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Salon
January 17, 2018
But the company's bold move of going to air with the anti-Kerry hit piece, which had already been rejected by the major networks, sparked a firestorm. More than 100 Democrats in Congress asked the FCC to step in and review Sinclair's decision. The Democratic National Committee filed a formal complaintÃÂ ...
InsideSources
October 19, 2017
Through letters to the FCC by dozens of members of Congress asking the chairman to investigate Sinclair for “anti-Kerry propaganda,” along with added pressure from a Democratic FCC Commissioner and from the Kerry campaign itself, Democrats succeeded in getting Sinclair to only release a shortenedÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
October 17, 2017
Sinclair Broadcast Group is looking to shed some TV stations as it awaits FCC approval of its $3.9 billion purchase of Tribune Media and its 33 stations. (William Thomas Cain / Getty Images). lex Sherman, Todd Shields and Anousha SakouiBloomberg. Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. received bids for as many as 10 televisionÃÂ ...
Broadcasting & Cable
October 13, 2017
Sinclair Broadcast Group continues to take plenty of flak for its effort to buy Tribune Media's 42 stations in a deal valued at $3.9 billion. This week it came in various new forms highlighted by the Coalition to Save Local Media, a group of deal critics that includes cable and satellite operators. Among theÃÂ ...
The Hill
October 12, 2017
I worry that as we focus on Russian bots on Twitter influencing elections, we're ignoring a bigger threat to democracy and the political process right here at home: the proposed merger of Sinclair Broadcast Group with Tribune Media Company. I have learned, sometimes the hard way, that in politics, littleÃÂ ...
HuffPost
September 6, 2017
The company nevertheless fired its Washington bureau chief after he publicly said that plans to air the anti-Kerry film were 'indefensible.' During the midterm elections of 2010, Sinclair distributed to its stations an infomercial paid for by the National Republican Trust PAC, that called President Obama aÃÂ ...
Vox
May 15, 2017
Reports claimed that the company planned to force all of its stations to air, just a few days before the general election, an anti-Kerry documentary called Stolen Honor, which questioned Kerry's conduct during the Vietnam War. New York Times television critic Alessandra Stanley described the documentaryÃÂ ...
InsideSources
October 19, 2017
Through letters to the FCC by dozens of members of Congress asking the chairman to investigate Sinclair for “anti-Kerry propaganda,” along with added pressure from a Democratic FCC Commissioner and from the Kerry campaign itself, Democrats succeeded in getting Sinclair to only release a shortenedÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
October 17, 2017
Sinclair Broadcast Group is looking to shed some TV stations as it awaits FCC approval of its $3.9 billion purchase of Tribune Media and its 33 stations. (William Thomas Cain / Getty Images). lex Sherman, Todd Shields and Anousha SakouiBloomberg. Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. received bids for as many as 10 televisionÃÂ ...
Broadcasting & Cable
October 13, 2017
Sinclair Broadcast Group continues to take plenty of flak for its effort to buy Tribune Media's 42 stations in a deal valued at $3.9 billion. This week it came in various new forms highlighted by the Coalition to Save Local Media, a group of deal critics that includes cable and satellite operators. Among theÃÂ ...
The Hill
October 12, 2017
I worry that as we focus on Russian bots on Twitter influencing elections, we're ignoring a bigger threat to democracy and the political process right here at home: the proposed merger of Sinclair Broadcast Group with Tribune Media Company. I have learned, sometimes the hard way, that in politics, littleÃÂ ...
HuffPost
September 6, 2017
The company nevertheless fired its Washington bureau chief after he publicly said that plans to air the anti-Kerry film were 'indefensible.' During the midterm elections of 2010, Sinclair distributed to its stations an infomercial paid for by the National Republican Trust PAC, that called President Obama aÃÂ ...
FAIR
May 17, 2017
When NBC Nightly News (4/6/04) invited Brooks Jackson of Factcheck.org to debunk misleading campaign ads, Jackson called the taxes allegation “so bogus,” and dismissed another anti-Kerry ad about his alleged support for a gas tax increase. But anchor Brian Williams neutralized this attempt to set the record straight: “ItÃÂ ...
Vox
May 15, 2017
Reports claimed that the company planned to force all of its stations to air, just a few days before the general election, an anti-Kerry documentary called Stolen Honor, which questioned Kerry's conduct during the Vietnam War. New York Times television critic Alessandra Stanley described the documentaryÃÂ ...
Salon
December 31, 1999
But the company's bold move of going to air with the anti-Kerry hit piece, which had already been rejected by the major networks, sparked a firestorm. More than 100 Democrats in Congress asked the FCC to step in and review Sinclair's decision. The Democratic National Committee filed a formal complaintÃÂ ...
InsideSources
October 20, 2017
Through letters to the FCC by dozens of members of Congress asking the chairman to investigate Sinclair for “anti-Kerry propaganda,” along ...
Chicago Tribune
October 17, 2017
Sinclair Broadcast Group is looking to shed some TV stations as it awaits FCC approval of its $3.9 billion purchase of Tribune Media and its 33Â ...
Broadcasting & Cable
October 13, 2017
Sinclair Broadcast Group continues to take plenty of flak for its effort to buy Tribune Media's 42 stations in a deal valued at $3.9 billion.
Multichannel News
October 13, 2017
Sinclair got pushback from Democrats who argued the anti-Kerry documentary constituted an illegal contribution to the campaign of his rival, ...
