Sinclair Broadcast Group fired Jon Leiberman, its Washington bureau chief, on Monday for publicly critizing company plans to air a documentary–charging John Kerry with prolonging the Vietnam War through his antiwar activities upon his completion of his tour of duty–on all of its 62 stations across the country just before the election.
Leiberman said Monday that Sinclair is using the documentary, Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal, “to drive their political agenda… I don’t think it served the public trust… I know I stood up for the principles of objectivity.”
One of the Vietnam veterans featured in the documentary has filed a libel lawsuit claiming that he was falsely portrayed as a liar by the filmmakers.
Advertisements
Advertisements
