Under pressure, US media group cancels broadcast of anti-Kerry film
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Facing public outcry and strong investor pressure, a US media conglomerate has backed down from its plan to air what was billed as a lengthy expose of John Kerry's role in the Vietnam War -- less than two weeks before the November 2 vote.
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BS News said yesterday that it had postponed a &quot;60 Minutes&quot; segment that questioned Bush administration rationales for going to war in Iraq.
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Why did the large television company take such a controversial political stance?
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Hollywood's Golden Globes ceremony is cancelled and replaced with a press conference because of the writers' strike.
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When a Republican-funded group of Vietnam veterans sought to run a blistering television ad accusing John Kerry of lying about his decorated war record, Democrats quickly fired off a letter to broadcasters imploring them not to air the "inflammatory, outrageous lie."
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George W. Bush and election rival John Kerry hammered away at each other's credibility ahead of their final debate while Democrats were outraged about a new anti-Kerry documentary.
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Sinclair Broadcast fired its Washington bureau chief, saying he revealed company business when he discussed its upcoming program on a documentary critical of John Kerry's anti-Vietnam War activities.
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Variety - NEW YORK -- Sinclair Broadcasting rejected an offer to broadcast "Going Upriver," a documentary favorable to John Kerry, as a counter-balance to its planned broadcast of parts of "Stolen Honor," a docu alleging that Sen. Kerry's anti-war activities prolonged the suffering of POWs.
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A pro-Kerry letter-writing campaign by Britain's left-leaning Guardian newspaper, targeting undecided U.S. voters, has provoked outrage across the Atlantic.
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Democrat John Kerry asked the Federal Election Commission on Friday to force a group accused of collaborating with the Bush campaign to withdraw ads challenging his service in Vietnam as the presidential race took a decidedly bitter turn.
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Officials identifying themselves as members of a state regulatory agency forced the U.S.-based Spanish-language TV network Telemundo to halt transmission Sunday of its presidential election coverage.
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There might be stronger words to describe the horror, but television stations are afraid to air programs that use them. A lot of places, including Tampa, didn&#39;t get to see ``Saving Private Ryan&#39;&#39; on Thursday night.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission cannot stop the broadcast of a show critical of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's anti-war comments after returning from Vietnam, the agency's head said on Thursday.
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America&#39;s election countdown has led to a battle of the airwaves after a screening of the controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 was cancelled.
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Portland TV station WGME plans to air a prime-time documentary that is critical of John Kerry&#39;s public opposition to the war in Vietnam, a move that some viewers condemned as unfair, so close to the election.
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Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell has rejected lawmakers' requests that the agency stop Sinclair Broadcasting from airing a documentary critical of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry.
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The Associated Press is to complain to the US military alleging troops censored video of a controversial attack.