A friend's letter to the FCC re: Sinclair

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nice, thought it might work as a model for some, we need to mobilize!


ATTN: Inspector General Lynne McFarland
Federal Electoral Commission

12 October 2004


Dear Inspector General McFarland,

I am a citizen concerned with what appears to me (a citizen and
not an attorney) to be quite partisan activities by the media
company Sinclair Broadcast Group.

According to news reports, this corporation is commanding its
local affiliates to show all or portions of a clearly partisan
documentary entitled "Stolen Honor." There is no objectively
newsworthy portion of this story which is not related to the
candidacy of the presidential candidate John F. Kerry. I
recognize that the corporation replies that details of this
program are based on indirect evidence. However, the concerns
are serious enough to warrant the opinions of the FEC, in my
view.

I am concerned that this gives an appearance of impropriety with
respect to partisan activity by an FCC-recognized local
broadcaster. In addition to having potential affects on the
election itself, it seems that it may cause problems for the
local broadcaster and the community it serves. (For example, the
appearance of partisanship by a local station makes both local
news reporting and commercial advertising troublesome as
well--particularly when such partisanship is not the activity of
an individual program but by the station itself.)

No one helped me write this letter or prompted it in any way. I
am a voter and citizen, and resident at the address below.

Thank you for your time

[StlMo]

1. I like it.

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