Posted on 09/07/2006 11:13:08 AM PDT by The 9 11 Generation
AP) -- A miniseries about the events leading to the September 11 attacks is "terribly wrong" and ABC should correct it or not air it, former Clinton administration officials demanded in letters to the head of ABC's parent company. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, Clinton Foundation head Bruce Lindsey and Clinton adviser Douglas Band all wrote in the past week to Robert Iger. The two-part miniseries, scheduled to be broadcast on Sunday and Monday, is drawn from interviews and documents including the report of the September 11 commission. ABC has described it as a "dramatization" as opposed to a documentary.
The letter writers said that the miniseries contained factual errors, and that their requests to see it had gone unanswered. "The content of this drama is factually and incontrovertibly inaccurate and ABC has a duty to fully correct all errors or pull the drama entirely. It is unconscionable to mislead the American public about one of the most horrendous tragedies our country has ever known," Lindsey and Band wrote in their letter. The letter writers pointed out examples of scenes they had been told were in the miniseries, but which they said never happened. Albright objected to a scene that she was told showed her insisting on warning the Pakistani government before an airstrike on Afghanistan, and that she was the one who made the warning. "The scene as explained to me is false and defamatory," she said. Berger objected to a scene that he was told showed him refusing to authorize an attack on Osama bin Laden despite the request from CIA officials. "The fabrication of this scene (of such apparent magnitude) cannot be justified under any reasonable definition of dramatic license," he wrote.
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Re-ping!
"The letter writers said that the miniseries contained factual errors, and that their requests to see it had gone unanswered."
If they haven't seen it, how would they know about any 'factual errors?'
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0609070170sep07,1,3096246.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
Also, Rush is saying (and I heard on ABC Radio) that there have been edits made to the movie, due to criticism. Also, ABC Radio says that no one has seen the final version of the movie, prior to airing Sunday night.
Something smells.
Based on the relentless DBM bias, it's a 99.9% sure bet that ABC will cave.
ABC Radios says "no one" has seen the final version to be aired Sunday and that criticism is "premature."
bump
I noticed before the Labor Day Weekend the ABC Path To 911 website offered a trailer of the movie with scenes mentioned by Rush Limbaugh such as when Sandy Burglar hung up the phone refusing permission to kill Bin Laden. After the trailer there were interviews with the actors of the movie. Sometime during the holiday weekend ABC removed the trailer and only show the interviews. Just click on the Path To 911 promo pic and see for yourself.
http://www.cafenetamerica.com
My opinion of the MSM will go down, unless ABC doesn't cave in. I just can't see ABC not taking out whatever the Clintonistas want out.
They're probably right: the flick is probably a bit too soft on Clinton.
That was a typo. Then meant Official Clinton.
-PJ
Remember The Nameless One's damage-control trick?
The one where they'd act like some upcoming revelation would be huge and devastating -- so that when it came out, it seemed like no big deal?
Anyone think this might be that?
I wonder what would have happened had Bush asked for editing done prior to the airing of the "docu-crock" Fahrenheit 911?
Not really - Bush would have been crucified in the MSM for boot-jacking another part of the Constitution
A politically appointed stooge who was on the government payroll to lie for the Clinton Administration.
Thanks for the re-ping.
Same comment re:this topic via the prior Thread ping...
But I'll say this every op I get...clinton is the definition of character flaw!
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