Sinclair - Bring 'Em Down > links included

[drfemoe]

Boycott Website:
http://www.boycottsinclairbroadcasting.com/pages/1/index.htm
Includes list of Mutal Funds who hold the stock
FCC Regulations
Petitions
Much More

Stations:
http://www.sbgi.net/business/markets/all.shtml

Adversisers:
http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/advertisers/main.html

Blog:
http://boycottsinclair.blogspot.com/

Yahoo Stock Page:
watch them tank
http://finance.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=FN&action=l&mid=&board=7083976&sid=7083976&tid=sbgi&start=1179

Sample Post:
Get out of this stock, fast
by: black_helos 10/09/04 09:27 pm
Msg: 1204 of 1300

You've undoubtedly heard that they are forcing all their stations to air an anti-Kerry documentary just before the election. Well, I monitor the liberal blogs and sites and I gotta tell you there is a bloody fury brewing. Don't assume that liberals are pussies. At this point they are so freaking mad and energized that they'll do whatever it takes to bring this company down. Stay away. You don't want to see your capital incinerated because this family business wants to use the business to push a political agenda. Put your money somewhere else until the storm blows over. Hey, maybe this stock will be an excellent buy at $2 in a couple weeks.

[TaleWgnDg]

1. you, GO !!

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[drfemoe]

2. Email Addresses

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1032933

[drfemoe]

3. Investor Relations - Corporate Headquarters

Investor Relations Contact
Lucy A. Rutishauser
VP Corporate Finance and
Corporate Treasurer
[e-mail]


Corporate Headquarters
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
10706 Beaver Dam Road
Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030
410-568-1500 (Main Telephone)

[danm8r]

4. Urgent Action Item: Help!!!!

I just got off the phone with the temp receptionist at a Sinclair station in Minneapolis/St/ Paul MN, KMWB.

After about 10 minutes of sending me to everyone's voice mail, I demanded a simple yes or no about their stations plan to air the anti-Kerry film.

She finally atated that they were indeed going to be airing the film though she would not tell me the date the film would air.

I was then transfered to the viewer comment line. My position is pretty clear; This is an obvious anti-Kerry campaign piece, not news. Sinclair is violating campaign laws. They have two choices - Don't air it or provide equal time and access for us.

I am asking for some help to get the message out and hope to put enough pressure on the Station to force them to act fairly. For anyone in the MSP/St. Paul market, Please act appropriately.

KMWB TV
1640 Como Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55108
[phone]

I'm new here and can't start a new thread so I am posting this reply here in hopes that it will find it's way into a new thread...


Thanks for your help!

[Ladyhawk]

5. Help me out here...last night I read a law about not airing...

...opinion pieces on candidates within sixty days of an election. I think it was an FCC law. Can someone point give me the URL? (Like an idiot, I lost it...puh!) I think this is what needs to be stressed when contacting Sinclair, affiliates and sponsors.

Thanks!!

[Synnical]

7. Electioneering communication

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2003/11cfr100.29.htm

TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

PART 100--SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (2 U.S.C. 431)--Table of Contents

Subpart A--General Definitions

Sec. 100.29 Electioneering communication (2 U.S.C. 434(f)(3)).

(a) Electioneering communication means any broadcast, cable, or
satellite communication that:
(1) Refers to a clearly identified candidate for Federal office;
(2) Is publicly distributed within 60 days before a general election
for the office sought by the candidate; or within 30 days before a
primary or preference election, or a convention or caucus of a political
party that has authority to nominate a candidate, for the office sought
by the candidate, and the candidate referenced is seeking the nomination
of that political party; and
(3) Is targeted to the relevant electorate, in the case of a
candidate for Senate or the House of Representatives.
(b) For purposes of this section--(1) Broadcast, cable, or satellite
communication means a communication that is publicly distributed by a
television station, radio station, cable television system, or satellite
system.
(2) Refers to a clearly identified candidate means that the
candidate's name, nickname, photograph, or drawing appears, or the
identity of the candidate is otherwise apparent through an unambiguous
reference such as ``the President,'' ``your Congressman,'' or ``the
incumbent,'' or through an unambiguous reference to his or her status as
a candidate such as ``the Democratic presidential nominee'' or ``the
Republican candidate for Senate in the State of Georgia.''
(3)(i) Publicly distributed means aired, broadcast, cablecast or
otherwise disseminated for a fee through the facilities of a television
station, radio station, cable television system, or satellite system.

