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Following complaints, ABC tweaks its 9/11 mini-series
Chicago Tribune ^

Posted on 09/07/2006 11:21:19 AM PDT by Sir Gawain

ABC toned down a scene that involved Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, declining to give the order to kill bin Laden, according to a person involved with the film who declined to be identified. "That sequence has been the focus of attention," the source said.

The network also decided that the credits would say the film is based "in part" on the 9/11 panel report, rather than "based on" the report, as the producers originally intended.

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To: STARWISE

clinton is a wee leetle(little) boy...not a Man...
who always has tweeks up his snotty sleeves.
Underhanded and under the desk tweek freak!

Thanks yet again for the ping.


181 posted on 09/07/2006 2:45:54 PM PDT by Majie Purple
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To: frogjerk

i guess my email did not help. du and moveon were telling their people to write and call ABC putting pressure to them.


182 posted on 09/07/2006 2:45:57 PM PDT by JFC (Land of the FREE because of our BRAVE)
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To: Sir Gawain

But the 9/11 panel was a whitewash by pit bull dems and milquetoast rinos!?


183 posted on 09/07/2006 2:48:44 PM PDT by omega4179 (What have you done to help moderate muslims bring Islam into the 9th century?)
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To: Sir Gawain
Here's what I got from ABC = ("Appeasing Bill Clinton) after I complained to them two hours ago!

As you can imagine, we receive thousands of messages a day from our viewers and while we appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback regarding our programming, we are not able to respond to each one directly. We encourage you to continue to communicate with us! ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS: -- Many of your show-specific questions can be answered on the ABC.com website: Go to ABC.com Go to the top and click on "Shows" Go down the list and click on the name of the show you are seeking information on -- Answers to other questions such as show addresses, internships, etc. can be found in our "Questions & Answers" section: Go to ABC.com Go to the bottom of the screen and click on "FAQ" Again, thank you for contacting ABC. Note: The Company's long-established policy does not allow us to accept for review or consideration any ideas, suggestions, or creative materials not solicited by us or our subsidiaries. Therefore, in the event that you have submitted such content, please be advised that the submission has been forwarded to the Company's legal department for handling. This email has been sent to you from an outbound email account that will not accept inbound mail. Therefore, please do not respond to this email.

184 posted on 09/07/2006 2:48:59 PM PDT by danamco
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To: bpjam
But you are talking about actual people who were involved in actual events. To 'sex them up' in an account claiming to be "based on" something factual just ain't right.

There was lots of action in the true version. There WAS an Afghan snatch team. They WERE in a position to make an attempt near Tarnak Farms. But they were basically a bunch of boobs, had never pulled off this kind of military operation, and were likely feeding intel to the ISI. Massoud was never even in the province. Or in that half of the country. And there were NONE of our people on the ground there. Our plan was, in fact, to let them get the guy to Pakistan or a mountain hideout and we'd swoop in and get him 30-60 days later. And, rather than guys wanting to go being told no, the Agency that was running the Op said 'we don't think it is a go - the odds are bad.'

There was the other time when we didn't blow the hunting camp to smithereens because we weren't sure OBL was there but we did know some UAE royals were there. Did we miss a chance? Maybe. At the time, did anyone think OBL was such a priority that we should blow the hell out of some royals from a Gulf ally? Not a chance. No one thought that.

Why not tell the truth? Why advocate for not telling the truth?

185 posted on 09/07/2006 2:50:13 PM PDT by lugsoul (Livin' in fear is just another way of dying before your time. - Mike Cooley)
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To: RexBeach

I dunno. The Reagan mini-series starring Striesand's husband James Brolin was yanked off CBS to a showing on some cable channel because of complaints from conservatives. I'd like to see Parker and Stone do a re-enactment of the yanked Berger footage on South Park. Butters could play Sandy Berger.


186 posted on 09/07/2006 2:50:17 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (The most important thing is sincerity. Once you can fake that, everything else is easy.)
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To: Sir Gawain

This poll on AOL needs attention:

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/clinton-white-hous...

How much do you hold the Clinton White House responsible for failing to prevent 9/11?
A lot 50%
Very little or not at all 34%
Somewhat 16%


187 posted on 09/07/2006 2:51:01 PM PDT by Cincinna (HILLARY & HER HINO WANT TO TAKE OVER YOUR COUNTRY !)
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To: RexBeach

Well, ABC is a Mickey Mouse organization!


