Posted on 09/08/2006 10:10:21 PM PDT by TaxachusettsMan
A group of leading American historians today sent the following letter to Mr. Robert Iger of ABC. Stressing the significance of the "traumatic" events of 9/11, the signers of this letter are calling on Mr. Iger to stand up for responsible media treatments of such important historical moments and withdraw the program from circulation. The growing list of signatories will be updated at openlettertoabc.blogspot.com.
The text of the letter follows.
Dear Robert Iger:
We write as professional historians, who are deeply concerned by the continuing reports about ABC's scheduled broadcast of "The Path to 9/11." These reports document that this drama contains numerous flagrant falsehoods about critical events in recent American history. The key participants and eyewitnesses to these events state that the script distorts and even fabricates evidence into order to mislead viewers about the responsibility of numerous American officials for allegedly ignoring the terrorist threat before 2000.
The claim by the show's producers, broadcaster, and defenders, that these falsehoods are permissible because the show is merely a dramatization, is disingenuous and dangerous given their assertions that the show is also based on authoritative historical evidence. Whatever ABC's motivations might be, broadcasting these falsehoods, connected to the most traumatic historical event of our times, would be a gross disservice to the public. A responsible broadcast network should have nothing to do with the falsification of history, except to expose it. We strongly urge you to halt the show's broadcast and prevent misinforming Americans about their history.
Sincerely,
Arthur Schlesinger Sean Wilentz, Princeton University Michael Kazin, Georgetown University Lizbeth Cohen, Harvard University, Nicholas Salvatore, Cornell University; Ted Widmer, Brown University; Rick Perlstein, Independent Scholar; David Blight, Yale University; Eric Alterman, City University of New York. Maurice Isserman, Hamilton College (List in formation)
Part II is most probably going to shred President Bush and his administration. Of course the kneepadded Dems aren't screaming about that. What they're screaming about, is the fact that a smidgen of TRUTH about Clinton and his happy horde of inept, corrupt, inadequate poltroons was about to get out.
Why is everyone getting so bent out of shape when none of the Clinton entourage has seen the film? To me it sounds as if they are trying for damage control considering they thought that Hollywood was on their side.. Am I wrong?
You know we will; count on it.
check this out:
"RULE FIVE
Stop playing by "Marquess of Queensberry" rules. Before you get punched, you punch. Hard. Whenever possible, you punch below the belt. And most importantly, even after they are down, you keep punching.
George Bush. Cocaine. Alcohol. The National Guard. Deserter. With 40 days to go before the election, there should have been 40 awful revelations about George Bush -- one each day, each worse than the one before it.
Hint!
Stop being a candy-ass. If you start lamenting, "I'm becoming just like THEM", you have just guaranteed their victory. They currently OWN the playing field. You either play by their rules or YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE. Your job is to punch hard and neutralize their negative attacks by being just as nasty. IF you make it back into office, THEN you can start working to reform how people get elected. For now, you must get mean!"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/guest-column-rules-democ_b_28937.html
Have they been buying our debt bonds for 40 years, too? gag gag Lord help us.
More on Nicholas Salvatore:
http://www.nicksalvatore.com/books/debs.cfm
"Klinton will be running what we see on TV"
Hey...the Klintonista kool-aid groupies have been producing the sewage we see on TV now for quite awhile already".....eeheheheh!
Part II is most probably going to shred President Bush and his administration.
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I would hope that isn't the case but I suspect it may well be.. and that will unfortunately get the bulk of the after show coverage...
Another of the Historians, Isserman, who seems to relish writing about Socialists..
Professor Isserman recently completed a book, The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington (Public Affairs Press), which is the biography of America's foremost socialist and the man who "discovered poverty in America."
http://academics.hamilton.edu/history/home/misserma.html
Not to them though. They all asked for one and he refused.
I would call some of these guys whores (just for one, 'sup, Wilentz?) except that there are some things whores won't do.
as is also Hitlery saying "redeploy" rather than "pull them out"...
they read the same fax every morning with the "word for the day" highlighted...
"These reports document"
"The key participants and eyewitnesses to these events state "
"Some day, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me."
Clinton called.
The 30th Anniversay of Woodstock concert was held in nearby Rome, NY. Professor Isserman, who attended the original event, was interviewed by national media.
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