Political Punch

"Fahrenheit 911" was an openly partisan film only shown at theaters or rentals (that's not the same as the public air waves.)

So much flack was given to CBS over the Reagan film that it was pulled and put on cable only. (And it didn’t deal with assigning blame for one of the most tragic events in the country's history to influence an upcoming election)

ABC with Scholastic is trying to rewrite history and have it taught to our kids in school as truth. I see no difference between that and Mao's Cultural Revolution or the way the Nazi Germany used propaganda.

Follow the money, who's paying for this? Is it payback for the Arab Sheik family friend of the Bushes who committed 430 mil to bail out Euro Disney?

These are scary times, you sheep better wake up.

Contrary to what seems to have become history rewritten, the Clinton Administration in fact had produced a strategy to break up al Qaeda cells and arrest their personnel; systematically attack financial support for its terrorist activities; freeze its assets; stop its funding through fake charities; give aid to governments having trouble with al Qaeda (Uzbekistan, the Phillipines and Yemen); and, most significantly, scale up covert action in Afghanistan to eliminate the training camps and reach bin Laden himself.

This plan was completed only a few weeks before the inauguration of George W Bush. Clinton's National Security Advisor Sandy Berger arranged ten briefings for his successor Condoleeza Rice, and her deputy Stephen Hadley. Berger himself attended the briefing on terrorism. He told Dr Rice, "I believe the Bush administration will spend more time on terrorism in general, and on al Qaeda specifically, than any other subject.

So what did the Bush administration do? Over a period of about 9 months, they developed a series of recommendations for spending increases in 68 different programs, none of which dealt with terrorism. The day after this Justice Department request was sent to President Bush, September 11 2001, the world changed forever.

The day after that, history began to be rewritten. The Bush administration began blaming Clinton for inaction and accusing liberals (or anyone else who dared criticize their lack of preparation) of being anti American.

Your film and your following ABC news IS a Total lie and a huge de-information campain Don't you have any sense of decency? THE 9/11 was a US Military intelligence psy ops AN INSIDE JOB in order to implant the PNAC Geopolitical fascist agenda (re vamping of the middle East and control of oil while boosting the military industrial complex business) Bin Laden was and still is a CIA asset (CIA agents are obviousely part of the corporate Media) YOUR PROPAGANDA DO NOT FOOL EVERYBODY...
Bin Laden ,if still alive is in Pakistan protected by the ISI (Pakistanese intelligence) which is in business with our CIA...THIS GOVERNMENT IS A FRAUD....Instead of the garbage you're giving us why don't you investigate how you can pulverize into dust,2 buildings like the WTC and make it fall on itself in 10 seconds (1 second slower than free fall) with an un-armed plane.
How come the CIA closed 6 month ago their "Bin Laden" special unit...(that's for the clown pretending to be a CIA employee who wrote to you today).William Rodriguez a man who was working at the WTC for 20 years was in the basement that morning and heard a huge explosion in the sub basement central elevator shaft..BEFORE the first plane hit and this was edited out from your 11 pm news ...his testimony was taken in close session by the 9/11 Whitewash commission and was never mentioned on the final report...when he asked why ? he was threaten....Can you also investigate WHY the anthrax attack was directed only on Democratic Senators who were asking too many questions about the 9/11 and were asking for an SERIOUS investigation on the attack... WAS BIN LADEN TARGETTING DEMOCRATS ONLY OR BUSH BASHING JOURNALISTS ???STRANGE COINCIDENCE ESPECIALY WHEN IT WAS DISCOVER LATER THAT THE EXTREMELY PURE ANTHRAX USED BY THE ALLEGED TERRORISTS WAS COMING FROM A US MILITARY BASE !

THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT ONE DAY AND THE TRAITORS WHO ARE PART OF THIS GOVERNMENT WILL BE EXPOSED. AND THIS MEDIA IS AS GUILTY AS THE TRAITORS...
REY
Good night and good luck

The uproar was based on George Tenet hanging up on a CIA operative? Geprge Tenet was the guy to stop/continue the opeation. The operation was cancelled. Why? When?

You mean that there was enough evidence to issue an indictment, according to those in charge at the time?

Or, for the slow kids, do you feel like spending seconds, minutes, hours, or days trying to figure out why we didn't act during the 8 years of the Clinton administration, and the significantly smaller duration of the Bush administration?

