And I thought yesterday afternoon was eventful on the ABC story. Here’s what we’ve learned over the last eight hours or so.<\/p>\n
* Variety, the entertainment industry magazine, reported today<\/a> that “a bombshell decision” is being considered at ABC: “Sources close to the project say the network, which has been in a media maelstrom over the pic, is mulling the idea of yanking [The Path to 9\/11] altogether.”<\/p>\n * Bill Clinton personally weighed in<\/a> on the controversy, calling on ABC to “tell the truth” in its broadcast. “I think they ought to tell the truth, particularly if they’re going to claim it’s based on the 9\/11 commission’s report,” Clinton told reporters in Arkansas. “They shouldn’t have scenes that are directly contradictory to the factual findings of the 9\/11 commission. I just want people to tell the truth.”<\/p>\n * For reasons that are not altogether clear, ABC has cancelled its web advertising<\/a> for the movie.<\/p>\n * A group of American historians, including some of my personal favorites (Schlesinger, Wilentz, Widmer, Perlstein), called on ABC<\/a> to cancel what they described as a “fraudulent” project.<\/p>\n * Though ABC condemned its critics yesterday for judging a movie that is still being edited, ThinkProgress reported<\/a> today that as recently as a week ago, ABC told the National Review that the docudrama is “locked and ready to air.”
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\n* Fox News’ Chris Wallace told<\/a> viewers today, “[W]hen you put somebody on the screen and say that\u2019s Madeleine Albright and she said this in a specific conversation and she never did say it, I think it\u2019s slanderous, I think it\u2019s defamatory and I think that ABC and Disney should be held to account.”<\/p>\n