More politics

[kmusser]

Nightline is planning a tribute to soldiers killed in Iraq and some stations are pulling the show because of it:

http://poynter.org/forum/?id=misc

In other news . . . In Virginia same-sex couples no longer have any rights. Details:

http://www.equalityvirginia.org/news/news_015.html

This site is looking more and more attractive.

Comments

[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

It ain't "some stations."

It is the Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcasting Group, owned by a family that has serious right-wing ties and backs it up with political giving to Bush and the RNC.

[kmusser]

As opposed to "all stations." I didn't want to give the impression that it was ABC itself that was pulling the show.

[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

From the right-wing site, "NewsMax":

One of the nation's newest and fastest-growing TV news networks says it's tired of left-leaning news reporting and wants to offer Americans a fair and balanced perspective, just as Fox News Channel does.

Fox News eschewed politically correct news to become the dominant force on cable news. And now the Sinclair Broadcast Group has been following in Fox's footsteps to do the same for broadcast news in news markets across the nation.

The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) is the eighth-largest network of television stations, based on revenues, and the nation's largest independent group owner of stations, according to Broadcasting & Cable.

Headquartered in the suburbs of Baltimore, it owns or manages 62 television stations in 39 markets - giving the network coverage of 25 percent of the nation's television audience.

I think that says it all.

[kalieris.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Someone needs to sue the State of Virginia.

Helga

[dawntreader]

at least i now know how many troops have been killed. (523). we were talking this morning about how they never mention an actual number they just say, "x number more troops killed today, making april the deadliest month since the war began," but no one follows it up with "bringing the total to 523."

i can't believe they wouldn't air that. and i thought the names of all the 300 victims were read at some memorial service or planned broadcast that took about 12 to 24 hours to complete all of the names. i thought i heard that on NPR.

[dawntreader]

"all the 300 victims" is obviously a typo for "3000."

[dawntreader]

by the way, this just in under the International News Section linked to a report from Colin Powell that support for the war is waning comes out:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3359080/

thought it might interest you.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Yes. As part of the 9/11 rememberances (and I believe memorial dedication) they read all of the names of the 9/11 dead. This was radio broadcast. Why I'm thinking this was in '03 rather than '02 I'm not sure.

you know

[zammis.livejournal.com]

I think that number might make Iraq the new murder capital of the US.

hm, not quite. Chicago had 599 last YEAR.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/01/city.murders.ap/

Give it another few weeks though...*sickened*

[kmusser]

I've read elsewhere that the number of troops killed is probably quite a bit higher since the official counts don't include those that die from injuries after they've been flown back to the States.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

I believe it also doesn't include the contractor deaths.

Another important story is the wounded. Many of the wounded today would have been dead of similar injuries in earlier wars. We've got people with very severe disabilities coming out of this - brain trauma, loss of limbs, paralysis, constant pain, PTSD, etc.

There was a long article in the NYTimes a month or so (magazine?) ago about this.

Those numbers were in the couple thousands.

[mossneko.livejournal.com]

The same-sex couples law makes me physically ill. As does the fact that this is the first we're hearing about it.