Grassroot Efforts to Fight Sinclair's 'Stolen Honor' Airing Thursday, Oct. 21
Monday October 18, 6:25 pm ET
Concerned Citizens Can Take Action Now at WWW.BOYCOTTSBG.COM
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Nick Davis is hopping mad, and he's not alone. Shortly after reading reports that the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the nation's largest chain of television stations, is allegedly forcing its 62 affiliates to air a documentary this Thursday, October 21st accusing Sen. John F. Kerry of betraying American prisoners during the Vietnam War, Davis decided to fight back.
Although the situation is akin to David versus Goliath, Davis, in an impassioned effort to keep media fair and free, set up a web site, boycottsbg.com , and launched an extensive grassroots effort to persuade Sinclair's advertisers to pull their commercials.
"With the documentary slated to air this Thursday, there's not a moment to lose," says Davis. "Concerned citizens must take action now and can do so easily at boycottsbg.com where there is a database listing of all Sinclair advertisers, sample letters and simple tools to advertisers to withdraw their commercials from this broadcast," Davis said. Portrayed by some as "news" and others as "political propaganda," the documentary will pre- empt normal prime-time programming on local stations.
In just seven days since the site's launch, more than 70 confirmed advertisers have pulled out from Sinclair, including at least one large national advertiser. To date, more than 200,000 unique visitors have used boycottsbg.com to get their voices heard.
"Sinclair has decided to put their political interests ahead of their customers. Advertisers have been burned badly by Sinclair, and should be hesitant to do business with a company that's willing to alienate approximately half of their customers, no matter what their political leanings," said Davis.
The result of these efforts remains to be seen. The FCC has already ruled that Sinclair can broadcast the film without violating equal time laws and Sinclair's web page states that, "Characterizations regarding the content are premature."
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