Straight from the
Townhall.com Blog's Hugh Hewitt:
The blame on the Clinton team is in the DNA of the project.
So there you have it--"Path to 9/11" it was fully intended to be a hit piece blaming Clinton.
Are we going to let them get away with this?
Or are we going to turn ABC's $40M investment into hundreds of millions in lost sales to Disney and Apple? More excerpts and background info on the flip...
This is rich. Someone elses comment about this led me to read it, and it is damning. It's an e-mail from someone very near to "Path to 9/11", either at ABC, Disney, or the production team, to Hugh Hewitt of Townhall.com. The sender has the knowledge that 900 screener DVDs have been sent out (but none to Clinton, Albright, or anybody even leaning to the left!), that Disney is already very concerned over the reaction to this, and has sent earlier e-mails to Hewitt about the movie.
I'll excerpt the good stuff:
The Disney execs met all through the weekend - unheard of in this business - debating what changes would be made and what concessions should be given. Here is what looks to be the conclusion:
- There will be a handful of tweaks made to a few scenes.
- They are minor, and nuance in most cases - a line lift here, a tweak to the edit there.
- There are 900 screeners out there. When this airs this weekend, there will be a number of people who will spend their free evenings looking for these changes and will be hard pressed to identify them. They are that minor.
- The average viewer would not be able to tell the difference between the two versions.
- The message of the Clinton Admin failures remains fully intact.
(snip)
The scramble caused by this backlash was so all consuming that the execs spent their holiday weekend behind closed door meetings and revamped their ad campaign... But the blame on the Clinton team is in the DNA of the project and could not be eradicated without pulling the entire show. A $40 million investment on the part of ABC is enough to stem even Bill Clinton's influence.
(snip)
Thanks for getting the word out. It's made a significant difference in getting this broadcasted as it should be.
We are in a game of hardball, folks. So let's play hardball. This is only the 3rd inning.
Three major points we should let everyone we contact know:
1) This is a planned hit piece on Bill Clinton, as shown by this right-wing blog and by the fact that 900 screeners have been sent with none going to Clinton, Albright, or anyone else on the Democratic side.
2) There are scenes, such as one that directly blames Clinton and Albright for not killing Bin Laden when they had the chance, that are total fabrications. Parts of this scene can be seen by clicking the Gary C. Shroen link on this page. There are several fabrications in this scene: the CIA was not in Afghanistan at that time, Massoud was in the northeast of Afghanistan not in the south where Bin Laden was, and there was never a meeting at the White House as is shown. More background is available from this Gary Schroen interview.
3) We are pissed, we are educated, we have money and influence people, and airing this without edits or very serious disclaimers during fabricated scenes is going to cost you money. A lot of money.
This one is winnable. And even if it isn't, we can affect the perception to a great degree. Especially with regard Scholastic's study guides and Apple's free iTunes downloads.
OK, it's the top of the fourth, you're up to bat, no outs, and a runner on first. How you gonna swing?
Your Big List of Action Contacts is here. Let's go hit'em some more!