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Thursday, November 11, 2004

Now, This Would Just Be Wrong

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - ABC television, backed by Republican Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) and other leading conservatives, sought on Thursday to keep nervous affiliate stations from deserting a Veterans Day broadcast of the acclaimed World War II film "Saving Private Ryan."
Several ABC affiliates, including eight stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group and four owned by the Belo Corp., said they would show other programming, citing concerns about profanity and graphic violence in the film.
Sinclair said the recent crackdown on indecent material by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) was a major factor in its decision to shun the R-rated film, which ABC is obligated to air without editing or bleeps under a license agreement with DreamWorks SKG, the studio that produced it.


This also brings up a very important question: If the ABC affiliates, (one of which is Sinclair Broadcast Group, of the recent 'It's not partisan to air anti-Kerry documentary days before the election, really!' scandal), is so concerned about keeping indecent material away from the eyes and ears of sensitive American viewers, then why is WifeSwap still on the air?

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