Update: The Path to 9-11
(Special note to those who have arrived here while searching on ADVERTISERS for this film: The program has been scheduled to run commercial-free.)
UPDATE 1: Methinks thou dost protest too loudly.
UPDATE 2: The Path to 9-11 Video Clips at ABC
I first posted about the docu-drama, "The path to 9-11" on 10 Aug. At that time, I noted
Today, UPI reports:
It is, however, no speculation that that the U.S. Justice Department investigated Samuel "Sandy the Burglar" Berger for taking as many as fifty classified documents, in October 2003, from a National Archives reading room prior to testifying before the 9/11 Commission. The documents were commissioned from Richard Clarke about the Clinton administration's handling of millennium terror threats. When initially questioned, Berger claimed that the removal of top-secret documents in his attache-case and handwritten notes in his pants and jacket pockets was accidental. He would later, in a guilty plea, admit to deliberately removing materials and then cutting them up with scissors. (From Wikipedia.) We will never know the full truth about what happened.
Back to the point, it's sad that the Democrats think this drama is all about them. But, that's normal elitist thinking ... it's all about "me." The film is not about Democrats. Democrats are not portrayed as the enemy. It shows how flimsy the Clinton "legacy" is that his cronies are complaining. Rumor has it that ABC has even bowed to the pressure and edited some of the footage. Of course, the rabble cry has been picked up and echoed around the blogosphere by Kos, Think Progress, and their imitators. (Have you ever noticed that graphics on Kos and Think Progress don't depict the Stars and Stripes in red, white and blue? Rather, they show the Colors as shades of urine yellow and feces brown. Perhaps that says it all?) A quick Google search reveals a number of sites echoing Demolib talking points. It would be different if the film purported to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, but it does not. The film is a dramatization of events. If the film is a drama, why the outrage? Perhaps the film hits close to home.
Shaun Waterman, writing for UPI, points out that Thomas Kean, the chairman of the Sept. 11 commission and a consultant to the production, defended the film, saying it showed "a colossal failure of government.
In the true departure from reality is summed up by Jay Carson, a spokesman for former President Clinton. He said, "The difference is, the stuff they show the Bush administration doing actually happened."
RESOURCES
Compelling "Path to 9/11"
Did ABC Edit "The Path to 9/11?"
The Path to 9-11
Scene from The Path to 9-11.
Five years after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. fielded armies on two fronts, defeated tyrannical regimes whose goals were global domination, invented the atomic bomb, and built the nation into a superpower.
In the five years since terrorists attacked on 9/11, there remains but a hole in ground where the World Trade Center once stood.
If FDR had to put up with the same divisive partisan politics which have currently disabled the country's will, the probable end result would have been the creation of a no-fly zone over Hawaii.
This brings me to a new film about 9/11 to be aired in two parts on ABC on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack, The Path to 9-11.
The film reportedly cites specific examples of the Clinton administration's failure to address militant Islamic fascism. Word has it that when this dramatization was aired recently in DC to a specially selected group of Democrats and Republicans, the Clintonites in the audience had a holy fit. While the Bush administration has routinely been taken to task for 9/11, the Clinton folks have never had to answer for their part.
Expect an all-out attempt to discredit the film, which is all the more reason to promote it.
The Path to 9-11
ABC Television
Sunday, September 10 @ 8/7c
Monday, September 11 @ 8/7c
(From ABC) -- On September 11, 2001 the world stood still as terrorists used four planes as lethal weapons against innocent Americans. The 9/11 Commission was formed to determine how such an attack could happen, and its report documents the trail from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to the tragedy of that autumn morning. The bipartisan commission effort created a comprehensive record of events and provides valuable insight into what must be done to protect the nation in the future.
ABC will present "The Path to 9/11," a dramatization of the events detailed in The 9/11 Commission Report and other sources, in an epic miniseries event that will air with limited commercial interruption. Visit the ABC site.
Tags: 9-11, Terrorism, bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Flight 93, FBI, Mohammad, Muslim, terrorism, United States, Islam, facism, Bush, Clinton, television, TV, ABC
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UPDATE 1: Methinks thou dost protest too loudly.
UPDATE 2: The Path to 9-11 Video Clips at ABC
I first posted about the docu-drama, "The path to 9-11" on 10 Aug. At that time, I noted
The film reportedly cites specific examples of the Clinton administration's failure to address militant Islamic fascism. Word has it that when this dramatization was aired recently in DC to a specially selected group of Democrats and Republicans, the Clintonites in the audience had a holy fit. While the Bush administration has routinely been taken to task for 9/11, the Clinton folks have never had to answer for their part.
Today, UPI reports:
A statement from Samuel "Sandy" Berger, who was national security adviser to President Bill Clinton at the time, calls the scenes involving him "complete fabrications."
It is, however, no speculation that that the U.S. Justice Department investigated Samuel "Sandy the Burglar" Berger for taking as many as fifty classified documents, in October 2003, from a National Archives reading room prior to testifying before the 9/11 Commission. The documents were commissioned from Richard Clarke about the Clinton administration's handling of millennium terror threats. When initially questioned, Berger claimed that the removal of top-secret documents in his attache-case and handwritten notes in his pants and jacket pockets was accidental. He would later, in a guilty plea, admit to deliberately removing materials and then cutting them up with scissors. (From Wikipedia.) We will never know the full truth about what happened.
