The path to The Path to 9/11

Here is a question for ABC and viewers to ponder: Why is ABC so incredibly intent on showing this fiction, written by an avowed conservative activist and friend of Rush Limbaugh, with its inherent risk of corporate self-mutilation for both ABC and parent Disney.

It certainly isn't, as ABC claims, a "public service" since that would mean adhering to at least some semblance of truth.

Once this show is broadcast, I plan to contact my cable company immediately to elminate all ABC and Disney-owned programming, even if it entails cancelling cable altogether.

Along with many others, I will _never_ again see movies produced by Disney, Miramax, Touchstone, etc. ABC "News" will forever be tainted, after finally gaining respect thanks to Peter Jennings.

Clearly Disney cares not a whit about its stockholders, or about making a profit, since the profit lost by showing this piece of right-wing propaganda will overwhelm the $40 million it cost to produce such trash.

So what is ABC's goal in showing this piece just prior to the midterm elections? I would argue that the answer is obvious.

Australians just viewed part 1 of Path to 911; I am an American and have lived here for more than 35 years. I saw the towers hit on tv and have followed the news like all of you. I thought the ABC entertainment did a huge favour putting these events together because it certainly displayed the gap between those doing the hunting and those in the offices. My Australian husband said Clinton's morals were to blame for Gore losing the vote to Bush. This Path to 911 puts the big issue of terrorism and cultlural problems into a shape that gave words and history to the war. It is escalating. I would thank the ABC for this project and those who are criticized finally always worried they would be. I hope Americans and the allies can grasp the essence without worrying too much about who is offended.

What CRAP! I just re-programmed the channels on my TV. No more ABC in my house!

You Guys Suck

Were ABC to alter, edit, or totally scrap "The Path to 9-11," it's credibility would descend to a level below that of CBS and the incredible fabrications of Dan "Blather" Rather!
HLJ

exactly when did ABC become the motion picture arm of Fox News?

exactly what "truths" are people searching for before, and especially since, 9/11?

in wiser times, our airwaves would avoid pouring gasoline onto a fiery, divisive, and particularly political, period of our country’s struggle, especially when our blogist admits they’re still editing the product for accuracy. You may not be crazy about the messages in the Michael Moore or Al Gore films but no one, to my understanding could show that the content wasn’t factual or fact checked.

is there an ABC News division any more or did that die off with Roone Arledge and Peter Jennings? For a network that constantly drones on that "more Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other news source," doesn’t that news source feel any responsibility to help correct inaccuracies or errors in it’s company’s “entertainment” products?

the writer and director of this product can spin there spin anyway they want on their own blog, but like their political bedfellows at Fox News, they can never ever get it be feel as if it is “fair and balanced.”

(please pray for all the survivors, the heroes and the lost of the attack who often go ignored the other 364 days of the year.)

/J
-thanks for posting this directly unlike your buds on the product's blog.

Cheap political lies. ABC and Disney now go along with Fox Network as untrustwkorthy and biased.
Bye. That means boycott ABC and Disney.

I am really distressed to read so many comments here, especially the one from Carol who wants the network to show the "original" version of "The Path to 9/11".

It is clear that conservatives who are posting here supporting this film support a media that engages in slander, libel, defamation and putting blame where it isn't due. The film was written by a right-wing fanatic out to disparage Bill Clinton.

I remember the conservative hypocrites here have no problem with CBS pulling "The Reagans" off the air, yet, they have no problem with a film based on right-wing lies.

ABC has stained and damaged itself beyond repair by participating in the showing of this film. The least they can do is yank this project altogether.

ABC is acting like a state-controlled network under the direction of the Bush administration. Stuff like this makes me ashamed of this country.

i am truly horrifed that abc would even think of airing this movie! how can anyone use 9/11 in this way! i am a proponent of freedom of speech but this is in no way something that should be used in this manner. 9/11 was and is a very deep wound. to show a movie that is not as close to the real truth as possible shows that the network does not understand what this event in our our history really means to the american citizens. i will have NO RESPECT for abc news! DO NOT SHOW THIS MOVIE!!! WILL NEWS/NETWORKS NOT SHOW RESPECT TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY AND THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES EVERYDAY IN OUR MILITARY? ABC AND DISNEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES!