It cracks me up, the left complain that Clinton had no fault, and the right complain that Bush had no fault....PEOPLE OPEN YOUR EYES!! Both administrations before 9/11 were blind to the true threat. The Clinton Administration barely responded to attack after attack. WTC bombing, USS Cole, Embassy bombings in Africa....etc, etc. And then Bush...like an idiot gets more information and does the same as Clinton...ignores it and blames others. The true problem was not our intelligence community, but the lack of intelligence by the Clinton Administration and Bush Administration.
Stop blaming each other Liberals and Conservatives...start looking at how to solve the problems. As a hard core independent, I am reminded every day how blind people in both parties are and instead of bringing good people to power we bring people like Clinton, Bush, Chaney, and Gore. Bring the moderates that don't believe the BS...People like Evan Bayh(Democrat) and Joe Liberman(Democrat) and McCain(Republican).
Remember...being a blind follower of a party is unAMERICAN!!!

Bottom line... an historical event should be portrayed as accurately as possible. This event is far too important in America's history to be fictionalizing parts of it. Our home will not tune in to this program.

So, ABC can make things up, stick it in a movie being promoted in other countries as "what really happened," and then acted shocked when called on it?

All with an election right around the corner.

No mention of the figures behind the movie having ties to an evangelical group bent on chainging Hollywood "from the inside."

No mention of the figures behind the movie having ties to the bush admin.

No mention of scores of history experts urging ABC to pull the misleading, fraudulent piece.

Only made up scenes of events that never happened that paint the Clinton admin as turning down a chance to kill obl.

I'm sure the right wingers are loving this.

Question: If the movie was good to go, as Keane suggests, and as ABC/Disney claim, why oh why the last minute edits? Why tinker with something you purposely put together becasue people complained?

Why change it at the last minute?

ABC/Disney will never get another dollar of my or my family's money. A fall trip to DisneyWorld just became a fall trip to Busch Gardens, Tampa.

As an earlier posted said, ABC - you wll lose more than you gain from this. Count on it.

William, I believe the difference between Bush's and Clinton's missing the boat is that our intelligence on bin Laden was known as a threat but not to the extent that Clinton could order what would amount to be the assassination of a Saudi Muslim, who was unkown to most Americans. The puzzle was not complete. The killing of bin Laden at that time would have enraged ALL the Muslim world. The repercussions could have alienated every Muslim country and could have started a war with entities who, although friendly, would have no choice but to side with fellow Muslims. I am sure there were considerations by our government at the time (about killing bin Laden) that we know nothing about.
Conversely, Bush had a report in his hands that warned of an imminent attack. I am sure he was briefed by the previous administration. The non- reaction to this intelligence allowed 9/11 to take place. At the very LEAST, the FAA could have been alerted and more caution taken. I know, shoulda coulda woulda. I do believe reports that claim Bush was concentrating on taking out Saddam as his first priority. That is a another story.

For the record I vote independently.

This is nothing but the swift-boating of Bill Clinton and the white-washing of 'AWOL George' Bush. Sound familiar? It worked in the last election, so they are trying it again.

What are we afraid of? People that made the public believe Saddam had something to do with 9/11 and supported al Quaida. And they believe it because of garbage just like this.

THEY PAID $40 MILLION? SOMEBODY SHOULD BE FIRED!

ABC paid $40 million for this piece of crap? Heads should roll! Then again nobody ever claimed this was the Tiffany Network.

Look who's involved in this piece of fiction:

Cyrus Nowrasteh -- Writer -- formerly staff write on Falcon Crest, Pacific Blue and La Femme Nikita. Now that's talent!

David Cunningham -- Executive Producer --right wing religious nut job. Son of Loren Cunningham, right wing religious wing nut. Founders of The Film Institute dedicated to "a Godly transformation and revolution TO and THROUGH the Film and Television industry."

Gosh, with these kind of credentials, now wonder the brains at ABC handed over $40 million dollars. If I was a Disney shareholder, I'd be demanding answers.

Fellow citizens:

This respondent urges you to not only boycott ABC, (and Fox), and their sponsors, but to also let these sponsors know it.

Please let your voice be heard by not buying goods or services advertizing on this right-wing Nazi propoganda network, and letting these sponsors know that you will boycott them.

ABC is to be highly commended for "The Path to 9/11". I think it will be an educational experience and I also think the American public is not as gullible as some seem to think. What are they so afraid of?

Congratulations ABC. You are my number 1 network from now on out!!!

