As you may have heard, WSYX and the other ABC stations owned by Sinclair Communications have been instructed NOT to show Nightline on Friday night.  This was going to be a special broadcast consisting only of Ted Koppel reading the names of America's war dead.  Apparently, Sinclair thinks that this television memorial is "contrary to the public interest."

Besides calling WSYX (481-6666) and Sinclair (410-568-1500), we should do something public.  I plan on standing in front of the WSYX studios (1261 Dublin Road) at 5:00 on Friday (just when their competitors local newscasts are on) and stage my own reading of the names.  Anyone interested in participating is welcome to join me.  May I suggest, though, that we bring American flags and dress in the kind of somber attire befitting a memorial service.  Then we can better ask why WSYX is so unpatriotic as to not honor this country's fallen heroes.

Questions?  Email me at the numbers below. J.B. Lawton III jbliii@columbus.rr.com