Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal - (The Truth about John Kerry)

[mayor]

From today's entry at The Mayor's Blog

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Ok, so Michael Moore has had his day in the sun. Fahrenheit 911 infiltrated movie houses across America and succeeded in persuading a segment of the population with incredible distortions and outright lies. Now, the Kerry campaign and Democrats have forgotten that the First Amendment means free speech for EVERYONE. This would include Sinclair Broadcasting and their plans to air a documentary exposing John Kerry for who he really is.

The documentary is called Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal. Sinclair Broadcasting owns 62 stations nationwide and will be airing this program in prime time October 21-24, 2004.

"Stolen Honor" investigates how John Kerry's actions during the Vietnam era impacted the treatment of American soldiers and POWs. Using John Kerry's own words, the documentary juxtaposes John Kerry's actions with the words of veterans who were still in Vietnam when John Kerry was leading the anti-war movement.

This documentary is going to attempt to set the record straight on John Kerry's record so that America knows the truth about a person that is running for the highest elected office in the land.

Democrats and the Kerry campaign have tried to silence Sinclair Broadcasting by initimidation and screaming "foul". Of course, they were just fine with Fahrenheit 911 being shown at the national conference of the Teacher's Union, among other places. What goes around comes around. John Kerry can try to hide from his past, but it is coming back to haunt him.



According to USA Today, these are the cities that will be able to view Stolen Honor.



Alabama: Birmingham, two WB stations; Tuscaloosa, UPN.

California: Sacramento, CBS.

Florida: Pensacola and Mobile, Ala., ABC and an independent; Tallahassee, ABC and NBC; Tampa, WB.

Illinois: Champaign/Springfield, NBC; Peoria/Bloomington, Fox.

Iowa: Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, CBS; Des Moines, Fox.

Kentucky: Lexington, Fox.

Maine: Portland, CBS.

Maryland: Baltimore, Fox and WB.

Massachusetts: Springfield, ABC.

Michigan: Flint/Saginaw, Fox.

Minnesota: Minneapolis, WB.

Missouri: Cape Girardeau/Paducah, Ky., Fox and WB; Kansas City, WB; St. Louis, ABC.

North Carolina: Asheville/Greenville, S.C., ABC and WB; Greensboro/Winston-Salem, ABC and UPN; Raleigh/Durham, UPN and WB.

Nevada: Las Vegas, WB and an independent.

New York: Buffalo, Fox and WB; Rochester, Fox; Syracuse, Fox and WB.

Ohio: Cincinnati, WB; Columbus, ABC and Fox; Dayton, Fox and NBC.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City, Fox and WB.

Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh, Fox and WB.

South Carolina: Charleston, Fox and UPN.

Tennessee: Nashville, Fox and UPN and WB; Kingsport/Bristol/Johnson City, Fox.

Texas: San Antonio, Fox and WB.

Virginia: Norfolk, WB; Richmond, Fox.

West Virginia: Charleston/Huntington, ABC and Fox.

Wisconsin: Madison, Fox; Milwaukee, UPN and WB.

For those who aren't in a broadcasting city, DVDs are available from the Stolen Honor web site.

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[bobbcat]

Sorry to see it won't air in my area. I'd really like to see it. They should consider putting it on CD for those who are outside their market space. (Fortunately though, GA is firmly in Bush's hands; Kerry doesn't have a prayer of taking this state).

[mayor]

Originally Posted by bobbcat

Sorry to see it won't air in my area. I'd really like to see it. They should consider putting it on CD for those who are outside their market space. (Fortunately though, GA is firmly in Bush's hands; Kerry doesn't have a prayer of taking this state).

The documentary IS available on DVD.

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Mayor

[Highwaychild77]

YAY!! YIPPEE!! Now we get to see them try to bash Jon Kerry for exercising his FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I can't wait.

[luvmetender]

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Veteran Files Suit Against 'Stolen Honor' Producer
October 18, 2004 12:43 PM


University of Delaware professor and Vietnam Veteran, Kenneth Campbell, has filed a lawsuit against Carlton Sherwood, the producer of the anti-Kerry short video, "Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal."

Campbell supposedly appears in the film during a segment in which the narrator, Carlton Sherwood, states that the many of the men participating in Vietnam Veterans Against the War were "discovered as frauds" and had "never set foot on the battlefield, or left the comfort of the States, or even served in uniform except in mock contempt of the military."

