Posted on 09/10/2006 8:14:52 AM PDT by teddyballgame
September 10, 2006 -- Bill Clinton's camp yesterday demanded that ABC can its controversial film "The Path to 9/11," due to air tonight - and in a scathing new letter accused the network of exploiting the tragedy for ratings. Clinton's wrath comes amid new revelations that the Toronto set of the fictionalized flick was plagued by actors' concerns that the script was playing fast and loose with the truth, sources told The Post.
Clinton's lawyer, Douglas Band, and the CEO of his foundation, Bruce Lindsey, penned the fuming missive to ABC bigwig Bob Iger. It was dated Friday but released to the press yesterday.
It begins with a friendly "Dear Bob" salutation - but quickly leaves the pleasantries behind.
"As a nation, we need to be focused on preventing another attack, not fictionalizing the last one for television ratings," it reads.
But Clinton's aides, in a race to beat the clock before tonight's scheduled 8 p.m. telecast, used stronger language yesterday.
"Do the right thing for the country and pull this despicable work of fiction from the air," urged Jay Carson, a Clinton spokesman.
"Airing something that is incontrovertibly incorrect at a time like this is inexcusable."
One controversial fictionalized scene that sparked outrage features then-National Security Adviser Sandy Berger declining to give the go-ahead to kill Osama bin Laden.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
And all these outrages by the maid and the burgler are just cover-ups for the real concern; Billy Jeff doesn't want the Monica scene...that is what this is really all about. BJ was getting BJs while OBL was planning his attacks, and that is what hillybilly don't want shown.
Greenpeace blogging?
ABC couldn't have bought this much publicity. The Aussies saw the edited version.
Right, and most of us know how Bubba operates. He's only looking out for himself. Bubba would drop Burglar on his head if given a chance.
People will watch and the hard left and a good portion of democrats will not change their views. As usual, it is the middle of the road crowd we want to reach.
I am mindful, that Bush gets blamed too, but 8 months of Bush does not compute with 8 years of Clinton and all the unanswered terrorist attacks.
Tell it to Michael Moore.
Nah. Republicans implode. Democrats wax wroth.
That is because the guy on the left was clearly lying (and admitted to doing so) under oath in a grand jury testimony, and the guy on the right was telling the unvarnished truth, or as close to it he could get with the intelligence available.
Part I has already been broadcast in Australia.
A few hundred uncut DVDs have already been distributed.
Overseas DVD pirates have already obtained copies of the uncut DVDs.
Try as they might, Team Clinton can't put this genie back the bottle.
Agreed. We will never be "Safe". They only have to get lucky once to kill thousands more, or hundreds of thousands.
Are you sure it wasn't the unedited version they saw?
Shouldn't the nose be BENT???
The Aussie's I believe saw the unedited version. That broadcaster was not told to edit certain parts out of the original film.
I am relying on their accounts --- some had seen clips that were said to be on the editing floor and they said those scenes were edited out.
Then we've got a win/win tonight! Byron says it's must see tv!
I am too tired to go back through the posts. It doesn't matter anyway. If we see a butchered version, the unedited/Aussie version will be on the market tomorrow.
You sendin'the Wolf? That's all you had to say!
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