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Did ABC Edit "The Path to 9/11"
hughhewitt.townhall.com ^ | Sept. 5, 2006 | Hugh Hewitt

Posted on 09/05/2006 4:57:01 PM PDT by Signalman

The Disney execs met all through the weekend - unheard of in this business - debating what changes would be made and what concessions should be given. Here is what looks to be the conclusion:

- There will be a handful of tweaks made to a few scenes. - They are minor, and nuance in most cases - a line lift here, a tweak to the edit there. - There are 900 screeners out there. When this airs this weekend, there will be a number of people who will spend their free evenings looking for these changes and will be hard pressed to identify them. They are that minor. - The average viewer would not be able to tell the difference between the two versions. - The message of the Clinton Admin failures remains fully intact.

The story here is the backlash that the Disney/ABC execs experienced was completely unexpected and is what caused them to question themselves and make these changes at all. Had this been the Bush Admin pressuring, they wouldn't have even taken the call. The execs and studio bosses are dyed in the wool liberals and huge supporters of Clinton and the Democratic Party in general. They had no idea any of this could happen. As I understand this, the lawyers and production team spent literally months corroborating every story point down to the sentence. The fact that they were the attacked and vilified by their "own team" took them completely by surprise; this is the first time they've been labeled right-wing, conservative conspiracists.

The scramble caused by this backlash was so all consuming that the execs spent their holiday weekend behind closed door meetings and revamped their ad campaign. But at the end of their mad scramble, they found only a handful of changes they could make and still be true to the events. The changes are done only to appease the Clinton team - to be able to say they made changes. But the blame on the Clinton team is in the DNA of the project and could not be eradicated without pulling the entire show. A $40 million investment on the part of ABC is enough to stem even Bill Clinton's influence.

An exclamation point on this event is the fact that Oliver Stone will endorse the project this week. Not known for his conservative leanings, he loves the project. Perhaps this and the fact that the production company that made Al Gore's movie, "An Inconvenient Truth" are endorsing it would underline just how far out or touch and scared the Clinton Admin is about the revelation of the facts as portrayed in this project. Is it just that Clinton is continuing to re-define his legacy? Or is it his fears for this election cycle and 2008? Or both?

Thanks for getting the word out. It's made a significant difference in getting this broadcasted as it should be.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911; censorship; erasure; msm; pathto911
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To: Bobkk47

And when does this hit the airwaves?


21 posted on 09/05/2006 5:37:24 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Bobkk47

It would be stupid to trust someone who's proven to be so UNtrustworthy as "Disnye/ABC."


22 posted on 09/05/2006 5:39:21 PM PDT by bannie (HILLARY: Not all perversions are sexual.)
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To: Bobkk47

Don't be surprised if this never airs at all and goes straight to DVD. It's never too late for Democrats to swoop in and ruin something.


23 posted on 09/05/2006 5:39:55 PM PDT by GianniV
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To: Bobkk47

So they caved to the Clinton's. Gee, what a surprise. This just sucks big time.


24 posted on 09/05/2006 5:39:56 PM PDT by ladyinred (Leftists, the enemy within.)
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To: Wristpin

And Sandy got away with it didn't he?


25 posted on 09/05/2006 5:40:56 PM PDT by ladyinred (Leftists, the enemy within.)
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To: Bobkk47

Minor tweaks. Like subbing clinton's name with W.'s?


26 posted on 09/05/2006 5:43:58 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness
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To: Bobkk47
I'm surprised how long it took the 'toons' to get wind of this movie...in the past, it'd have been deep sixth months ago by these criminals...LOL...I never expect anything coming out of the alphabet networks...therefore, why would any of us EVER BE DISAPPOINTED....in what these liberal loons do...it's SOP...let's go out and buy United 93...it came out on DVD TODAY!!!!
27 posted on 09/05/2006 5:47:37 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: bray

Rush is busy boosting Viacom's bottom line. Doubt he's going to go after anyone in the MSM anytime soon.


