The Path To 911: Urge ABC to Resist Censorship

http://netwmd.com ^ | 9/8/06 | Andrew L. Jaffee

[forty_years]

"Liberals" are urging ABC to censor its planned mini-series, "The Path To 911," stating, "Accounts of advance screenings indicate that this program places primary responsibility for the attacks of 9/11 on the Clinton administration while whitewashing the failures of the Bush administration." Our Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." I don't see an exemption made for "advance screenings" by leftists. Remind you of the Islamist reaction to the Danish cartoons? Birds of a feather... If the Left doesn't like it, then it doesn't get shown? Is this what we've come to as a society?

Please explain, what is "liberal" about censoring a TV show? Such condescension towards the American people -- the Left's assumption being that Americans are too stupid to decide for themselves what happened on 911. Should the media only dish out negative coverage of Bush, but not of Clinton? Please contact ABC and urge them politely to go ahead with "The Path To 911." Here's a sample letter:

I urge you to resist calls to censor your special, "The Path To 911." Please air the mini-series as-is, and let the American people decide for themselves. 911 was a great tragedy. The last thing our country needs is less information about the event. Thank you.

ABC on-line comment form:
http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html

ABC general comments, including telephone comment line:
77 West 66th Street New York, NY 10023
General Information 212-456-7777 (comment line)
Network News desk 212-456-2700
212-456-4866 (fax) or 212-456-2795 (fax)
Email: netaudr@abc.com
Robert Iger, President
Web: www.abc.com

[T.L.Sink]

I think part of the problem is that some don't know what a "docudrama" is. I've heard many - who have actually SEEN the film - maintain that although it's true that everything dramatized can't be taken literally or ver batim that it does convey the essence of what actually occured.

By the way, Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court have abridged free speech via McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform. In this election season the notorious 60 day restriction is soon to take effect and candidates for office will be muzzled.

[uncbob]

I agree with you

I don't like Docudrama where they are made up conversations no matter what side of the isle

There are plenty of documented facts against Clinton and his cohorts to go with a Documentary . They could interview Buzz Paterson for instance

Once the general public hears the conversations are made up that will turn them off

[massgopguy]

Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson who carried the Nuclear Football during the Clinton years says that this is 100% on the money.

[forty_years]

I hadn't realized that Congress, er, ah, Democrats, were involved:

On Thursday, Democrat Senators threatened to yank the ABC network’s broadcast license if it aired the miniseries said not to be completely favorable toward former President Clinton.

When asked if the rumors of ABC pulling the show due to pressure from former President Clinton and the Democrat leadership are true, Nowrasteh said: “As I understand it, we’re airing Sunday and Monday night.” When Hannity asked him whether or not Clinton and the Democrats had influenced ABC to heavily edit the docudrama, Nowrasteh responded: “I can’t deny those reports.”

[FreedomProtector]

PING!!! for other folks

marking for later to send email

[snowman1]

Whoa now big fella. We all have short comings but if it's the truth then show it and let us make up our own minds. Clinton and his cronies had more than one chance to get Bin Laden and they blew it because he was too busy with Monica in the cloak room.

[2harddrive]

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[Skiptoyou]

So I typed "pathto911.com" in my address bar and a disturbing thing happened, the democratic party site protesting the upcoming "docudrama" popped up wanting me to write an email to ABC and Disney telling them to pull the "docudrama"... So I did write a letter, I wrote an encouraging letter to air the "docudrama" and would encourage all to do the same. It's time to turn there childlike attacks to our advantage and teach them that we will not stand by while they attempt to pick piece by piece the American dream & lifestyle apart.

[montag813]

It is far too late. The left wing blogs have been all over this with passionate fascistic zeal. While we and other conservatives have been lukewarm about it, and depraved idiot Bill Bennett actually said today that the film should be altered (before going back to finish his game of blackjack). WHERE IS THE PASSION HERE? The so-called "false" "fictional" scenes are TRUE. There are no lies in it. It is critical that those Conservatives like Rush and Hug Hewitt who received a screener DVD immediately RIP IT TO DiVX and put it up on BitTorrent NOW. Don't let this become another victory for leftist censorship, like the erased boos for Hillary at the 9/11 Concert. We must act NOW. ABC is mere hours away from pulling this show.

[forty_years]

Sure. Use the anti-docudrama site to send emails SUPPORTING its airing:

http://thinkprogress.org/tellabc

But they may be filtering the emails...

[razzle]

TROLL ALERT on "Coollidge"

there is plenty of room for you on DU - no Clintonistas allowed

[Calvin Coollidge]

Try reading the thread before typing. It might spare you from advertising yourself as a knave.

[stockstrader]

Yes, it's too bad that they didn't include some action that COULD be verified--like a steamy sex scene in Clinton's very own personal MASSAGE PARLOR (you know--the same room that President Bush has returned to is previous status as our nation's highest office).

We all know that sex scenes bring viewers--I would if the democrats would have been ok with DOCUMENTED behaviour like that being included? Too bad ABC didn't include a little of that to increase its viewing audience.

Or even better--to add even more realism--just a cameo guest appearance by Monica would have been a nice touch too!

[stockstrader]

Correction to para 2

We all know that sex scenes bring viewers--I WONDER.....

[JFC]

YOU don't speak for me! Go back to du.

[freedumb2003]

They WOM'T censor -- they CAN'T. It is all but phycially impossible to do any content editing at this lat stage,

The most they can do is slap a disclaimer before and after.

That is IT.

Folks, this is going on as planned with the planned content.

[jellybean]

Oh and if your going to post my comments please post the whole thing. Not an out of context snip.

He was just editing out the inaccuracies.

[FreeRep]

The Democrats, kos, du and others are like the Pol Pot Cambodian Khmer Rouge, they have a inferiority complex. They are voyeurs of politically dark and inexplicable censorship.

[AZConser]

Of course that's true, but Congress isn't doing anything in this instance. ABC can show "Path to 9-11" or not. There's no censorship.

I think a veiled threat to ABC and its affiliates by the DemonRAT leadership that their broadcast licenses maybe at risk, IS AN INDIRECT CENSORSHIP. Without their broadcast licenses, they are NOTHING. They are saying "Wait until we retake the house and senate and stuff the FCC with our guys - you will be sorry you ran this miniseries that we feel smears Clinoon."

[SolidSupplySide]

I think a veiled threat to ABC and its affiliates by the DemonRAT leadership that their broadcast licenses maybe at risk, IS AN INDIRECT CENSORSHIP. Without their broadcast licenses, they are NOTHING.

Oh, come on. Do you think ABC takes this seriously? There is no censorship in this country, and ABC knows it. The licenses of their affiliates is not in danger, and if it were I would be up in arms.

This argument seems like a mini case study in Godwin's Law.