Josh Marshall posted a letter he received from former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt. Hundt lays out his reasons for believing that Sinclair has crossed a line with their proposed broadcast of Stolen Honor. It’s interesting to note that the ADL took a Sinclair VP to task today about equating opponents of Sinclair’s decision with Holocaust deniers.

From Hundt’s letter:

Part of this tradition is that broadcasters do not show propaganda for any candidate, no matter how much a station owner may personally favor one or dislike the other. Broadcasters understand that they have a special and conditional role in public discourse. They received their licenses from the public — licenses to use airwaves that, for instance, cellular companies bought in auctions — for free, and one condition is the obligation to help us hold a fair and free election. The Supreme Court has routinely upheld this “public interest” obligation. Virtually all broadcasters understand and honor it.