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An alarmist ABC television network movie...has aroused an abdomen-clinching sense ...
Experts: "Fatal Contact" Exaggerates Worst Bird Flu Scenario KLTV
'Fatal Contact' should be quarantined
'Fatal Contact' flaps but never takes off
ABC's 'Fatal Contact' serves up a bucket of ...
FOR THE BIRDS
GIVE ME A BEAK
"Fatal Contact" almost sent me to the hospital
'Fatal Contact' is sure to leave you feeling ill
This poorly shot, underwritten, laughably acted telefilm
The ABC movie Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America, which airs tonight (Tuesday), has been denounced by John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza, about the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, who receives on-screen credit as the film's consultant. In an interview with today's (Tuesday) New York Times, Barry said, "To say it's overdone is an understatement." He disclosed that his "consulting" amounted to nothing more than a two-hour conference call and some comments on the script. The newspaper said that Barry compared his role to that of a lawyer whose client pays for advice -- but ignores it.