Back to the point, it's sad that the Democrats think this drama is all about them. But, that's normal elitist thinking ... it's all about "me." The film is not about Democrats. Democrats are not portrayed as the enemy. It shows how flimsy the Clinton "legacy" is that his cronies are complaining. Rumor has it that ABC has even bowed to the pressure and edited some of the footage. Of course, the rabble cry has been picked up and echoed around the blogosphere by Kos, Think Progress, and their imitators. (Have you ever noticed that graphics on Kos and Think Progress don't depict the Stars and Stripes in red, white and blue? Rather, they show the Colors as shades of urine yellow and feces brown. Perhaps that says it all?) A quick Google search reveals a number of sites echoing Demolib talking points. It would be different if the film purported to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, but it does not. The film is a dramatization of events. If the film is a drama, why the outrage? Perhaps the film hits close to home.
Shaun Waterman, writing for UPI, points out that Thomas Kean, the chairman of the Sept. 11 commission and a consultant to the production, defended the film, saying it showed "a colossal failure of government.
In the true departure from reality is summed up by Jay Carson, a spokesman for former President Clinton. He said, "The difference is, the stuff they show the Bush administration doing actually happened."
RESOURCES
Compelling "Path to 9/11"
Did ABC Edit "The Path to 9/11?"
The Path to 9-11
Five years after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. fielded armies on two fronts, defeated tyrannical regimes whose goals were global domination, invented the atomic bomb, and built the nation into a superpower.
In the five years since terrorists attacked on 9/11, there remains but a hole in ground where the World Trade Center once stood.
If FDR had to put up with the same divisive partisan politics which have currently disabled the country's will, the probable end result would have been the creation of a no-fly zone over Hawaii.
This brings me to a new film about 9/11 to be aired in two parts on ABC on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack, The Path to 9-11.
The film reportedly cites specific examples of the Clinton administration's failure to address militant Islamic fascism. Word has it that when this dramatization was aired recently in DC to a specially selected group of Democrats and Republicans, the Clintonites in the audience had a holy fit. While the Bush administration has routinely been taken to task for 9/11, the Clinton folks have never had to answer for their part.
Expect an all-out attempt to discredit the film, which is all the more reason to promote it.
The Path to 9-11 ABC Television
Sunday, September 10 @ 8/7c
Monday, September 11 @ 8/7c
(From ABC) -- On September 11, 2001 the world stood still as terrorists used four planes as lethal weapons against innocent Americans. The 9/11 Commission was formed to determine how such an attack could happen, and its report documents the trail from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to the tragedy of that autumn morning. The bipartisan commission effort created a comprehensive record of events and provides valuable insight into what must be done to protect the nation in the future.
ABC will present "The Path to 9/11," a dramatization of the events detailed in The 9/11 Commission Report and other sources, in an epic miniseries event that will air with limited commercial interruption. Visit the ABC site.
Tags: 9-11, Terrorism, bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Flight 93, FBI, Mohammad, Muslim, terrorism, United States, Islam, facism, Bush, Clinton, television, TV, ABC
Global Tags: Washington DC, News and Politics, News, Politics, Current Events, Current Affairs, Life, Culture, Tension
posted by Steven Moyer at 4:52 PM
3 Comments:
So I take it you opposed conservatives who protested just as loudly three years ago when CBS planned to air "The Reagans." You may recall that, due to howling by conservatives, including all over the tv and talk radio airwaves, that the made for tv movie had some less than complementary moments regarding Ronald Reagan, Viacom caved and removed "The Reagans" from CBS to pay tv channel Showtime, which has only a fraction of CBS' viewership.
Ah yes, the CBS Reagan foolishness starring lefty mister Barbara Streisand as Ronnie.
Nah, I didn't oppose that at all. That film could have stood or fallen on its own. My guess is CBS ultimately pulled it because it was trash.
Ratings are generated by controversy. Why not show something folks are going to watch?
Anyway, to compare apples to apples, President Bush didn't oppose the documentary Fahrenheit 911, as I recall.
In the case of Regan, a dead president can't speak for himself. I think that was the point of the outcry.
That's a funny thing about free speech, it tends to cut both ways.
Additionally, the ABC film is about government's failings. The film is not aimed only at Bush or Clinton. The film paints the terrorists as the enemy. From what I hear, the film makes out Richard Clarke as the hero of 9/11. You don't hear conservatives complaining about that.
It kinda proves the point that conservatives always make about Clinton's presidency being all PR and little substance. If Clinton's legacy could stand on its own, why worry about some TV docu-drama? You haven't heard Bush complain about Michael Moore . . . in fact, the Bush camp hasn't even addressed the Canadian film that depicts his death.
So stop with the moral equivalents, that's just spin.
That said, be sure to catch Rush Limbaugh on tonight's CBS News.
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