A politically conservative broadcasting company has ordered its 62 television stations - which together reach almost a quarter of the nation's households - to air a documentary critical of Sen. John Kerry's antiwar activities after his return from Vietnam more than three decades ago.
The 41-minute film "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" is to be shown on stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group barely a week before the election. The film, made by Harrisburg, Pa.-based journalist Carlton Sherwood and financed by Pennsylvania veterans, shows former prisoners of war accusing Kerry of worsening their plight in Vietnam by engaging in antiwar activities. It focuses on Kerry's 1971 testimony before the U.S. Senate, during which he recounted stories of American atrocities.
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