28 posted on 09/05/2006 5:55:53 PM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: xcamel

The Clintonistas have tried to create, and are trying to perpetuate, a myth that everything was peachy on the terrorism front during the Clinton Administration. That's why we had the presence of two Clinton lawyers, Ben-Veniste and Gorelick, on the 9/11 Commission. That's why Richard Clarke did his little song and dance in front of the Commission, proclaiming Sandy Berger to be always on the anti-terrorism job. That's why said Berger stole and destroyed the documents from the archives. That's why Clinton's former National Security Council members are trying so hard to unseat Curt Weldon. That's why we have the feigned outrage at an episode in a docudrama that might put the Clinton Administration in a bad light.

In other words, we're being lied to again, by the same Clinton Administration crew of liars. They stink, and so does their candidate, Hillary.


29 posted on 09/05/2006 5:59:11 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: Bobkk47

We'll see if they sanitized it or not.

It is curious the Libs are constantly surprised when attacked by their own.

Truth isn't appreciated by the nuts on the Left, even when Libs are behind it. Not unless it hurts Bush/Republicans/conservatives and Christians.

If they are interested in truth, they've joined in an alliance with the wrong people. Purportedly this doesn't project the Bush admin wonderully either, but how many on the right are working to silence it? Yeah, thought so.


30 posted on 09/05/2006 6:03:05 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (Kobach: Amnesty is going from an illegal to a legal position, without imposing the original penalty.)
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To: Peach; Howlin; Txsleuth; Mo1; AliVeritas; holdonnow

I think Rush will tell us how this compares with the version he saw- as well as plenty of others who have seen the original.


31 posted on 09/05/2006 6:04:28 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-prayers for the kidnapped Israeli Soldiers)
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To: Bobkk47

How are they going to make money, if they show it without ads? DVD sales? Overseas sales?


32 posted on 09/05/2006 6:06:03 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)
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To: SE Mom
Hugh mentioned he has the original copy .. I'm sure others have it also

Also .. Hugh is scheduled to interview the guy that made the mini series on his show tomorrow

This WILL back fire on the Clinton's

It makes THEM afraid of the truth getting out

Which is why Sandy Berger was stuffing all those documents down his pants
33 posted on 09/05/2006 6:12:07 PM PDT by Mo1 (Think about it .. A Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be 2 seats away from being President)
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To: Mo1

:) The truth..for once..may out!


34 posted on 09/05/2006 6:14:16 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-prayers for the kidnapped Israeli Soldiers)
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To: Bobkk47
Rush has an original copy, I'm sure we'll find what has been changed. Why is Hewitt flaking for Bubba and ABC?
35 posted on 09/05/2006 6:15:07 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (This space for rent.)
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To: SE Mom

It is mind boggling that the execs were surprised to be turned on by their own RAT-mates.

That said, I'll be interested to hear Rush's take on it too because he's given it a ringing endorsement.


36 posted on 09/05/2006 6:15:57 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Brought to you by the American Democrat Party. aka alQaeda, Western Division.)
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To: Bobkk47

bttt


37 posted on 09/05/2006 6:16:04 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Bobkk47

Do research, check your sources, check them again, try to make sureyou're telling the truth, and the Dims will call you an extremist. Is anyone surprised?


38 posted on 09/05/2006 6:19:36 PM PDT by Mad Dawg (Reality is not optional.)
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To: xcamel

"The message of the Clinton Admin failures remains fully intact."


My guess is this is an effort by the Kerry forces to tear down Billary.


39 posted on 09/05/2006 6:20:59 PM PDT by Kenny500c
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To: Bobkk47

It's funny Al Gores production team is endorsing it. I consider his covering for the airline industry in his report on airliner safety and security a big stepping stone on the road to 9/11. I guess that isn't covered in this upcoming flick.


40 posted on 09/05/2006 6:21:00 PM PDT by xp38
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