Posted on 09/09/2006 9:52:32 AM PDT by hipaatwo
Can viewers at least watch the ABC miniseries about 9/11, instead of having someone decide for them whether it's an informative "docudrama" or a partisan hack job?
ABC and its parent company, Disney, shouldn't cave in to critics who want the network to cancel the five-hour movie, The Path to 9/11, scheduled to air tomorrow and Monday nights. These critics include Senate Democratic leaders, who are worried that the miniseries will portray Clinton administration officials unfairly in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. They wrote a heavy-handed letter to Disney CEO Robert Iger, reminding him of his duty "as a beneficiary of the free use of the public airwaves" to promote open, accurate discussions of political ideas.
In other words, in the name of openness, please cancel this dramatic production that we haven't seen. It's the same lame argument that conservatives raised in high dudgeon in 2003 over CBS's unflattering miniseries about Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Unfortunately, in that case, CBS and its commercial sponsors did cower in the face of an orchestrated conservative campaign. The network dumped the miniseries onto cable channel Showtime, where it was seen by a much smaller audience. (But it did at least see the light of day, and the republic is still standing.)
Sight-unseen critics of the 9/11 miniseries should be honest about their motivations. There is an anxious partisan calculation here. That is: If a Democratic administration gets some of the on-screen blame for failing to capture bin Laden, it could hurt Democrats at the polls this November. But if a movie could do that, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 would have defeated Bush in 2004.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
RELATED THREADS, 911 and PATH TO 9/11:
The Truth about Bill Clinton and Terrorism (FR Compilation Thread) at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1697884/posts
Senate Democratic leadership threatens Disney with legal and legislative sanctions at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697413/posts
Dems Send Threatening Letter to ABC - and misspell word in second paragraph. at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697561/posts
Democratic Bloggers Plan to 'Google Bomb' Controversial 9/11 Docudrama at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697579/posts
Dick Morris: Clinton Attack 'Outrageous' at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697490/posts
Letter from Dem Leaders to Disney to Cancel 'Path' Broadcast at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697777/posts
Thwack! Will Democrats Never Learn? at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697676/posts
Accuracy aside, ABC's '9/11' deserves to bomb (LEFTY 'TV CRITIC' ISSUES WARNING) at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697680/posts
KEYWORD: 911 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=911
BASIC OLDER POST: Berger rejected four plans to kill or capture bin Laden at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177555/posts
keywords for search engines: 911, Path to 911, Twin Towers, Ground Zero, Sept. 11th, September 11, 2001, PATHTO911, ABC miniseries,
Quick! ....Go buy a Big Game lotto ticket and have faith. :D
ABC, has already cast its' lot w/ the Devil / Clintoons et.al.
just, rem: JimRob/FR. :D
an honest liberal newspaper? ...I guess Miss Piggy really did fly-by. :D
I do miss the Philadelphia Bullintin.
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