STATION GROUP REFUSES TO AIR ABC TRIBUTE TO FALLEN SOLDIERS

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STATION GROUP REFUSES TO AIR ABC TRIBUTE TO FALLEN SOLDIERS
Friday, April 30 2004

Complaining that ABC appeared to be "motivated by a political agenda designed to undermine the efforts of the United States in Iraq," Sinclair Broadcasting on Thursday ordered its six ABC affiliates not to air tonight's (Friday) edition of Nightline in which host Ted Koppel intends to read aloud the names of over seven hundred U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. "While the Sinclair Broadcast Group honors the memory of the brave members of the military who have sacrificed their lives in the service of our country, we do not believe such political statements should be disguised as news content," the statement said. The statement went on to question why ABC had not read "the names of the thousands of private citizens killed in terrorist attacks since and including the events of Sept. 11, 2001." In reply, the network said that the broadcasts was intended to be "an expression of respect which simply seeks to honor those who have laid down their lives for this country." It went on to note that "on the first anniversary of 9/11 ABC News broadcast the names of the victims of that horrific attack."

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