[Ladyhawk]

8. Thanks, this is what I needed!

My goal for activism this week is to tweak Sinclair's nose.

[drfemoe]

9. I'm going to copy this to

Skinner's main thread.
Hope you don't mind.
I'll give you credit.
Thanks!

[Synnical]

11. Don't credit me

Credit morons.org

Is Sinclair Broadcasting Planning to Violate Election Law?


http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=2&id=5638

[drfemoe]

12. too late!! You are Famous . lol

post the morons.org site on the main thread >>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1036078&mesg_id=1036078

I would say they have plans to do just that.
Seems the only way they can 'win' is to cheat, eh?

[ikojo]

17. That's why they are calling it NEWS..to get around the

law about not airing opinion pieces within 60 days of an election.

[juliagoolia]

6. hard to do business when no one can reach you

All of these companies, and affiliates have telephones they use to take calls.. if they are busy, then they aren't getting calls from anyone. That could slow down a business I would think.

Comments: [e-mail]

Corporate Headquarters Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. 10706 Beaver Dam Road Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030 410-568-1500 (Main Telephone) 410-568-1533 (Main Fax)

Investor Relations Contact Lucy A. Rutishauser VP Corporate Finance and Corporate Treasurer

Sales Questions Darren Shapiro VP Sales 410-568-1500

-or-

Jeff Sleete VP Marketing 410-568-1500



call them all, all day long all the time.. put them on autodial and autofax

[ismnotwasm]

10. Thank you

Gives me a much needed direction to start off in. I want my country back

[Scoopie]

13. Here's another link

to help stop Sinclair:

Despite lacking a household name, Sinclair Broadcasting Group is the largest owner of local TV stations in the country — they own more than 62 stations in 39 different TV markets. Their programming reaches more than 1/4 of all U.S. households, making them an extremely powerful gatekeeper of information. Yet it appears that Sinclair has repeatedly abused that power.

Sinclair has become infamous for:

Conflicts of Interest - Whether in the form of programming decisions (such as the censorship of Nightline) or financial contributions, Sinclair has consistently supported exclusively Republican politicians who have pushed to loosen media ownership rules so that giants like Sinclair can grow even bigger.

The practice of "Central-casting" - Sinclair pipes pre-recorded weather, news, and right-wing editorial commentary to local affiliates from a central studio in Maryland, creating the false appearance of 'local' news, killing off real localism, and eliminating local jobs.

Its quest for more local stations - The company continues to seek control of more stations in local communities than is allowed under FCC rules (despite being fined in 2001), and maintains a legally and ethically questionable relationship with an apparent 'front' company that serves only to buy stations in cities where Sinclair cannot.

http://www.sinclairwatch.org/

[bling bling]

14. Advertiser links for my area (MO) please help if you can

Aveeno (Johnson & Jnsn 877-298-2525 Website
Cingular Wireless 800-331-0500 866-CINGULAR Website [e-mail]
Dodge Trucks Website
Jack In The Box [phone] Website
Johnsonville Brats 888-556-2728 Website
Mid-America Chevy Dlrs 1-800-222-1020 Website
Nissan 310/771-3111 Website
Phillips Furniture 314-965-3525 314-966-0047 314-815-3300 Website [e-mail]
Rent-A-Center 972-801-1100 800-275-2996 Website
Rolaids (Pfizer) 212-733-2323 Website
SBC DSL [phone] Website
Select Comfort 763-551-6000 763-551-7460 888-548-9508 Website
Watson's (pools & spas) 636-940-1118 636-669-2122 636-669-2116

[eddie_becker]

15. Vietnam Truth "Hearts and Minds" Now Available

IF THE FIRST CASUALTY OF WAR IS TRUTH, THE LAST IS MEMORY. —Peter Davis – Director of Hearts and Minds.
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Dear Friends, The classic and controversial Vietnam era documentary "Hearts and Minds," which won an Academy Award in 1974, has just been re-released in selected theaters and for group shows on DVD. There will be a SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING with discussion with the film's director, Peter Davis, and others, in the Washington, DC metro area at the American Film Institute's (AFI) Silver Theater on October 16th and in New York City at the Film Forum on October 22. Read to end for those details. Eddie Becker
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REVIEW EXCERPTS:

