It turns out our friendly, local ABC affiliate, channel 40/WGGB, is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which is run by a right-wing nutjob.

As such, WGGB will not be airing Friday's Nightline segment where Ted Koppel will read the names of the Iraq war casualties. You'd think that anyone would be in favor of honoring those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to our country, no matter what side of the issue you subscribe to, but apparently not - not when there's politics to be played. If you want to read the nonsensical biased reasoning behind this move, read this note on Sinclair's site. This is what happens when partisan non-journalists are allowed to control the news.

Please, please, please email or phone the station to share your displeasure. Boycott the companies that advertise on channel 40, and contact those companies to let them know why. Keep in mind that the people who work at the WGGB Springfield office are only following a directive from their corporate overlord at Sinclair, so treat them with kindness.

Channel 40 contact info: http://www.wggb.com/

Main telephone: (413) 733-4040

Newsroom telephone: (413) 733-8840

Newsroom fax: (413) 788-7640

Newsroom email: news40@wggb.com

Sinclair Broadcasting: 410-568-1500

Mark Hyman: mhyman@sbgnet.com ( conservative commentator, also VP at Sinclair)

If you want to mention your complaint to one of their competitors
here's the contact info for Channel 22:

http://www.wwlp.com/tv22/contact.html

WWLP-TV22
PO Box 2210
Springfield, MA 01102-2210