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Oh, I'm sure this flick, and its purveyor, will receive the same scrutiny that Rather's report was.

This is the same Sinclair Broadcasting Group that told its affiliates not to show the episode of Nightline earlier this year honoring the men and women of the US Armed Forces who were killed while serving in Iraq. At the time, their explanation was: "we do not believe such political statements should be disguised as news content."

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As a side note, check out Sinclair's website with a listing of its stations. From a quick glance, I'm seeing a couple of random FOX and ABC affiliates, but a lot more of WB and UPN.

Maybe Sinclair's play to any FCC inquiry is not that the airing is either "political" or "news", but instead simply the opportunity to raise ratings for stations otherwise sentenced to air Celebrity Justice and Veronica Mars.

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That's because club and I weren't discussing that. I understand that your conversational dial contains the settings --

• Kerry = evil
• Muslims = evil
• Nimmer on Copyright, and
• My Hoo-Ha, and related subjects

-- but every so often other topics crawl onto this board.

For that matter, a defense of Kerry was not what I responded to you about either, despite your efforts to drag the conversation there.

I was simply excited to hear that you'd bought the DVD and knew exactly what's in the movie. There's "no spin," remember? Any particular footage we should focus on?

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Should Forrest Gump appear seated next to the young John Kerry while testifying before the Senate, then I think some scrutiny will be in order.

Otherwise, as they say, the thing "should speak for itself."

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This whole thing is sorta interesting to watch. Kos is linking to a "go after the advertisers" campaign and he's listed every major institutional investor of Sinclair. I don't know what the impact will be, but certainly the left is mobilized to hit back and prevent this from airing. I imagine there have been a lot of calls to the FCC as well. Sinclair's stock is down a bit today.

And the Astros are up 2-0 at the end of the 2nd. This is good.

ETA: Incidently, I've heard good things about Veronica Mars

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By all means, let us accept the truthfulness of any allegations contained in the movie without question.

Look over there! Look at the monkey!

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I disagree with this approach. It's unAmerican. Let it air - it'll be a great opportunity to also showcase the SBG's right-wing agenda. I imagine the film's makers also might bear some scrutiny.

2. But I haven't caught it yet.

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Oh right. Sorry.

Anything portraying Kerry in a less-than-favorable light must, in fact, be false.

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I don't think equal time is in effect for news shows anymore. if it is 60 minutes will have to turn the keys over to Bush for the next 3 weeks.

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actually sometimes i have the sense that notme doesn't consult nimmer. on the other hand, she does deserve more credit for her posts than you give. she drifts sometimes, but who amongst us does not?

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again, i believe if it is "news" it attracts an exception, but what I read about here is a simple history flick anyway. why the controversy?

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i believe it, unless the film has some fingerprints of a digital recorder.

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Oh, OK. Amish in the City, then.

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Sorry to interupt this love-fest for a movie no one's seen yet, but I'm sure at least some here will be interested that RealClearPolitics is now tracking the odds .

With "markets" all in one place, you guys should now have more time for posting paeons to the lastest Leni Riefenstahl epic. Have at it.

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"movie" implies fiction. this is a documentary, you know like Mike makes.