Posted on 09/09/2006 9:03:27 AM PDT by finnman69
On Friday evening, Bill Clinton's lawyers sent a new letter to ABC chief Bob Iger demanding that ABC yank "The Path to 9/11." We've obtained a copy of the letter, and it reads in part: "As a nation, we need to be focused on preventing another attack, not fictionalizing the last one for television ratings. `The Path to 9/11' not only tarnishes the work of the 9/11 Commission, but also cheapens the fith anniversary of what was a very painful moment in history for all Americans. We expect that you will make the responsible decision to not air this film." Full text of the letter after the jump.
Dear Bob,
Despite press reports that ABC/Disney has made changes in the content and marketing of "The Path to 9/11," we remailn concerned about the false impression that airing the show will leave on the public. Labelng the show as "fiction" does not meet your responsibility to the victims of the September 11th attacks, their families, the hard work of the 9/11 Commission, or to the American people as a whole.
At a moment when we should be debating how to make the nation safer by implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, "The Path to 9/11" calls into question the accuracy of the Commission's report and whether fabricated scenes are, in fact, an accurate portrayal of history. Indeed, the millions spent on the production of this fictional drama would have been better spent informing the public about the Commission's actual findings and the many recommendations that have yet to be acted upon. Unlike this film, that would have been a tremendous service to the public.
Although our request for an advance copy of the film has been repeatedly denied, it is all too clear that our objections to "The Path to 9/11" are valid and corroborated by those familiar with the film and intimately involved in its production.
-- Your corporate partner, Scholastic, has disassociated itself from this proect.
-- 9/11 Commission Chairman Thomas Kean, who served as co-executive producer on "The Path to 9/11," has stated that he raised concerns about the accuracy of several scenes in the film and that his concerns were not addressed during production.
-- Harvey Keitel, who plays the star role of FBI agent John O'Neill, told reporters yesterday that while the screenplay was presented to him as a fair treatment of historical events, he is upset that several scenes were simply invented for dramatic purposes.
-- Numerous Members of Congress, several 9/11 Commissioners and prominent historians have spoken out against this movie.
-- Indeed, according to press reports, the fact that you are still editing the film two days before it is scheduled to air is an admission that it is irreparably flawed.
As a nation, we need to be focused on preventing another attack, not fictionalizing the last one for television ratings. "The Path to 9/11" not only tarnishes the work of the 9/11 Commission, but also cheapens the fith anniversary of what was a very painful moment in history for all Americans. We expect that you will make the responsible decision to not air this film.
Sincerely,
Bruce R. Lindsey Chief Executive Officer William J. Clinton Foundation
Douglas J. Band Counselor to President Clinton Office of William Jefferson Clinton
I've NEVER heard him say ANY such thing in any of his interviews this week. On the contrary, he stressed how they flexible they were, and how they consistently made adjustments in tune with his recommendations of how things really went down.
Didn't Condi give a speech to some foreign policy organization before the 2000 election prominently mentioning bin Laden?
As an aside, I heard David Limbaugh on with Laura Ingraham yesterday, and one thing he said was that he doesn't understand why Bush has refused to hit back against all the lies flung at him. Limbaugh said that if people systematically lied about him, attacking his character for six years, he'd be out smashing heads. Granted, the Pres. of the United States can't go out and smash heads, but Bush's willingness to just sit there and passively take it from these vicious goons for six years is way beyond my ability to comprehend too. I respect Pres. Bush, but for the good of the party and the good of the nation, I want a fighter to run in 2008.
LOL...oh boy here we go again...
New?
This is Clinton old hat. Only now it seems to out in the open and it seems to behind the curve.
Prayer.
bump for later perusal!!
Clintonista's can have ABC snip-snip, cut, edit the film all they want to cover up realities but they can never ever edit out the truth that plays in our hearts, souls and minds. The truth they disguise is the truth we read between the lines. They will get caught in their own webs of deception they spin for themselves.
Defeat the poisonous Dems everywhere!
Oh yes, ABC will not be caving in at this late point and the leaker of the Bruce "The Thug" Lindsey's letter shows they are not about to surrender.
If they were, you would never have seen the letter is my guess. That is of course unless the Thug himself is the leak and trying to muster a last ditch attempt at stopping free speech.
Repugnant, the only word for these clintonistas.
Dittos
It could be ABC is slowly realizing that being one of many consistently left-leaning media outlets is not good business.
It's not beyond possibility, there has been a change in philosophy at the network. If they're testing their toes with the idea of becoming more balanced, one of two things will happen.
1) Either they'll be terrified of what is happening, and fold, never to be heard from again as they continue the slow leftist slide into journalistic irrelevance. Or,
2) They'll see clearly for the very first time - they've been raising a lion in their house by constant leftist slant, and if they don't stop feeding the lion they're going to be the animal's next dinner.
I'm hoping this serves to wake up a lot of journalist types.
Despite their obvious bias, most believe pretty deeply in the First Amendment.
This might be just the sort of thing to get them worked up and actually thinking independently of the Democrat party establishment for the first time since Vietnam.
At long last.
If this doesn't wake them up - they're not sleeping, they're comatose.
Talk radio and the internet were around the last time the Clintons were president.
But yes, I do think they will try even harder this time.
Hey, stop being so doggone smart. ;)
This is genuine censorship by government officials. WHERE ARE THE FREE-SPEECH LEFTISTS?
I like the way you think!
Ew,Ew, Ew...pick me....I know. Never mind.
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Clintonista's can have ABC snip-snip, cut, edit the film all they want to cover up realities but they can never ever edit out the truth that plays in our hearts, souls and minds. The truth they disguise is the truth we read between the lines. They will get caught in their own webs of deception they spin for themselves. <<
You got that right. The truth is already out, for those who will see it.
History will expose Clinton and his wife Jezebel as the contemptible criminals they are.
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