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Phillip Dampier:
ABC/Disney plans to memorialize the fifth anniversary of 9/11 with a fictional docudrama called "The Path to 9/11". Written by an avowed right-wing activist, this work of fiction directly contradicts the accepted record of the 9/11 Commission Report. President Clinton and former administration officials were denied an advance copy; Rush Limbaugh and obscure right-wing bloggers saw it last week. ABC plans to distribute this docudrama to 100,000 educators across the country.

There are two good links for updates on this situation:

http://openlettertoabc.blogspot.com/
http://thinkprogress.org

injest:
interesting that it was originally touted as a documentary, then as a drama....now it is a 'work of fiction'...

jpwagoneer1964:
So have you ever even seen this film that ABC is airing?

Phillip Dampier:
I personally have not, although independent critics who managed to get a copy of the production sent to them via a right wing blog or news source (the only people who got advance copies, by the way) have posted enough scenes and references online to make it clear what the agenda of this film is.  Overwhelmingly, according to Editor & Publisher - an industry trade magazine, this production focuses of perceived failures of the Clinton Administration while giving a virtual free pass to the Bush Administration.  More importantly, it incites viewers because it depicts scenes of Clinton officials hanging up on troop commanders waiting for a "go" order to take out bin Laden (complete fiction straight out of a scene from Clear and Present Danger), uses virtually every Republican talking point (eg. "Clinton is treating terrorism as a law enforcement problem" followed by deep sighs and rolling eyes), and puts words in the mouths of actual former Clinton officials (Ms. Albright warning Pakistan in advance of airstrikes so they could call Osama on the hotline and tell him to look out) that would imply near-treason.

Some 9/11 Commission members are now also condemning the film as wildly inaccurate.  ABC still refuses to provide screeners of the production to anyone other than right wing news sources, talk shows, and columnists, which is very suspicious right there.  But when Rush Limbaugh turns out to be among the filmmaker's best friends and Rush talks about how this production will "get the Clintons," there is little doubt where we are going with this.

My personal position is that ABC needs to heavily edit this to make it stay within the confines of the actual 9/11 Commission report, which is how they have been selling this all along.  Only we now discover that so much of this film goes beyond the report, to edit it in that way may make it impossible to view and make any sense.  Plus, ABC still needs to answer questions about how they vetted this whole project, and why it was publicized exclusively in the right wing media world, and why this kind of thing is appropriate in the first place.

Remember, too, it was ABC-Disney who refused to distribute or involve itself in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911, saying it did not want to get involved in 9/11 politics and turn a tragedy into a political football.  One wonders what has changed since.

Phillip Dampier:
Here are some videos about the coverage:

http://www.phillipdampier.net/downloads/The-Most-Greg-Mitchell-ABC.wmv
http://www.phillipdampier.net/downloads/911_keitel.wmv
http://www.phillipdampier.net/downloads/Scarborough-ABC-911-movie.wmv
http://www.phillipdampier.net/downloads/TSR-ABC-Schools.wmv
http://www.phillipdampier.net/downloads/ABC-Statement-on-series.wmv
http://www.phillipdampier.net/downloads/Countdown-ABC-Benveniste.wmv

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