On the October 21 edition of MSNBC's Deborah Norville Live, Sinclair Broadcast Group vice president Mark Hyman claimed that the discredited anti-Kerry group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were a “different group of people” from POWs (prisoners of war) for Truth, the group that released the anti-Kerry film Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal. But as Media Matters for America has noted, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and POWs for Truth announced their merger in a September 29 press release. They are now known as Swift Vets and POWs for Truth.

Sinclair plans to air a program titled A POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media, which will include excerpts from Stolen Honor, on October 22.

On MSNBC, when Hyman attempted to argue that the allegations against Kerry in Stolen Honor constitute “news,” Norville pointed out that the film is not the first time people have claimed that antiwar protests adversely affected the treatment of POWs in Vietnam. Hyman responded, “See, you're making the same mistake others do. They like to refer to the swift boat people.” After Norville replied, “No, I'm not talking about the swift boat people,” Hyman shot back: “Different group -- different group of people. These people came forward for the first time -- very credible, two Medal of Honor winners.”

As MMFA has documented (here and here), the claims made against Kerry in Stolen Honor are not credible.