Following complaints, ABC tweaks its 9/11 mini-series

Chicago Tribune ^

[Sir Gawain]

ABC toned down a scene that involved Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, declining to give the order to kill bin Laden, according to a person involved with the film who declined to be identified. "That sequence has been the focus of attention," the source said.

The network also decided that the credits would say the film is based "in part" on the 9/11 panel report, rather than "based on" the report, as the producers originally intended.

[Crawdad]

Once again the goodie-two-shoes Bushes prove that mercy--in this case not throwing Berger in jail for his treason--is pure stupidity in politics.

My kingdom for a real conservative without a conscience.

[STARWISE]

Me 2! I wanna know why he isn't on TV at all that I see .. have you seen him lately?

[JFC]

I will not watch the now redacted version, and I was looking forward to it before the network caved to the pantywaists and cowardly 'nistas. Screw ABC


My thoughts also. Forget it... I will watch HGTV, now.

[Fawn]

Someone brought up that this was the same with the Reagan movie.

[montag813]

Rush Limbaugh has an uncut copy, so no matter what gets cut, Clinton can never hide it.

He and NINE-HUNDRED other people got the DVD. Coming soon to a Torrent near you! In fact someone PLEASE upload that version to BitTorrent ASAP so we don't even have to bother watching the "edited" ABC version, which undoubtedly will be clipped even further before its airing on Sunday (if it airs at all).

[CDB]

ABC just replied with this BS:

"As you can imagine, we receive thousands of messages a day from our viewers and while we appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback regarding our programming, we are not able to respond to each one directly.

We encourage you to continue to communicate with us!

ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS:
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Go down the list and click on the name of the show you are seeking information on

-- Answers to other questions such as show addresses, internships, etc. can be found in our "Questions & Answers" section:
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Again, thank you for contacting ABC.

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[STARWISE]

How much do you hold the Clinton White House responsible for failing to prevent 9/11?

A lot 51%
Very little or not at all 34%
Somewhat 16%

Total Votes: 115,806

[STARWISE]

Oh yeah .. as if we would believe a thief and a liar! LOL .. moonbats, all of them.

[MonroeDNA]

Go back to DU.

[mrsmith]

The Dictators of Network Content isn't giving up it's powers anytime soon LOL!

[The Wizard]

that kills it for me, I ain't watching....Clintoon has always been a POS, I need not see it to know it...

[george76]

ABC folded under pressure.

[batter]

OK ABC is caving. I think the uncensored version will soon be all over the internet. No matter what, watching the libs lose it has been great and the next few days of watching them continue the melt down will be entertaining.

FReepers: Let's not get too upset about this...c'mon, we can't be surprised. Take a seat and enjoy the Clintonistas embarrassing themselves.

[beyond the sea]

Crap. I knew this would happen.

..................... sickening but predictable.

[yield 2 the right]

no more Monday Night Football..........hmmmm what shall I watch other than a college football game on Saturday afternoons???

[RDTF]

the proof is in Sandy's socks!

[MonroeDNA]

"Am I the only one who believes this stuff shouldn't be "dramatized" and that it isn't suitable for conversion into an entertainment product?"

Yes.

[Graymatter]

Well fly-my-pretties! They caved.

[beyond the sea]

If they will cave on a docudrama, why not on their Iraq reporting? Reporting on the Economy? Palme? NSA? etc etc etc

Great question.

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The socialist/Marxist/liberal media is the most destructive, relentless, and ruthless enemy of this Republic.

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[Lucky9teen]

From ABC website (illustrating the plot of what is to air each night): NIGHT ONE
September 11, 2001. Teams of terrorist hijackers board four American airliners and take control of the cockpits. Passengers and flight controllers quickly learn something is terribly wrong.... February 1993. On a similarly ordinary day, New York is stunned by a deadly bombing at the World Trade Center. The discovery of a traceable van part at the site leads to the arrest of one of the conspirators, and he is linked to a mosque led by the Blind Sheikh, a radical cleric. A valuable FBI informant helps bring down the cleric and his cell. A manhunt for elusive WTC bomber Ramzi Yousef ensues, and he narrowly escapes capture in Pakistan, where he is linked to the attempted assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Yousef travels to the Philippines, where he tests an innovative small bomb that kills a flight passenger and comes close to bringing down the plane as well. He's almost captured again when a fire at his bomb-making lab exposes to Manila police his plot involving the simultaneous bombings of a dozen airliners. Yousef is finally brought down when an informant in Pakistan tips off a team of agents working in coordination with FBI counterterrorism expert John O'Neill. Yousef's trail leads them to a rebel named Usama bin Laden. In 1998, journalist John Miller's interview with bin Laden is broadcast, and O'Neill and others in Washington are alarmed by the al Qaeda leader's fatwa against the U.S. CIA field agent "Kirk" contacts bin Laden's primary opposition, General Massoud of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance, and they concoct a plan to capture bin Laden and bring him to the U.S. to face justice. The plan is never approved for action, but the simultaneous bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa push the Administration to respond with an ineffective missile strike that some think merely elevates bin Laden's stature in the Muslim world. Arrests of al Qaeda operatives at the Canadian-U.S. border and in New York on the eve of the millennium provide further evidence that Muslim extremists are bringing their holy war to America. NIGHT TWO The October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole sends O'Neill and his team to Yemen, where he runs afoul of the U.S. Ambassador, who tries to have O'Neill recalled to the States. The investigation in Yemen stalls, but the White House, confident bin Laden is behind the attack, continues to debate how to stop him. In 2001, counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke's warnings about bin Laden are downplayed, as is an FBI agent's warning to his superiors that some suspicious individuals are learning to fly jet aircraft. O'Neill butts heads with the CIA over their lack of shared information, and while intelligence agencies squabble, al Qaeda terrorists, under the radar, continue with their hijacking plot. O'Neill, his career stalled by an incident wherein he lost his laptop, and tired of the bureaucracy, retires from the FBI in August and takes over security at the WTC. Shortly thereafter, the Northern Alliance's Massoud, who had pressed the U.S. for assistance against the Taliban and warned that bin Laden might strike, is assassinated by al Qaeda agents. Two days later comes September 11, and O'Neill dies bravely, along with thousands of others, in an attack by the enemy he had devoted his career to thwarting. In the aftermath, the 9/11 Commission is formed to study the events leading up to that fateful day and to form recommendations to confront the threat of terrorism. Also includes a few links, some entitled: Recreating 9/11 Day 1 Recreating 9/11 Day 2 Keeping It Honest