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ABC Affiliates Refuse to Broadcast 'Saving Private Ryan' More than 20 stations affiliated with the ABC network decline to carry the network's broadcast Thursday of Saving Private Ryan. A contract requires that the movie be shown unedited, and some stations object its repeated profanity. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

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ABC Affiliates Refuse to Broadcast 'Saving Private Ryan'

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More than 20 stations affiliated with the ABC network decline to carry the network's broadcast Thursday of Saving Private Ryan. A contract requires that the movie be shown unedited, and some stations object its repeated profanity. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.