I am pertty much unsupprised at the fact that now, ABC has such a following from those of the conservative bent who are busy yelling the 1st Amendment......I wonder also what happened to them when CBS was going to show their movie about Regan?

Oh, yea.....they didn't like it, so they yelled and yelled until CBS put it on Cable.

What a bunch of hyprocrites! But then again, those who would have us under a boot are like that.

ABC----you will loose more than you gain.

ABC has shown itself to be another shrill of the republican party; with the monies comming from Disney and other sources, you can bet your bottom dollar that Eisner, along with other right-wing figureheads, are trying to make a statement that will favor their party of choice. It is nothing more than propaganda, and I for one will opose ABC on thier lack of imagination and being completely opressive in their 9/11 "show". I would recommend that anyone in earshot send out the warning about this Fox wannabe network, and begin the process to boycott ANYTHING coming out of Eisner's mouth or his networks' presentations. I mean, when CBS was going to have a "miniseries" about Regan, the conservatives yelled out enough to have the show taken off of network TV and placed on one of the Cable networks; but these same conservatives are having a fit that a show which is lying about the Clinton adminstration is being called to question; e.g. those who are too busy proporting that the miniseries be still shown as shot........strange how that works, no?

Lying to the American public about secret prisons by this adminstration is bad enough; but to outright lie about this tragedy is something akin to the Nazis of WW2 lying about the death camps.....and just as pervasive.

The similarities to that and the republican party's need for right-wing propaganda is too striking a coincidence to ignore; they would do anything, including lying, to keep themselves in power.........sounds like they have a real problem with the truth!

And all the ABC stations accross the nation have become unwilling pawns to this type of undemocratic propaganda by those who would run this country into the ground in the name of security.

Damn shame, that.

I was looking forward to watching the docudrama, when I was told it was a fair "warts and all"
presentation. If Clinton and his cohorts succeed in scaring ABC into history revision, I will shun all things ABC for the rest of my life and urge all friends and family members to do the same.

We can no longer continue to engage in isolationism, it will get us all killed. Contrary to the modern liberal world view, our enemy will not respond to reason, will not be
swayed by negotiations, and will not stop until
we are all dead!

McGovernites like Carter and Clinton have brought us to this point by burrying their heads in the
sand. Our enemies are like the Borg in Star Trek The Next Generation. They will not relent, they will not tire, and they will not stop until we have all been "assimilatd."

These are evil Energizer bunnies that will not ask a potential victim what his party affiliation is.

They will kill liberals (and their children) as
gleefully as they would a conservative.

ABC should not censor The Path to 911 and cave in to pressure from the liberal democrates for Part 1 of the drama. Will ABC censor Part 2 of the drama during George Bush's watch? Americans need to know the TRUTH and not the politics. Both the Clinton and Bush administrations should have done a better job for the American people, but then it is always easier using 20/20 hindsight after the fact. Broadcast the drama without censorship.

ABC can't have it both ways: if it comes on with the "ABC NEWS Presents" label sane people are likely to think it's NEWS-you know, fact checked and all that. ABC doesn't get to do that with propaganda and then say "We were only kidding about the News part."

Funny that there was no out cry by Democrats when Fahrenheit 9-11 hit the movie screens. That smear merchant's film had virtually no accuracy yet was cheered by the left. Why? It degraded Republicans. How about a little consistency?

Re: William Webber

You forgot one point, which this film attempts to make, that the public is not aware of. I'll go ahead and amend your existing list appropriately:

FYI Most Amercians have come to the conclusions that:
A. Bill Clinton missed the boat on this.
B. George Bush missed the boat on this.
C. The proposed Iraq war was his main focus pre
9/11 although there was NEVER a terror connection.
D. We are no more safe than we were before 9/11

"...there was, I think, a very naïve view held by some in the
Clinton administration, mainly Albright and Janet Reno that force was counterproductive."

Elian Gonzales?
Waco, Texas?

Reno didn't have a problem with force there.

"...there was, I think, a very naïve view held by some in the
Clinton administration, mainly Albright and Janet Reno that force was counterproductive."

This doesn't jibe with Reno's reliance on force with regard to Elian Gonzales and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas.

Deport a child at the barrel of a gun. Murder Americans for supposed firearm violations. But force would be counterproductive with regard to eliminating the leader of a movement with the stated goal of killing Americans?

Yes, yes, I understand completely.

