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)
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., scribe-chronicle of Camelot and child of Harvard University whose JFK School of Government (aka "Camelot High") will celebrate 9/11 by inviting an Iranian terrorist to a VIP lecture is suddenly concerned about the dangers of free speech?
Sean Wilentz, Princeton's poster boy for fiction-as-history, is lecturing the rest of us about when interpretations of history might be "dangerous and disingenuous"?
And did Sandy "The Pilfered Classified Documents Are Down My Pants" Berger REALLY say, "You gotta yank it"?
Yank This, Sandy!
Will be interesting to see the full list of "distinguished historians" and Google their names.
I remember marveling at Father (formerly Congressman) Robert Drinan of the Jesuits going before the Senate to explain why lying about oral sex was a virtue to cultivate in sitting (or maybe standing) Presidents.
This escapade is in that same genre.
Excuse me, I have to go take a shower.
The Eric Alterman?
lolol
Eric Alterman??!! God help us, he's no historian.
I know it's impolite to point this out but....Are there any NON-Jewish Historians??? Most all of them have Jewish names.....what the hell???
Disgusting cadre of evil, the whole lot of them.
Clinton's famous "War Room".
The MSM, Academia and Hollywood, the axis of evil.
I heard a bit of Cyrus, all the hoopla so far is mainly directed at part 1, part 2 may be even more of a ripsaw..
Eric Alterman is one of the slimiest, most despicable people ever!!!
Any of these individuals contact Michael Moore to complain about the "liberties" he took in making his "documentary"? Funny how they complain when the shoe hits their favorite Pres in the arse, but not when someone else fabricates lies against someone they hate.
They don't state what is inaccurate about the film. As a result there's no rationale given for not showing the film.
notice how John sKerry is keeping his head down? AND BY THE WAY, Where's Teresa?
Suzy Slutowski of W.H.O.R.E. !!!!!!!
WONDERFUL !!!!!!!
Say, were you an Intern at the White House during the Osama-Ben-Laden-Hunting-Obsessed Days of President William Jefferson Rodham-Clinton?
All Your NON-Jewish Historians ARE Belong To Us........
I think you'll find if you look that Jews are overrepresented in most fields of human endeavor, from adultery to zoology. Do you have a point specific to this article? What do this bunch of liberals (some of whom happen to be Jewish) have to do with the Jews or Judaism?
"The MSM, Academia and Hollywood, the axis of evil."
All controlled under the auspices of the Democrat Party.
"A group of leading American historians "
TRANSLATION:
A group of lefties.
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