Jake, Thank you for bringing to the attention of the American people the many times that the Clinton admin. had Bin Laden in the cross hairs. Please ABC, do not cave to the political pressure from the Dems or the Clintons to keep this information from us. We who want to know what happened before 9/11 leading up to that horrible event want to thank you for having the courage to air this program. I heard ABC was "editing" things out that the Dems did not want in there. What about free speech? Micheal Moore sure got to tell his side of what he thought about it in his "Docudrama". Not one Dem said anything about that. What a double standard there is! So much for freedom of the press and the Democrats are a bunch of hypocrites! Thank you Jake for your courage to air this!!! Carol

I hope that ABC will have the courage to show the "original" version of The Path to 9/11 and stand firm against all the pressure being exerted to make it "politically correct" or, heaven forbid, cancel the showing. Surely the American public have enough intelligence to view an historical presentation using their own common sense as to its factual accuracy. THE WORLD WILL NOT STOP SPINNING BECAUSE OF THIS TV PRODUCTION. Hazel

Concerning the 9/11 mini series
If you believe you have the essence of what happened correct, please do not cave to the political pressure out there. Do not pull this broadcast. My college daughter knew the morning of September 11th that BinLaden was probably behind the attack because she had taken a Middle East History class in high school. It appears to me our elected and appointed leaders did not have a better grip on reality than a 19 year old. This needs to be examined by all of us.

I hope ABC will not cave to the Clinton pressure to not show this film. What are they so afraid of? Clinton and the Democrat's actions to me is very telling!What does this film represent to them that they will go to this extreme to see that the American public will not see this film. After all they seemed to love the Michael Moore "911" film. I did not see the Bush administration try to stop that film.

I'm very disappointed that the Clinton admin. should have the power to alter a free speech movie. Where were all these so called people that wanted to tell the truth when they are behind a person like Michael Moore that continues to spread lies about our current President. I will think twice before I put on ABC now with them caving into the Clintons and their threats. Think of all the people that they are threated in the past with all their cover ups. It's a sad day in our society that we have such people that want to change history. I'm very concerned and scared that they (Hillary) could get into this powerful position as president.

I have been a faithful watcher of ABC News and have found them to be deacated to the facts. That is why I cannot understand why you are showing the two night political trash called "Leading up to 9/11".
If you proceed with this I, and I am sure, many other Americans will loose confidence in your news and programing and will go to another news coverage(i.e.) NBC for the truth. When you loose the confidence of your viewers you loose a coustomer. Think about it?

To air a program about such a historically significant event claiming, it to be based on the 9/11 report, and add fictional content is evil. Plus to do this with the country as divided as it is with an election close at hand makes it doubly so.

ABC/Disney holdings are being removed from my channel lineup as we speak.

Shame. On. You.

All the decent stuff is on cable anyways, welcome to irrelevancy.

Michael Scheurer verifies ABC's version of story about Clinton failure. Here's his comments in Washington Times.

Mr. Clinton's failure to capture or kill bin Laden on any of the eight to 10 chances afforded by CIA reporting. Mr. Clarke never mentions that President Bush had no chances to kill bin Laden before September 11 and leaves readers with the false impression that he, Mr. Clinton and Mr. Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger, did their best to end the bin Laden threat. That trio, in my view, abetted al Qaeda, and if the September 11 families were smart they would focus on the dereliction of Dick, Bill and Sandy

Jake, there is a fine line that ABC is crossing to bring this "docu-drama" to the public. Putting all politics aside this is a travesty of ABC's journalistic ethics. Mixing facts with fiction then trying to pass it off as a dramatized documentary on the most devastating event in our lives should have any decent broadcaster or journalist screaming "No way!"

It's obvious that this isn't designed to present the facts to the public, or to be entertaining. It's a highly unethical attempt to spin public opinion for political gain and I hold ABC and Disney to blame for the fallout.

Good Luck trying to sell stock after this!

Jake--I hope that ABC runs the documentary as edited rather than make it politically correct. Anyone that does any serious reading can determine what is fact and what is fiction. You don't get the truth, watching the entertainment channels. Wise up, folks, before it is too late.