This is crazy, where are all these rumours coming from? Who said the film was leaked to conservatives only? Are you serious when you say this is an attempt from ABC to influence elections? Do you really think Clintons adminstation never heard of Bin Laden? Watch the show before you decide and read the 9/11 Comission Report for yourself. No president is perfect, we need to learn from our mistakes(yes even Clinton made mistakes as has Bush)

These posts are a hoot! Both sides pro and con are so passionate about a film none have seen. In their passion all they are really doing is pointing the finger at one another about who is more to blame for 9/11 -- Clinton or Bush.

The truth cannot be argued. 3,000 Americans are dead either because Bill Clinton identified the threat and aggressively fought it for eight years or, they are dead because for George Bush failed to appreciate the threat and thwart it in less than eight months.

Hmmm ... the math is suggesting something to me ... 7 1/2 months or EIGHT YEARS... who is more to blame?

How about this? Let's lay the blame proportionately.

ABC broadcast the move in its entirety and let us, the American people decide.

ABC News has given credence to the lunatics who say that a plane never crashed into the Pentagon and the WTC was blown up by the government. Read the WaPo today a 5 page article on the merit of their argument. That is bias. The republicans are so used to getting beat up the left wing media, when the dems finally get some negative press, they demand censorship.

Lots of opinions here about a program that 99.9999% haven't seen. Why don't you guys watch it and then judge?

Your bias is showing.

If you show the 9/11 Mini Series, you will lose my entire family as your viewing audience. We will also boycott ALL your sponsors. How dare you dramatize for money the 9/11 event! Good bye, and good luck! And good riddance!
NO PROPAGANDA based on distorted facts.
MORE RIGHT WING LIES.
VOTE LIBERTARIAN.
TO HELL ABC AND DISNEY and their executives.

I guess I can write off ABC as an unbiased place for information (are there any left?). This docu-drama sounds like it's on a par with the Swift Boat liars. I won't be watching it. Give me Clinton over Bush ANY DAY.

Mao and Stalin, were they still alive, would be impressed with the reported quality of this propaganda piece. Seriously, they were always complaining that their stuff never got serious consideration from the critics; it just seemed -like Fox News -too obvious and contrived. Perhaps totalitarian governments around the world could outsource their re-education programming needs to ABC. Good new revenue source and, if you keep it off shore, more profit for you! Hey, don’t let the criticism from the left get you down and just remember that you really have to make this stuff up because, as Jon Stewart said, “the facts have an anti-Bush bias.”

Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Our Fifth
Amendment Right. 9/11 has happened, and is now History. We are still in a Free Country. When 9/11 happened, our current President had only been in office for a few months. This attack on the U.S. was the worst that I have ever known.
How would any President react? What´s wrong with
researching the historical actions of the Clinton Administration? For any reason? Free Country! I have noticed that President Bush under a microscope at all times. He is one person. Why doesn´t the rest of out Government and elected officials take responsibility. Why can´t we hold the Clinton´s accountable too? They are on our payroll. Yes, we pay them, and dearly. I´ve spoke to people who live in Arkansas. They were telling me that they were shocked that Clinton was voted President. He only rented while in the state. Now, the people there, are wondering why
the Clinton´s haven´t come home? Oh yes, I´m wondering, since Senator Hillary Cinton resides in New York. What is she doing, or has she done to
elevate confidence against the "War on Terror"?
If bashing our current President is what some uneducated people think is effective. Think again.
Everyone is fair game! Look, "Fahrenheit 911" was
a form of free speech. I must admit M.M. the producer looks and comes across like a "skum bag" and a serious "buffet line addict". I wouldn´t give him the credibility of a turn-up. That dude looks psyco. to me. Hmmmm, did anybody else pick-up on that? Yes, I´d like to see some other points of view. My Heart breaks for anyone fighting in the War! My Father, fought for our Country and, he was damn proud!

If ABC puts out some kind of swift-boat piece about 9/11, and dishonors all that died and suffered because of 9/11, I will never watch ABC or go see another Disney film again. I will also find out who advertises on ABC and boycott them.

I am so tired of the media caring so little about the facts and the truth.

P.S. I'm surprised John Lehman said Clinton didn't "get it." I heard Clinton state, in his last interview before leaving office, that foreign terrorism and religious extremism were his number one concerns. He specifically mentioned the Middle East. But - maybe Lehman was referring to something else.

