{"id":8390,"date":"2006-09-06T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/8390.html"},"modified":"2006-09-06T12:30:10","modified_gmt":"2006-09-06T16:30:10","slug":"abc-criticizes-left-leaning-documentaries-wont-share-right-leaning-docudrama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/abc-criticizes-left-leaning-documentaries-wont-share-right-leaning-docudrama\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC criticizes ‘left-leaning documentaries,’ won’t share right-leaning docudrama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry to keep harping on this issue, but the more we learn about [tag]ABC[\/tag]’s “[tag]The Path to 9\/11[\/tag],” the bigger a problem it is. For example, this morning we learned that former President [tag]Clinton[\/tag]’s office requested a copy of the docudrama. ABC said no<\/a>. Former Secretary of State Madeleine [tag]Albright[\/tag] and former National Security Adviser Samuel [tag]Berger[\/tag] also requested copies of the film. ABC turned them down, too.<\/p>\n

In the broader context, ABC, which claims to be airing an “objective” look at the terrorist attacks, has offered advanced copies of the movie to right-wing [tag]bloggers[\/tag] and Rush [tag]Limbaugh[\/tag], but when top former officials, including the former [tag]president[\/tag] of the United States, specifically request a copy, the network is suddenly shy. By one estimation, ABC distributed 900 copies<\/a> — but it doesn’t have one for Clinton?<\/p>\n

This isn’t Fox News; we’re talking about ABC. If there’s a reasonable explanation for the network’s decisions on this project, I can’t think of it.<\/p>\n

On a related note, following up on an insightful comment<\/a> from a thread yesterday, Lou reminded me of an ABC report<\/a> on Monday about filmmaker [tag]Robert Greenwald[\/tag]’s documentary, “[tag]Iraq for Sale[\/tag]: The War Profiteers,” which debuts in limited release this week. ABC told viewers:<\/p>\n

Critics of these kinds of documentaries remind viewers not to expect balance from left-leaning documentaries, such as Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9\/11” and former Vice President Al Gore’s global warming film, “An Inconvenient Truth.”<\/p>\n

“Finally, the left has figured out their answer to talk radio — and it’s documentaries,” said Prof. Richard Lichter of George Mason University.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, ABC wants its viewers to be careful about political movies that lack the appropriate “balance.”<\/p>\n

The irony is rich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry to keep harping on this issue, but the more we learn about [tag]ABC[\/tag]’s “[tag]The Path to 9\/11[\/tag],” the bigger a problem it is. For example, this morning we learned that former President [tag]Clinton[\/tag]’s office requested a copy of the docudrama. ABC said no. Former Secretary of State Madeleine [tag]Albright[\/tag] and former National Security Adviser […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}