As I'm sure you know, the Sinclair Broadcast Group is planning to air an anti-Kerry documentary on its 62 ABC affiliate stations.
Yesterday on CNN, Mark Hymen, vice president of corporate relations for SBG, responded to criticism:
"The accusations coming from Terry McAuliffe and others, is it because they are some elements of this that may reflect poorly on John Kerry? That it's somehow an in-kind contribution of George Bush?
"If you use that logic and reasoning, that means every car bomb in Iraq would be an in-kind contribution to John Kerry. Weak job performance ratings that came out last month would have been an in- kind contribution to John Kerry. And that's just nonsense."
In other words, Henry believes that the facts themselves -- whether it's car bombs in Iraq or the pain Kerry caused POWs -- regardless of how they affect the campaign, are not inherently partisan.
BUT!
Remember last April when Ted Koppel planned to read the names of every fallen soldier in Iraq. Sinclair Broadcast Group refused to air the program, saying: "Despite the denials by a spokeswoman for the show, the action appears to be motivated by a political agenda designed to undermine the efforts of the United States in Iraq."
Josh Marshall has a word for them: "Pigs."