me that FOX's Bill O'Reilly's "talking points" today call for John Kerry to have a chance to rebut the documentary immediately after it airs, saying its unfair not to grant that opportunity.
But the web site you provided for Stolen Honour looks exactly like
www.michaelmoore.com if you ask me. I really don't think its relevant.
Cowperson