Friday, September 8, 2006

Harry Reid Assails 1st Amendment Over 'Path to 9-11'

The full force of big-government intimidation is put into action against ABC when Harry Reid threatens the network's broadcast license over the docu-drama, 'The Path to 9-11':

NEWSBYTE
SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP URGES DISNEY CEO TO CANCEL MISLEADING 9/11 MINISERIES
Dated: Thursday, September 7, 2006



The Communications Act of 1934 provides your network with a free broadcast license predicated on the fundamental understanding of your principle obligation to act as a trustee of the public airwaves in serving the public interest. Nowhere is this public interest obligation more apparent than in the duty of broadcasters to serve the civic needs of a democracy by promoting an open and accurate discussion of political ideas and events.



OPEN THREAD

  • What are the Democrats afraid of?

  • Where was the Democrat outrage over the untruths portrayed in Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 911'?
RESOURCES
Clinton Administration Officials Assail ABC's 'The Path to 9/11'
(Washington Post) -- Top officials of the Clinton administration have launched a preemptive strike against an ABC-TV "docudrama," slated to air Sunday and Monday, that they say includes made-up scenes depicting them as undermining attempts to kill Osama bin Laden.

ABC to Alter Show on Pre-9/11 Run-Up
(Washington Post) -- ABC plans to make minor changes to its docudrama on the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in response to heated complaints from former Clinton administration officials that a number of scenes are fabricated, a network executive said yesterday.

Ex-Clinton Officials Slam 9/11 Mini-Series
(NYT) -- Three members of the Clinton administration have written the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, ABC’s parent, to complain that the network’s coming two-part miniseries “The Path to 9/11” is fraught with factual errors and fabrications.

ABC: 9/11 Program Criticism 'Premature'
NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC defended a miniseries on the events leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks after Clinton administration officials said it distorts history so drastically that it should be corrected or shelved.

Pols pound 'Path'
(variety.com) -- Under fire, ABC mulls yanking mini

ALSO SEE

Update: The Path to 9-11

UPDATE 2: The Path to 9-11 Video Clips at ABC

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Blogger Uber Desi said...

Well said!

4:36 PM EDT  

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