During the segment in which Campbell states that a photo of him was used, several historical photos were shown that featured war protestors and men in uniform.

The film which has been criticized as "propaganda" to benefit the mission of the anti-Kerry group, Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, is to be broadcast in several swing states by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair is considered a family operated business whose executives are large supporters of the Bush/Cheney reelection campaign and the Republican Party.

According to the Associated Press, Campbell has also threatened legal action against the Sinclair Broadcast Group.

[Highwaychild77]

Great post luv. I hope that vet shuts this PROPAGANDA machine down!!

[mayor]

Originally Posted by Highwaychild77

YAY!! YIPPEE!! Now we get to see them try to bash Jon Kerry for exercising his FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I can't wait.

I don't think people are upset that John Kerry exercised his freedom of speech. They are upset about the content of his speech. Nobody said he couldn't talk. Many think he is unfit for command based on his words and actions.

Mayor

[mayor]

Originally Posted by Highwaychild77

Great post luv. I hope that vet shuts this PROPAGANDA machine down!!

Yes, because we all know that one person with a dissenting opinion, or with the desire to sue, must be the bearer of truth.

I'm not saying he is or he isn't, but I certainly would never put stock in one individual, especially when so many others disagree.

I plan on watching the documentary with an open mind. I am far more concerned with viewing the actual footage of Kerry than I am with the commentary.

Mayor

[luvmetender]

Why isn't anyone suing Michael Moore if his movie is so far from the truth?

[mrbowler]

Originally Posted by mayor

I plan on watching the documentary with an open mind.

Mayor

Hmmm...you wouldn't happen to come to the conclusion that you agree with 98% of everything that will be said will ya? I know that some folks on the conservative side didn't call Fahrenheit 911 a documentary-so I guess this one will fall into the same category. Thought I had read that 97% of contributions from Sinclair executives went to republicans.


p.s. I didn't watch Fahrenheit.

[mrbowler]

Fair & Balanced

McCain hammers TV station for not running 'Nightline':

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"Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcasting Group has decided not to air the ABC news program because tonight's edition will feature host Ted Koppel reading off the names of the more than 500 troops killed in action in Iraq."

The senior senator said in the letter he found Sinclair's decision "deeply offensive."

"I supported the President's decision to go to war in Iraq, and remain a strong supporter of that decision," said McCain in his letter to Smith. "But every American has a responsibility to understand fully the terrible costs of war and the extraordinary sacrifices it requires of those brave men and women who volunteer to defend the rest of us; lest we ever forget or grow insensitive to how grave a decision it is for our government to order Americans into combat"

McCain's comments have some sway in media circles, because the Republican chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. That panel has oversight over the Federal Communications Commission, media ownership and decency regulations.

[mayor]

Originally Posted by luvmetender

Why isn't anyone suing Michael Moore if his movie is so far from the truth?

Moore has the right to make films about whatever he wants. I know some people in the movie are upset that their words were taken out of context, but suing is a fruitless exercise. It is usually done for PR, as most cases linger in court for years. Moore has already gotten his share of PR from this film. Why give him more?

Not everyone sues when they don't like something said or done. They speak the truth and get on with their lives. You can't measure the validity of a statement by how many people sue. You measure it by whether or not it withstands critical reasoning.

[luvmetender]

Originally Posted by mrbowler

p.s. I didn't watch Fahrenheit.

You really should

[mayor]

Originally Posted by mrbowler

"Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcasting Group has decided not to air the ABC news program because tonight's edition will feature host Ted Koppel reading off the names of the more than 500 troops killed in action in Iraq."

Perhaps Sinclair felt that the Nightline episode was merely another ploy of the mainstream media to make the President look bad. Koppel, et al, have shown their colors again and again. Perhaps if they did more POSITIVE stories on Iraq, Sinclair would have reacted differently. As it is, all you hear about is the bad things.. .never the good. I don't blame them one bit for drawing a line in the sand. Where I come from, we call that "having a pair of cajones".

As for the McCain involvement, while I appreciate McCain's service, he is little more than a pandering tv interview hound. If anyone should be standing up and calling for an apology from John Kerry, it should be John McCain. Where I come from, we call that "NOT having a pair of cajones". ;-)

Mayor

[luvmetender]

Positive stories on Iraq? Please!