ABC's Nightline is going on the air tonight a reading of the names of the soldiers that have died in Iraq along with a face to go with the name. But 8 stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group won't be showing it, because the CEO has decided that the unvarnished reading of the war dead is an antiwar statement. Mind you, Ted Koppel isn't going to make any value judgements while introducing the bit. It's just a straight memorial. Check out what Sinclair says to explain their preemption. http://www.sbgi.net/index.shtml. You'll notice there's a response to a letter from John McCain up there too. Here's the letter: http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsCenter.ViewPressRelease&Content_id=1276.

I don't know about you, but I don't want some media exec whose donated heavily to the Republicans to tell me what I should watch or not. If he really wanted to respond to it, show it and then respond anyway you want. But to simply not show it is unpatriotic and unamerican. Period. Unbelievable.

If you feel the need to sound off, here's the contact info for the CEO:

Corporate Headquarters
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
10706 Beaver Dam Road
Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030
410-568-1500 (Main Telephone)
410-568-1533 (Main Fax)