"IT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THEIR LEADERS PERCEIVED THEY HAD TO BE LIED TO"
"Today the film has not lost any of its punch. Now the punch is packed with new meaning. "Quagmire," "hearts and minds" and "liberating the people" are all back. A little more than a year ago, Ari Fleischer, President Bush's press secretary, said, "Slowly but surely, the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people are being won." Mr. Davis said after a special screening for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, "We were lied to in both wars." The Gulf of Tonkin incident was used to justify deeper American involvement in Vietnam, he said, just as fears about weapons of mass destruction were used to justify invading Iraq. In addition, as with Vietnam, Mr. Davis said, "we did not trouble ourselves to learn about Iraq," or at least the policy makers did not. "It is a short trip between Saigon and Baghdad," he said.
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"If John Kerry’s combat record and Bush’s lack of one an increasing part of the current presidential campaign, and the poorly-planned occupation of Iraq heading into quagmire territory, this landmark 1974 documentary acquires a newfound immediacy. Acclaimed filmmaker and journalist Peter Davis’s Hearts and Minds illustrates in human and at times graphic terms the horrors and lessons of the Vietnam conflict. Edited from over 200 hours of footage–incorporating newsreels, telecasts, even scenes from Hollywood war movies–the film captures the experience of war through multiple perspectives, depicting its effects on the diverse range of actors and participants (from “doves” to “hawks,” military advisors to bombing victims, GIs to bargirls) that make up the societies of Vietnam and America. Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1974, Davis’s film—highly anticipated at the time given his reputation for provocative telejournalism on politically sensitive subjects—quickly drew media attention for its unflinching examination of the then-recent conflict and its implications for America’s role in the world. The resulting public interest led to the film’s review being read aloud to both houses of the U.S. Congress, the only movie thus discussed as part of the Congressional Record. The film went on to win an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In light of current international events, Hearts and Minds once again prompt us to examine the underlying assumptions of our culture and its far-reaching political effects. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the film in a newly struck 35mm print from a recent restoration. 112m."
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"FIRST AN UNDECLARED WAR, THEN AN UNSEEN FILM"
"It was a fluke that Hearts and Minds was made at all. Hollywood was no more eager in the 1970s than it is today to bankroll political controversy. Nonetheless, Bert Schneider made so much money for Columbia with Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces that the studio gave him a big budget with no strings. Schneider turned around and gave a million dollars, no strings, to CBS documentary producer Peter Davis, best known to that time for Hunger in America and the controversial Emmy-winning 1971 Selling of the Pentagon. Work on Hearts and Minds began in 1972."
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"Davis's groundbreaking work in television journalism and documentary filmmaking include such highly acclaimed series as Middletown for PBS (10 Emmy nominations, 2 Emmies; DuPont Citation; First Prize Sundance Festival) and, by far his most famous and controversial TV documentary, The Selling of the Pentagon for CBS News, a film that was both highly lauded (Peabody, Emmy, Polk, Saturday Review, Writers Guild awards) and condemned by both the Defense Department and Nixon’s White House, culminating in a Congressional investigation."
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Winning Hearts and Minds "SO WE MUST BE READY TO FIGHT IN VIETNAM, BUT ULTIMATE VICTORY WILL DEPEND UPON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE OUT THERE." Lyndon Johnson
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"Hearts and Minds, Examines the American consciousness that led to involvement in Vietnam. Includes interviews with General William Westmoreland, former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, Senator William Fulbright, Walt Rostow, and Daniel Ellsberg as well as American Vietnam veterans and Vietnamese leaders. Presidents Eisenhower, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon are show in rare footage."
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DC Premier. On Saturday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. SILVERDOCS and Discovery Times Channel present: The Washington Premiere of the new 35mm Restored Print of the Academy Award-winning HEARTS AND MINDS Following the special advance screening, the films Director Peter Davis will be joined for an on-stage discussion of the film by Bobby Muller, president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, who, as a wounded Vietnam War veteran, appeared in the 1974 film. Other notable political experts (some of whom were featured in the film) have been invited to participate in the panel discussion. An audience Q&A will follow
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Regular run at AFI Silver Theatre - two-week engagement from Friday, October 22 through Thursday, November 4.
http://www.afi.com/silver/new/nowplaying/2004/v1i13/heart.aspx
A RIALTO PICTURES RELEASE. Running time: 112 minutes.
WHO: Peter Davis, Academy Award-Winning Director, HEARTS AND MINDS
Robert Muller, Vietnam War Veteran featured in HEARTS AND MINDS
Other panelists t/b/a
WHAT: SILVERDOCS, AFI Discovery Channel Documentary Festival
SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING of HEARTS AND MINDS
WHERE: AFI SILVER THEATRE AND CULTURAL CENTER
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland
General information: 301-495-6720
WHEN: Saturday, October 16, 7:30 p.m.
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Hearts and Minds will be shown in New York City at the Film Forum from October 22-November 4, 2004, http://www.filmforum.com/films/hearts.html
And at the Film Forum in New York, director Peter Davis will introduce the 7:30 SHOW ON Friday, October 22, Following the screening, Mr. Davis will be joined by cinematographer Richard Pearce and Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation president Bobby Muller (who appears in the film) for a Q&A.
For more information, see http://www.filmforum.com/films/hearts.html
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Check the Rialto Pictures web site for more theatrical screening from around the country.
http://www.rialtopictures.com/hearts.html
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"Hearts and Minds" is also available on DVD. Contact Rialto Pictures, http://www.rialtopictures.com for special group shows. The DVD of the film was made from a new digital transfer supervised by the director and the cinematographer. The disc includes commentary by director Peter Davis. An accompanying booklet contains several printed essays about the film. For more information about individual sales of the DVD, go to the Criterion Collection Web site. http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=156

