{"id":8380,"date":"2006-09-05T12:33:17","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T16:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/8380.html"},"modified":"2006-09-05T12:33:17","modified_gmt":"2006-09-05T16:33:17","slug":"abcs-controversial-911-docudrama-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/abcs-controversial-911-docudrama-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC’s controversial 9\/11 docudrama — Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you were away from your computer over Labor Day, [tag]ABC[\/tag] has caused a bit of an uproar<\/a> over its decision to air a docudrama called “[tag]The Path to 9\/11[\/tag],” giving the film six hours of prime time the evenings of September 10 and 11. Unfortunately, the project seems poised to be little more than a conservative fantasy, in which the Clinton administration is to blame for the 9\/11 attacks, and the Bush gang has always been serious about counter-terrorism. ABC is billing the program as “an objective telling of the events of 9\/11<\/a>,” which uses the official 9\/11 Commission report as a guide. All available evidence suggests the docudrama will be far different.<\/p>\n

Some of the film’s big moments are based on bogus myths that have long since been debunked<\/a>, and the docudrama itself was written by a conservative activist<\/a> anxious to help make Hollywood’s entertainment industry less liberal.<\/p>\n

In the latest developments:<\/p>\n

* Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism czar, is helping set the record straight<\/a> and correcting fabricated stories included in the movie.<\/p>\n

* ABC has ended its online discussion of the film by yanking the blog<\/a> it created for the project.<\/p>\n

* A number of high-profile conservative bloggers received preview copies<\/a> of “The Path to 9\/11” last week, which seems like an odd step for ABC to take if the docudrama is supposed to be an “objective telling” of the events.<\/p>\n

* According to Variety<\/a>, ABC, which is now airing the movie without commercial interruptions, is “sending 100,000 high school educators a letter from 9\/11 Commission co-chair Tom Kean informing them of the various platforms on which the mini is available. ABC and Scholastic have pacted to produce an online study guide.”<\/p>\n

Also note, ThinkProgress, which has done a tremendous job taking the lead on this, has created a page<\/a> that allows readers to share their concerns with ABC directly.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned (so to speak).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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