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1 posted on 09/08/2006 9:52:30 AM PDT by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland

Oh, yes. And "a whiff of fascism" as well.


2 posted on 09/08/2006 9:53:35 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: doug from upland

Where is Tim Robbins now?

I can't even watch 'Bull Durham' anymore. He makes me sick.


3 posted on 09/08/2006 9:54:46 AM PDT by GianniV
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To: doug from upland

Tim Robbins, like most actors, is a child.

He also suffers from that now well known disease: "I am smart because I am famous!"


6 posted on 09/08/2006 9:59:28 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: doug from upland

Leftists are masters of deceit. They love every Marxist dictator on the face of the Earth. They believe that you are free to agree with them. They cry for freedom only for themselves. I won't insult pigs by calling Leftists swine. Pigs have more intelligence.


7 posted on 09/08/2006 10:00:07 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Truth shall set you free))))
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To: doug from upland
Someone posted the deleted scenes from pathto911.
9 posted on 09/08/2006 10:02:54 AM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: doug from upland

September 7, 2006

Mr. Robert A. Iger
President and CEO
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank CA 91521

Dear Mr. Iger,

We write with serious concerns about the planned upcoming broadcast of The Path to 9/11 mini-series on September 10 and 11. Countless reports from experts on 9/11 who have viewed the program indicate numerous and serious inaccuracies that will undoubtedly serve to misinform the American people about the tragic events surrounding the terrible attacks of that day. Furthermore, the manner in which this program has been developed, funded, and advertised suggests a partisan bent unbecoming of a major company like Disney and a major and well respected news organization like ABC. We therefore urge you to cancel this broadcast to cease Disney’s plans to use it as a teaching tool in schools across America through Scholastic. Presenting such deeply flawed and factually inaccurate misinformation to the American public and to children would be a gross miscarriage of your corporate and civic responsibility to the law, to your shareholders, and to the nation.

The Communications Act of 1934 provides your network with a free broadcast license predicated on the fundamental understanding of your principle obligation to act as a trustee of the public airwaves in serving the public interest. Nowhere is this public interest obligation more apparent than in the duty of broadcasters to serve the civic needs of a democracy by promoting an open and accurate discussion of political ideas and events.

Disney and ABC claim this program to be based on the 9/11 Commission Report and are using that assertion as part of the promotional campaign for it. The 9/11 Commission is the most respected American authority on the 9/11 attacks, and association with it carries a special responsibility. Indeed, the very events themselves on 9/11, so tragic as they were, demand extreme care by any who attempt to use those events as part of an entertainment or educational program. To quote Steve McPhereson, president of ABC Entertainment, “When you take on the responsibility of telling the story behind such an important event, it is absolutely critical that you get it right.”

Unfortunately, it appears Disney and ABC got it totally wrong.

Despite claims by your network’s representatives that The Path to 9/11 is based on the report of the 9/11 Commission, 9/11 Commissioners themselves, as well as other experts on the issues, disagree.

Richard Ben-Veniste, speaking for himself and fellow 9/11 Commissioners who recently viewed the program, said, “As we were watching, we were trying to think how they could have misinterpreted the 9/11 Commission’s findings the way that they had.” [“9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased,” New York Times, September 6, 2006]

Richard Clarke, the former counter-terrorism czar, and a national security advisor to ABC has described the program as “deeply flawed” and said of the program’s depiction of a Clinton official hanging up on an intelligence agent, “It’s 180 degrees from what happened.” [“9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased,” New York Times, September 6, 2006]

Reports suggest that an FBI agent who worked on 9/11 and served as a consultant to ABC on this program quit halfway through because, “he thought they were making things up.” [MSNBC, September 7, 2006]

Even Thomas Kean, who serves as a paid consultant to the miniseries, has admitted that scenes in the film are fictionalized. [“9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased,” New York Times, September 6, 2006]

That Disney would seek to broadcast an admittedly and proven false recounting of the events of 9/11 raises serious questions about the motivations of its creators and those who approved the deeply flawed program. Finally, that Disney plans to air commercial-free a program that reportedly cost it $40 million to produce serves to add fuel to these concerns.

