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Originally posted by Cerek:
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Originally posted by Grojlach:
You people have equal time regulations, right? So I reckon mister Sinclair will have to show Fahrenheit 9/11 or this movie right after that, for fairness' sake.
These elections are getting dirtier and dirtier, though. 
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Actually, I "reckon" that the Sinclair film would need to be shown nationwide (and abroad) in theaters for 3-5 months AND sold on DVD to the general public in order to achieve "equal time". However, F9/11 WILL air on cable the night before the election. [/QUOTE]That's a wholly different thing altogether Cerek, and you know very well that's the case. People actually had to put some effort and extra money into it to actually go and
see F9/11; bar public expectation, no one was
forcing a cinema or broadcast network to show it (plenty of cinemas had refused it), nor were stations forcing it upon anyone who simply want to tune in to a station's regular programming. I don't think a Sinclair owned tv station has the option of refusal, however.
And I don't agree with F9/11 being aired on the night before the election either (by the way, I thought Michael Moore had yet to find a station for all this?) - though I'd like to see some evidence as to whether the showing of F9/11 was forced by some media tycoon onto the stations airing it as well. And note that if there is such evidence, that's still no excuse for Sinclair's decision - it only proves how rotten and "mainstream" partisan crap has truely become.
[ 10-14-2004, 08:14 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]