Sure, After CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and PBS Give Bush Equal Time

Whine, whine whine. John Kerry is mad that somebody is permitted to say something bad about him. And he's demanding equal time to answer.

John F. Kerry's campaign demanded yesterday that Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. provide his campaign equal time after broadcasting a movie attacking his Vietnam record, but the company said it is holding out for an interview with the Democratic nominee himself.

In a letter to Sinclair chief executive David D. Smith, the Kerry campaign's top lawyer said that the planned airing of "Stolen Honor" "constitutes an attack on Senator Kerry by supporters of President Bush" and that Sinclair "must provide a similar opportunity for Senator Kerry's supporters" on its 62 stations.

Actually, he has been offered equal time, but he has refused it because he can't dictate the terms.

Kerry as so far managed to avoid any hard questions about his inflated Vietnam record and he knows that, if he accepted equal time in the form of an interview, he would have to answer those questions.

Asked why Kerry would not agree to an interview, Clanton said: "Why would you take an offer like that seriously from a group with such a fierce partisan political agenda? Walk into some big setup job? 'Hello, I'd love to come on your program and get sandbagged.' "

I wonder how much free advertising the mainstream press would have to give the Bush campaign to balance the hours and hours they've given to Richard Clarke, Joseph Wilson, Dan Rather, and the like.