Posted on 09/07/2006 11:21:19 AM PDT by Sir Gawain
ABC toned down a scene that involved Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, declining to give the order to kill bin Laden, according to a person involved with the film who declined to be identified. "That sequence has been the focus of attention," the source said.
The network also decided that the credits would say the film is based "in part" on the 9/11 panel report, rather than "based on" the report, as the producers originally intended.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
ABC could have just had Mansoor Ijaz play himself and recount his own phone calls to Sandy Berger which basically parallel the part of this movie which has now been sanitized. Its not like there isn't a lot of truth in it even if the specific scenario was concocted. I'd rather see the actual truth instead but television isn't too interesting when you are filming people in different countries just talking on the phone to each other - not exactly 'must see TV'.
I guess now I'll watch the football game instead.
Have him stick the phone down his pants?
ABC
Appeasing Bill Clinton
http://www.allanfavish.com/the_9_11_commission_report.htm
I'm not signed up to Rush, and just happened to hear him today, but isn't his daily audience in the high teens - 20 million range?
I sure hope ABC heard what I did. (and that anyone who is signed up with Rush please ping me if they post the discrepencies)
Not at all surprising.
I'll be looking forward to the UNCENCORED version making its way to bittorent or youtube.
Rush could air his uncut copy but it would basically mean a death sentence to his friend who directed the piece. The poor guy would never get another network deal in his life because he was a know associate of Limbaugh. Its a tough call and not worth killing some guys career over.
OK so now we can't watch the World Trade Center being destroyed.
We can't watch Bubba letting the sand-maggots plan this thing while worrying about his next BJ.
We can't say that the moslims were responsible.
We can't blame the moslims for beheading or bombing innocents.
We can't offend the frickin' sand-maggots in any way.
Christ I am sure proud to be an American.......(but I had better not say it, where I might offend anyone.)
Further caving in:
Scholastic Replaces 'The Path to 9/11' Classroom Guide With New Discussion Materials Focusing on Critical Thinking and Media Literacy Skills
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-07-2006/0004428789&EDATE=
Bubba, Halfbright, and Burler are not running for elected office.
It is already too late for that, it was too late for that when the first clintonoid saw the unedited version of it.
the way to fight back against Clinton's Blacklist is to stand up to him and do what is right.
I think the only backlash will be from conservatives 'in the know' about the movie. ABC doesn't care about that. Most Americans probably do not even have this movie on their radar until this weekend, and they will not be aware of cuts urged by Clinton and Dems. There will be a price to pay in the long run for ABC. In the mid-terms, most of the voters are the most passionate (in the general presidential elections we get more)--I think Dems are in for a surprise because Dems have motivated the GOP base to become passionate about voting in November. Dem voters might be passionate, but I sense that GOP vote is even more angry--and this ABC stunt is just the latest reason.
Truth be told, the movie indicts Clinton when seen in totality anyway--you can't tweak an entire 6 hours trying to cut any blame for Clinton. It is impossible. The substance remains. Bush gets some heat, fair enough for me. Al-Qaeda is the evil enemy, so that will hit home.
It is a lose-lose for ABC to have caved to Clinton--we all will get real story since Rush has seen the real version. And Clinton can't hide the truth. Like anything, you can try bury it, but it will be dug up and found in time. I have no doubt that history will judge Clinton to be the most ineffective president, and his admin. bungled many chances to have stopped 9/11.
No doubt! Great point.
Thanks....I wish he would be on TV more.
I've purchased my last Scholastic book.
Yes, but isn't it surprisingly refreshing and all kinds of sweet that rest of the drive by media is running this story?
It's remarkable, how eating each other's heads rates just slightly above bringing down America's society as we know it.
Even Further Clarification It seems that people keep referring to this movie as a "documentary". A documentary is a journalistic format that gives facts and information through interviews and news footage.
This is a movie or more specifically a docudrama.
Meaning, it is a narrative movie based on facts and dramatized with actors.
The team of filmmakers, actors and executives responsible for this movie have a wide range of political perspectives. I would say that most of those perspectives (which is the vast majority in Hollywood) would be considered "liberal" or "left".
Some of the very people who are being villified by the left as having a 'right wing agenda' are the very people who are traditionally castigated by the right as being 'liberal dupes' in other projects they have presented.
To make a movie of this size and budget requires many people to sign off on it.
One person's "agenda" (if anyone should have one) is not enough to influence a movie to one's individual politics when a far broader creative and political consensus is an inherent part of the process.
And the consensus that emerged over and over during development, production and post production is that we tried, as best we can, based on 9/11 Commission Report and numerous other sources and advisors, to present an accurate and honest account of the events leading to 9/11.
The redundant statement about Clinton and the emphasis to protect his legacy instead of trying to learn from the failures of BOTH administrations smells of "agenda".
You may feel we "bash" Clinton and/or you may feel we "bash" Bush but the facts are that the eight years from the first WTC bombing to the day of 9/11 involved two administrations with plenty of culpability all around.
Something needs to explain how that happened.
Watch the movie! Then let's talk. If you haven't seen the movie with your very own eyes - don't castigate the movie out of ignorance.
-David Cunningham
http://blogs.abc.com/thepathto911/
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