Article: Drama over a documentary: Sinclair exec defends planned airing of anti-Kerry film.(interview of Mark Hyman)(Interview)

Sinclair Broadcasting found itself in the middle of controversy again last week after the Los Angeles Times revealed the company s plans to air all or part of a documentary attacking presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry. The film, Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal, charges that Kerry's protests against the Vietnam War in the 1970s were used by the North Vietnamese to demoralize U.S. POWs. Amid the uproar, Democratic lawmakers called for an investigation by the Federal Election Commission and demanded that the FCC investigate whether Sinclair, the largest station group in the country with 62 outlets, is meeting its public interest obligations. Former FCC Chairman Reed ...

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