Despite changes being made to "Path to 9/11" the Clinton legal team sent this second letter to ABC President and CEO Robert Iger on Friday, this one demanding that ABC
Pull It
Dear Bob,
Despite press reports that ABC/Disney has made changes in the content and marketing of "The Path to 9/11," we remailn concerned about the false impression that airing the show will leave on the public. Labelng the show as "fiction" does not meet your responsibility to the victims of the September 11th attacks, their families, the hard work of the 9/11 Commission, or to the American people as a whole. cont'd.
Clinton Legal Team 2nd letter to Robert Iger, cont'd.
At a moment when we should be debating how to make the nation safer by implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, "The Path to 9/11" calls into question the accuracy of the Commission's report and whether fabricated scenes are, in fact, an accurate portrayal of history. Indeed, the millions spent on the production of this fictional drama would have been better spent informing the public about the Commission's actual findings and the many recommendations that have yet to be acted upon. Unlike this film, that would have been a tremendous service to the public.
Although our request for an advance copy of the film has been repeatedly denied, it is all too clear that our objections to "The Path to 9/11" are valid and corroborated by those familiar with the film and intimately involved in its production.
-- Your corporate partner, Scholastic, has disassociated itself from this proect.
-- 9/11 Commission Chairman Thomas Kean, who served as co-executive producer on "The Path to 9/11," has stated that he raised concerns about the accuracy of several scenes in the film and that his concerns were not addressed during production.
-- Harvey Keitel, who plays the star role of FBI agent John O'Neill, told reporters yesterday that while the screenplay was presented to him as a fair treatment of historical events, he is upset that several scenes were simply invented for dramatic purposes.
-- Numerous Members of Congress, several 9/11 Commissioners and prominent historians have spoken out against this movie.
-- Indeed, according to press reports, the fact that you are still editing the film two days before it is scheduled to air is an admission that it is irreparably flawed.
As a nation, we need to be focused on preventing another attack, not fictionalizing the last one for television ratings. "The Path to 9/11" not only tarnishes the work of the 9/11 Commission, but also cheapens the fith anniversary of what was a very painful moment in history for all Americans. We expect that you will make the responsible decision to not air this film.
Sincerely,
Bruce R. Lindsey
Chief Executive Officer
William J. Clinton Foundation
Douglas J. Band
Counselor to President Clinton
Office of William Jefferson Clinton
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Contact ABC, Disney, and
BBC2 Television
TV One New Zealand
TV Seven(Austrailia)
to demand they pull the propaganda film "The Path to 9/11"
In that
it is a propaganda film to be aired just weeks before the election
it is produced by evangelical Christian Youth With a Mission
it is riddled with inaccuracies and falsehoods that amount to defamation
the President will insert a speech into the last two hours
the Democratic Party has delivered to ABC more than 200,000 petitions in protest
former President Bill Clinton has TWICE warned ABC by way of his legal team that a lawsuit may be pending
I think it is worth every effort, and every inch of Daily Kos space to exert pressure on ABC Disney and affiliated stations in the time remaining. "The Path to 9/11" is not a documentary; it is propaganda on the order of domestic psyops.
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