[SillyRabbit]

16. Get in touch with Mark Hyman: [e-mail]

Maybe you should call Sinclair spokesperson Mark Hyman on his direct line at 410-568-1565.

Or email him at [e-mail]

Ask him how it feels to be smacked down by the ADL.

[realitybased]

18. Sinclair Action Guide

Michael Powell, the head of the FCC, has unfortunately already said that the FCC can't (won't) do anything about Sinclair airing the program. Its up to US now. Sinclair can try to ignore us, but if their ADVERTISERS hear from enough upset citizens, they'll start thinking about spending their ad dollars elsewhere, and Sinclair can't ignore THEM!

I came across a great little website that has all the info needed to take action against Sinclair:

Sinclair Rapid-Action Guide

It has advice for contacting advertisers, and even has names of station sales managers!

[Catzenmouse]

19. General Mills' position on Sinclair

I sent a letter to General Mills about advertising with Sinclair during the airing of their "documentary" (though now reportedly toned down). Here is their official position on the matter:

Thank you for contacting General Mills.

Many consumers have written to share their views on this issue. Some have urged General Mills to use its influence as an advertiser to ensure that the media reports the news in an unbiased manner. Some have urged General Mills to continue advertising, and have threatened to withdraw support for our products if we alter our advertising plans. Passions run deep on both sides, particularly this close to an election.

Whenever possible, General Mills does strive to preview the programs on which our advertising appears. We do so to assure that we do not advertise on programs inconsistent with the family-oriented nature of our products. This works well with entertainment programs produced and available for advance screening, but pre-screening of news broadcasts is usually not possible.

Our view in this area is clear. We believe one of the fundamental elements of our society is the freedom of the press. Companies such as ours, in our view, should not attempt to influence, control or pre-empt the content of news through the leverage of advertising sponsorship. To do so would undermine that fundamental freedom.

From time to time, any one of us as viewers may consider a particular news story to be inaccurate or imbalanced. News organizations do err. Judgment is not always well applied. One major news organization recently acknowledged that errors were made in stories relating to the current presidential election. When such errors occur, certainly a price is paid in terms of reputation. But errors and questionable judgment are an acceptable price to pay, in our view, to assure the presence of a free and independent media in our society.

As viewers, each of us is free to make a choice. We can choose to patronize or not patronize programs with our viewership. We can choose to patronize or not patronize particular television stations, or even entire networks.

Similarly, advertisers may choose not to sponsor certain broadcasts, a particular network or specific publications because of their journalistic standards and judgment. But advertisers should not attempt to control or pre-empt news programming prior to broadcast or publication. That, in our view, would be inappropriate.

In this instance, as in the example cited earlier, passionate voices are calling on advertisers to insert themselves into the election by threatening to boycott those who remove or who do not remove their advertising.

We choose to stand with freedom of the press.

We welcome the views that you and others have shared with us. You may rest assured that we will remind the networks we sponsor that the integrity of their reporting reflects on the companies that advertise during their broadcasts.

Hopefully, you will understand our views – and the importance we place on a free press.

Again, thank you for taking the time to contact us and share your views.

Sincerely,



General Mills


Just thought I would share!
Cat :)