These concerns are made all the more pressing by the political leaning of and the public statements made by the writer/producer of this miniseries, Mr. Cyrus Nowrasteh, in promoting this miniseries across conservative blogs and talk shows.

Frankly, that ABC and Disney would consider airing a program that could be construed as right-wing political propaganda on such a grave and important event involving the security of our nation is a discredit both to the Disney brand and to the legacy of honesty built at ABC by honorable individuals from David Brinkley to Peter Jennings. Furthermore, that Disney would seek to use Scholastic to promote this misguided programming to American children as a substitute for factual information is a disgrace.

As 9/11 Commission member Jamie Gorelick said, “It is critically important to the safety of our nation that our citizens, and particularly our school children, understand what actually happened and why – so that we can proceed from a common understanding of what went wrong and act with unity to make our country safer.”

Should Disney allow this programming to proceed as planned, the factual record, millions of viewers, countless schoolchildren, and the reputation of Disney as a corporation worthy of the trust of the American people and the United States Congress will be deeply damaged. We urge you, after full consideration of the facts, to uphold your responsibilities as a respected member of American society and as a beneficiary of the free use of the public airwaves to cancel this factually inaccurate and deeply misguided program. We look forward to hearing back from you soon.

Sincerely,

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid
Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin
Senator Debbie Stabenow
Senator Charles Schumer
Senator Byron Dorgan


10 posted on 09/08/2006 10:04:33 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: doug from upland

Who is Tim Robbins?


12 posted on 09/08/2006 10:05:38 AM PDT by msnimje (What part of-- "DEATH TO AMERICA" --do the Democrats not understand?)
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To: doug from upland
If anything will scare you, this will.

In case you haven't seen it, its about a greedy, lying, Machiavellian, guitar-playing Right-winger who turns the Left's language back on them to get elected. It's Directed by Tim Robbins, stars Tim Robbins, and is written by Tim Robbins. The hate in it is palpable.

The local stations in my area have been showing this movie on the weekends recently.


13 posted on 09/08/2006 10:17:28 AM PDT by DoctorMichael (A wall first. A wall now.)
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To: doug from upland
one can only watch Shawshank Redemption so many times...that time has come
16 posted on 09/08/2006 10:22:18 AM PDT by Republicus2001
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To: doug from upland

More like hot air from blowhards like Tim Robbins. YOU ARE AN ACTOR. SHUT UP AND READ LINES.


21 posted on 09/08/2006 10:24:51 AM PDT by veronica (NEW LITERARY AND ARTS JOURNAL offers free advertising for writers, bloggers, artists. FRmail me...)
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To: doug from upland

"Let me explain to you how this works. You see, the corporations finance Team America. And then Team America goes out and the corporations sit there in their, ih in their corporation buildings and, and and see that's, they're all corporationy, and they make money."


22 posted on 09/08/2006 10:26:30 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: doug from upland

I have actually met Tim Robbins. He is a moron man-child, under the thrall of his nightmare common-law wife, Susan Sarandan.


25 posted on 09/08/2006 10:53:29 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: doug from upland
Does everyone now realize what would happen if Hillary got back into the White House? Or how about the danger if the Dems take back control of Congress? Free speech is fine for them. They want to shut down ours. That is an inconvenient truth.

They are really afraid of a movie that threatens to awaken those who were asleep as to what Clinton really did and failed to do. The Clinton legacy is poised to go straight down the crapper where it belongs. Their party is in absolute panic. Especially Hillary.

I am still stunned at the dems Stalinist behavior and really, really hope this stunt of theirs is a major league backfire. Nothing would be more fitting and well deserved.

39 posted on 09/08/2006 11:28:55 AM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
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