188 posted on 09/07/2006 2:52:11 PM PDT by ssaftler
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To: Purple Mountains Maj

Odd how we never see President Bush complaining when the left write t.v. shows doging him or hollywood writting movies wanting the assination. I tell you msm and the left have lost their way......... they should never gain seats with their stupid strings they try to pull daily.


189 posted on 09/07/2006 2:52:29 PM PDT by JFC (Land of the FREE because of our BRAVE)
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To: Sir Gawain
Why is anyone even surprised at this?

If ABC didn't cave and modify it--the company would have paid a heavy price (retribution) from the democrats, Clinton apologists, far left, Hollywood elite and MSM.

This was to be totally expected. No surprise here at all.

190 posted on 09/07/2006 2:53:14 PM PDT by stockstrader
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To: stockstrader

Not suprised....... at all, just disapointed.

Not sure why I thought they would be fair and honest.


191 posted on 09/07/2006 2:54:08 PM PDT by JFC (Land of the FREE because of our BRAVE)
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To: JFC

John Gibson is about to do a segment related to this on FOX after the next ad..


192 posted on 09/07/2006 2:54:24 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-prayers for the kidnapped Israeli Soldiers)
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To: lugsoul
"And maybe you reveal that the CIA thought that the Afghan 'snatch team' was a bunch of boobs who probably couldn't pull it off."

Purely the CbIAs spin -- who are you to repeat falsehoods?

193 posted on 09/07/2006 2:55:36 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Pork fat be upon Smallah *spit*)
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To: SE Mom

Thanks SE.


194 posted on 09/07/2006 2:56:06 PM PDT by JFC (Land of the FREE because of our BRAVE)
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To: Sir Gawain

The media are in full agreement with the goals of the left. They support and enable the lying lefties. So this is no surprise.


195 posted on 09/07/2006 2:58:43 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Leftist policies don't work. They hurt those they pretend to help.)
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To: Sir Gawain

OoOps!
Error: the correct address is :
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/clinton-white-house-officials-object-to/20060907105309990008?ncid=NWS00010000000001


This poll on AOL needs attention:


How much do you hold the Clinton White House responsible for failing to prevent 9/11?
A lot 50%
Very little or not at all 34%
Somewhat 16%


196 posted on 09/07/2006 2:58:46 PM PDT by Cincinna (HILLARY & HER HINO WANT TO TAKE OVER YOUR COUNTRY !)
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To: Sir Gawain

We all need to ask ABC why they have yielded to pressure from democrats, while they would never yield to pressure from republicans. What the heck is there about Clinton and his stooges that makes the msm quake, quiver and quit? Is the truth really something to be created in the editing room? Thank God, future historians will be far removed from such political pressure and will be able to confront the record and tell it like it was.


197 posted on 09/07/2006 2:59:13 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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To: MonroeDNA

ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC,FOX, MSNBC, CNN, Pravda, Al Jazeera, Tass, Isvestia, N.Y. Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, Time, Newsday, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker .... machts nicht. They are all the same: lies, distortions, deliberate omissions, sensationalism, and above all, total left lunatic bias. The voices of socialism. The Democrat Party (aka Jackass Party) and the media have a goal, which is to destroy capitalism and freedom. They are treasonous and subversive. They are also morally and intellectually bankrupt. Pelosi, Dean, Schumer, Leahy, Kennedy, Clintons, Kerry, Gore, Reid, Soros, Boxer, Levin, Obama, Biden, et cetera, ad nausem, and the media, have replaced the Communist Party as the main threat to our Constitution and homeland security.


198 posted on 09/07/2006 3:00:19 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: Quilla
"A government official with knowledge of the probe said Berger removed from archives files all five or six drafts of a critique of the government's response to the millennium terrorism threat, which he said was classified "codeword," the government's highest level of document security."

does anyone know which prison Berger is serving his sentence? Marion, Lompoc?
199 posted on 09/07/2006 3:00:47 PM PDT by Republicus2001
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To: JFC

How many administration officials called PBS to tell them not to show Spike Lee's hit piece on Katrina?


200 posted on 09/07/2006 3:01:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
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