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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (53521)	10/18/2004 3:15:01 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Veteran Files Suit in Anti-Kerry Film Mon Oct 18,10:37 AM ET story.news.yahoo.com Movies - AP By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA - A Vietnam veteran shown in a documentary criticizing Sen. John Kerry's anti-war activities filed a libel lawsuit against the movie's director Monday, saying the film falsely calls him a fraud and a liar. Kenneth J. Campbell, now a professor at the University of Delaware, said in the suit that "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" combines footage of him appearing at a 1971 war protest with narration that claims that many of the supposed veterans who took part in the event were later "discovered as frauds" who "never set foot on the battlefield, or left the comfort of the States, or even served in uniform." The suit said viewers would be left with the perception that Campbell had lied about his military service. Campbell attached copies of his military records to the suit, showing that he received the Purple Heart medal and eight other medals, ribbons and decorations for his service as an artillery forward observer in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969. The suit names the film's producer, Carlton Sherwood, and his company, Red White and Blue Productions, as defendants. "The defendants' malicious, reckless and scandalous misrepresentations and falselight presentations of Dr. Campbell were done with the specific intent to defame Dr. Campbell and place him in a false light, and with a reckless and outrageous disregard for the truth," Campbell's attorney wrote in the lawsuit. Campbell's lawyer also threatened legal action against the Sinclair Broadcast Group, an owner of 62 television stations that has announced that it intends to pre-empt regular program to broadcast "Stolen Honor" two weeks before the election.

To: American Spirit who wrote (53521)	10/18/2004 3:22:15 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Soon to join the jobless? (October 18, 2004 -- 02:11 PM EDT) The DC Bureau chief of Sinclair Broadcasting, Jon Lieberman, is denouncing his employer's plan to air an hourlong, unpaid Swift Boat ad later this week, according to the Baltimore Sun. "It's biased political propaganda, with clear intentions to sway this election ... For me, it's not about right or left -- it's about what's right or wrong in news coverage this close to an election." Sinclair News VP Joe DeFeo has told Lieberman he risks being canned for speaking out and refusing to participate in the presentation of the 'documentary.' talkingpointsmemo.com