Sinclair Hypocrisy: don't we read the names of all the victims of 911??

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is that unpatriotic too? is that a left-wing political statement?


we fined a network that showed a boob?

i'm so pissed?

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1. Actually we did

on the first anniversary all the names were read at ground zero. I don't think the networks covered all of it from beginning to end, but they were read, and a lot of it got out over the air. Plus there were those beautiful snapshot obits in the NYT.

Sinclair is definitely shooting blanks on this one.

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7. we did it last year too...they always show the whole thing (nt)

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2. Nightline had done a similar show with the names of the 9/11 victims

And I don't think that was censored.

A video is even available...

http://www.abcnewsstore.com/store/index.cfm?fuseaction=customer.product&product_code=S020911%2005

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3. This is censorship on a national scale.

I do not see the difference between reading the 3000 or so names of the victims of 911-and reading the names of the 740+ brave men and women who've died in this dirty little war.

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4. Sure you do!

I do not see the difference between reading the 3000 or so names of the victims of 911-and reading the names of the 740+ brave men and women who've died in this dirty little war.

Sure you do! The names of the victims of 9/11 remind us of the cruelty of the attack... and it was cruel. The names of the men and women who died in this invasion remind us that there is a price to pay for invading a sovereign nation... which is also cruel.

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5. you're right, and...

I was saying that on one hand, it's "patriotic" to read the names of the 911 victims, but not to do the same for our fallen soldiers.


Sinclair is a right-wing fascist network that wants to have it both ways. 911-good for bush-
-dead soldiers-bad for bush-

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[SemperEadem]

8. did Sinclair broadcasting air the 9/11 victims name read?

We can pimp the emotions of the country because we were the victims of what we felt was an 'unprovoked' attack.

Soldiers dying in a war based upon lies and obfuscation removes us from the 'victim' catagory and into the purpetrator category, in the sense that we are an occupying force in a sovereign nation from which there is no proof that they were responsible for the 9/11 attack. We're there because there's oil in them thar hills, dagummit!!!

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12. you said the "O" word....shame on you..it's "their" oil bush says...

what? you don't believe him?

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6. come on kick...nt

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9. This has become standard practice

Yes -- there was a reading of the names on the anniversary of Sept 11.

I believe there was also one for OKC.

It is a way that Americans have come to acknowledge the enormity of loss.

Before the killing really picked up after "Mission Accomplished", the broadcast networks would occasionally do a story about a soldier who died, who put a story to his or her name.

Trouble is -- the script the Flying Monkeys are working from is that Mission was Accomplished a year ago by that swaggering man's man, the War President, the Victory President. They haven't adapted to the "generational challenge" theme yet. Hell -- even George W has fessed up to this one -- that it is going to be a long hard war.

If you back the war, you have to accept the sacrifice. You have to be able to look at those faces and say -- it's all been worth it.
We can do it for WWII. Not for Viet Nam. And not for Iraq.

I would call Koppel's program a piece of "performance art" -- as Anderson Cooper observed tonight, it will be a "Rorschach test" for how you feel about the war.

Gee -- they really wanted this war, and they tell us how extremely important it is to world peace. They say its worth it. So they ought to be able to sit through the whole program, look at the faces, listen to the names, and say, it's all been worth it! -- or at least pay tribute to their sacrifice. It's kinda obvious that they can't deal with the consequences of *their* choice to go to war.

Koppel was very sincere and articulate on Cooper's show. The most political statement he made was that maybe being confronted with all those names and faces would make people love war less.

When confronted with accusations about sweeps week, he said if he had any sense, he would be running a story about Michael Jackson tonight, not doing a program like this, where most people will tune in for maybe 2 minutes or so, and then turn it off.

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11. nice...especially

Koppel was very sincere and articulate on Cooper's show. The most political statement he made was that maybe being confronted with all those names and faces would make people love war less.



Hey, if that's what happens, it is worth every minute. The american people need to find their conscience, and get outta this warmongering mood.

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10. Sinclair's' fear of the truth exposes his

hypocrisy and lays open his fear that the position of the War Gang is wrong!
We should all be rejoicing in a major victory, having the mind of this UnAmerican idiot exposed for all to see.