I was watching
ABC News in Columbus just moments ago, when what was apparently a section of the news came on basically claiming that Kerry was in league with the communists and that he was responsible for POW mistreatment in Vietnam and such.
It turned out to be a commercial, which even tricked me, for The Point Commentary, which was not news at all but an attack ad on John Kerry. This is extremely disturbing, since they are completely indistinguishable from a newscast. They are run by the Sinclair Broadcast Group who are a Fox affiliate.
More information below, including contact information.
DNS Info
Registrant: Mike O'Malley (momalley@sbgnet.com)
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.
10706 Beaver Dam Rd.
Cockeysville, MD 21030
US
(410) 568 - 1687
(410) 568 - 1500
Email Addresses
Mark Armstrong
Chuck Bell
Kristin Emery
Jennifer Gladstone
Megan Glaros
Elizabeth Hart
Mark Hyman
Morris Jones
Jon Leiberman
Scott Padgett
Vytas Reid
Jonas Schwartz
Chris Tomer
James Wieland
Etc
I don't know if this has been discussed here before or not, but this is probably a violation of some sort of campaign laws. It tricked me, my wife, and no doubt others into believing that it was news. It was worse than anything on Fox News (other than this ad, of course) and there was no disclaimer that it was a political advertisement. I plan to complain to the people at the news station that aired it, and to whoever else I can come up with. If this ad is allowed to continue, it will trick many people into believing that it is a factual news show, rather than a commercial of lies.
Action
I don't normally ask people to do things, but I have to go to work now and there's no internet access there. However, if anyone out there is bored and can:
- Complain via email/phone/whatever to both the ABC TV station that aired it, and Sinclair Broadcast Group.
- Dig up dirt (via google) on any of the anchors listed, also to see if they even exist
- Post whether or not they think this ad (which should be viewable on their site) is legal, and if it's not legal, what can be done about it.
I would appreciate it if any of you could do any of that. I hope that something can be done because this is a very insiduous attack on Kerry. It really pissed me off.