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To: stockman_scott who wrote (61473)	10/18/2004 8:57:24 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

CNN REPORTING THAT SINCLAIR CHIEF FIRED. Anyone have any more on the story?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (61473)	10/18/2004 11:41:14 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

Bush's entire campaign is based on LIES now. Shameful.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (61473)	10/19/2004 8:37:24 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 89467

Under the Federal Communications Commission's decision in Nicholas Zapple, 23 F.C.C.2d 707 (1970), a broadcasting station that permits supporters of a candidate to use its facilities to advance that candidate's campaign must provide supporters of the opposing candidate "quasi-equal opportunities." Despite the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, the FCC has made clear that stations' Zapple obligations continue in effect. See RTNDA v. FCC, 184 F.3d 872, 884 n.10 (D.C. Cir. 1999) (recognizing that the Zapple Doctrine complements Section 315(a) of the Communications Act); The Handling of Public Issues Under the Fairness Doctrine and the Public Interest Standards, 48 F.C.C.2d 1, 31 (1974); 36 F.C.C.2d 40, 47-49 (1972). releases.usnewswire.com

To: stockman_scott who wrote (61473)	10/19/2004 8:42:24 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

FCC Commissioner Condemns Sinclair Broadcast Group FCC COMMISSIONER STATEMENT ON SINCLAIR AIRING OF ANTI-KERRY SHOW Tue Oct 12 2004 13:39:02 ET FCC COMMISSIONER COPPS CRITICIZES SINCLAIR CORPORATE DECISION TO PREEMPT LOCAL STATIONS FOR POLITICAL BROADCAST Commissioner Michael J. Copps reacted to reports that Sinclair Broadcast Group will preempt more than 60 local stations across the country to air an overtly political program in the days prior to the Presidential election. Copps stated: “This is an abuse of the public trust. And it is proof positive of media consolidation run amok when one owner can use the public airwaves to blanket the country with its political ideology -- whether liberal or conservative. Some will undoubtedly question if this is appropriate stewardship of the public airwaves. This is the same corporation that refused to air Nightline’s reading of our war dead in Iraq. It is the same corporation that short-shrifts local communities and local jobs by distance-casting news and weather from hundreds of miles away. It is a sad fact that the explicit public interest protections we once had to ensure balance continue to be weakened by the Federal Communications Commission while it allows media conglomerates to get even bigger. Sinclair, and the FCC, are taking us down a dangerous road.” infoshop.org