The Hill
October 12, 2017
A month before the election, with the race a dead heat, Sinclair ordered its 62 stations to broadcast an anti-Kerry “documentary” closely linked ...
The Hill
October 12, 2017
In October, with the race a dead heat Sinclair ordered its 62 stations to broadcast an anti-Kerry “documentary” closely linked to the smear ...
PR Watch
September 26, 2017
It also directed its stations to air an anti-Kerry program ahead of the 2004 presidential election. Sinclair stations are forced to make room for ...
HuffPost
September 6, 2017
The company nevertheless fired its Washington bureau chief after he publicly said that plans to air the anti-Kerry film were 'indefensible.'.
GoLocalProv
July 5, 2017
HBO's John Oliver show this week focused on “right wing bias” of Sinclair Broadcasting — the nation's largest owner of local television stations ...
Chicago Tonight | WTTW
May 23, 2017
They put the anti-Kerry "Swift Boat" hit-piece on blast in 2004 (replete with allegations later demonstrated by more responsible media outlets to ...
FAIR
May 17, 2017
When NBC Nightly News (4/6/04) invited Brooks Jackson of Factcheck.org to debunk misleading campaign ads, Jackson called the taxes allegation “so bogus,” and dismissed another anti-Kerry ad about his alleged support for a gas tax increase. But anchor Brian Williams neutralized this attempt to set the record straight: “It ...
Vox
May 15, 2017
Reports claimed that the company planned to force all of its stations to air, just a few days before the general election, an anti-Kerry ...
GoLocalProv
May 15, 2017
... pushing an anti-John Kerry documentary and initially directed their stations across the country to run the 'anti-Kerry veterans group Swift Boat ...
BillMoyers.com
May 10, 2017
Relaxed media consolidation rules have allowed Sinclair Broadcasting to buy Tribune Media, creating a local news behemoth with a ...
Truth-Out
October 1, 2017
It also directed its stations to air an anti-Kerry program ahead of the 2004 presidential election. Sinclair stations are forced to make room forÃÂ ...
PR Watch
September 26, 2017
It also directed its stations to air an anti-Kerry program ahead of the 2004 presidential election. Sinclair stations are forced to make room forÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
September 8, 2017
The company nevertheless fired its Washington bureau chief after he publicly said that plans to air the anti-Kerry film were "indefensible.".
GoLocalProv
July 5, 2017
HBO's John Oliver show this week focused on “right wing bias” of Sinclair Broadcasting — the nation's largest owner of local television stationsÃÂ ...
Chicago Tonight | WTTW
May 23, 2017
They put the anti-Kerry "Swift Boat" hit-piece on blast in 2004 (replete with allegations later demonstrated by more responsible media outlets toÃÂ ...
GoLocalProv
May 15, 2017
... pushing an anti-John Kerry documentary and initially directed their stations across the country to run the 'anti-Kerry veterans group Swift BoatÃÂ ...
BillMoyers.com
May 10, 2017
Relaxed media consolidation rules have allowed Sinclair Broadcasting to buy Tribune Media, creating a local news behemoth with aÃÂ ...
KMBZ
December 31, 1999
And this is not pro Kerry anti Kerry this is should guns be allowed concealed carry or whatever. Be allowed on campus. How is it not a crime toÃÂ ...
TV News Check
February 24, 2017
It backed off airing an anti-Kerry "documentary" during the 2004 election, after taking serious heat from advertisers and others.
GoLocalProv
December 17, 2016
The Sinclair family is known for being politically conservative and in 2004 the company sparked a national firestorm for pushing an anti-John Kerry documentary and initially directed their stations across the country to run the "anti-Kerry veterans ...
New Zealand Herald
December 5, 2016
John Bolton, the former US Ambassador to the United Nations, arrives at Trump Tower for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump.
Village Voice
October 11, 2016
In Akron I remember the military man who requested email documentation debunking the anti-Kerry Swift Boat slander, the black family whose second-story abode could only be reached by ladder, the left-wing barber whose refrigerator magnet now affixes anÃÂ ...
The Detroit News
April 21, 2016
The next secretary of state should be the anti-Kerry. Instead of talking all the time, listen. Instead of jet-setting around the world inserting the U.S.
Freepress Online
April 7, 2016
The 2004 anti-Kerry "swiftboat" ad concealed its actual sponsors. TV time to show the ad had to be purchased only once; subsequent airings were free, thanks to the news media.
WTSP.com
April 5, 2016
In 2004, Democratic nominee John Kerry suffered when news outlets ran a lot of stories that stemmed from anti-Kerry ads. One ad questioned his service in Vietnam as the commander of a U.S.
CBS News
April 4, 2016
In 2004, Democratic nominee John Kerry suffered when news outlets ran a lot of stories that stemmed from anti-Kerry ads. One ad questioned his service in Vietnam as the commander of a U.S.
Rutland Herald
March 15, 2016
John Kerry was running for the president, the "Swift vets and POWs for truth" anti-Kerry group attempted to discredit Kerry and sabotage his campaign.
kmmsam
February 17, 2016
Vietnam Veterans Hold "John Kerry Lied" Rally Hundreds of Vietnam veterans and their friends and families took part in the anti-Kerry rally. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images). Read or Subscribe to all Tom Egelhoff's Daily Blog Posts by Clicking Here.
Deadline
January 28, 2016
Sinclair Broadcast Group To Air Anti-Kerry Program "Tennis Channel is an established property with high-quality content and advertisers, and is vastly under-compensated and under-distributed relative to the value it brings to its viewers," Sinclair CEO ...
