Movies and TV shows - is there a difference

A movie that is said to be anti Kerry will be shown on several TV stations this month.

This is the website for Stolen Valor: http://www.stolenvalor.com/foia.HTM

A movie that was obviously anti Bush was shown in numerous movie studios 3 months ago (and will be shown on pay for view later this month). The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is trying to have the broadcast of the TV stations stopped.

Is this hypocrisy?

First off, it is not clear to me whether there is a legal difference between a movie and a TV show. Secondly, it is now much closer to an election than when the movie came out. The DNC action is based on the argument that the TV show is an in-kind contribution to the Bush campaign. The DNC does not address (at least not yet) the issue of whether the movie was an in-kind contribution to the Kerry campaign.

I'll wait until they address this before I think this through the rest of the way.

- Ultimately the anti Kerry program wasn't shown on TV - I went to the site and watched a few minutes - the movie did not have good production values and probably wouldn't have been very effective.