Dear ABC,

We are looking forward to watching the unedited post 9-11 film. Be brave. Don't listen to the whining liberals that want to smash our 1st ammendment rights.

I have always suspected that any 9/11 movie was used to exploit this tragedy for Bush's and Republicans' sake. This lie of a movie tops it all.

Don't let anyone intimidate you, broadcast the show.
The First Ammentment was put in the Bill Of Rights to protect you and I. It is not protect either Republican or Democrat from having the truth exposed.

I have long since written off most of the main stream media as left-wing lapdogs for the Democratic party. It now looks as if ABC, at least, is going to quit covering up for the Clinton administration. Clinton's failure to do anything about the worldwide terrorist attacks during his watch and coddling America's enemies gave aid and comfort to the terrorist community. This led directly to 9/11.

ABC Entertainment insists that the 5-hour miniseries "is not a documentary ...It is a dramatization...As such, for dramatic and narrative purposes, the movie contains fictionalized scenes, composite and representative characters and dialogue, and time compression."

In other words it is lies and falsehoods. Since it is imposible to know which incidents are real and which are fiction, one can reject the truth and embrace the lies.

Medical science has found that it is possible to plant false memories and convince the person that these events were real. Mixing truth and falsehoods in a film serves only one purpose and that is to confuse the viewer into believing lies and rejecting reality.

I refuse to watch all docudramas for this very reason.

Some of you people are(again) comparing apples to oranges. The difference between Michael Moore making a movie that people could either PAY to see or not is in NO WAY the same as a publicly aired phantasy by some far right producer who blends fact with his opinions (fiction) and tries to cram them down the throats of America as the truth. Sounds like he was a Bush spinner before he was a so-called writer/producer.
Everyone who has any common sense can figure out that he has an agenda. It's really sad because people who don't or can't read or think for themselves will be tainted for life with the portrayals in this piece of rubbish and further incite those non-thinking people who accept anything the government says as truth. I may add that this movie's depictions were criticized by the 9/11 commission itself. Shame, shame ABC. You have reached a new low in programming not to mention judgement.

FYI Most Amercians have come to the conclusions that:
A. George Bush missed the boat on this.
B. The proposed Iraq war was his main focus pre
9/11 although there was NEVER a terror connection.
C. We are no more safe than we were before 9/11

I, my family and everyone I know will NOT be watching this FICTION IN TRUTH'S CLOTHING. (rt)(Copyright)

You have to love this ! I hope you (ABC) don't edit anything because that would be down right wrong. To those who have written in , you show your true self when you tell ABC they shouldn't run this program. Especially after what's been put out by your liberal freinds IT'S JUST A MOVIE ! LET IT PLAY !

What I want to know, ABC, is if you do indeed edit or pull this fictionalized version of a right wing propogandist's interpretation to the events which led up to 9/11 will you still allow it to be aired and marketed outside the US as "the truth" and not a docudrama as you are currently doing? This fact alone is enough to totally discredit your thoroughly disingenuous statements about the license you took with the facts for the sake of drama.

Also I am wondering what you are going to do about the 900 advance copies you sent out?

I'm sorry you feel that dramatics outweigh the truth. I, like many others like Charles Gibson, but I will go to NBC for the news. How can I trust the news on ABC if they feel they have to dress it up, make it misleading and untruthful for a mini-series? Have I been getting the truth as I watched the evening news every day? I agree with others, I think this is a partisan effort to influence the mid-term elections. How dare you use something like this for political reasons. If you feel it is not for political gain, then air it AFTER the elections.

I think it is a SHAME that ABC and Disney would allow such biased opinions be aired for the sake of MONEY...or POLITICS. To use such a subject matter as one of a national tragedy makes me sick. I and others in my community will BOYCOTT ABC, Disney, and any sponors of ABC prior to and after their broadcast of the TRASH known as "Path to 9/11."

I believe that this is a disgrace. Some important differences between this film and the Michael Moore films are: (1) This ABC is coming on the free airwaves. People had to pay to see F-911.(2) Michael Moore is an independent film-maker --not a corporate giant. (3) Michael Moore used actual "clips" - not pretend dramatizations. ABC - I will no longer watch Grey's Anatomy, Dancing with Stars, or Boston Public (this could be a plot on Boston Public). And where is Commander in Chief? Is this part of your Right Conservation bias.

I hate to see ABC lose any market share on this film if it is pulled. Here's my suggestion for a replacement. It is horrific, scary, sexy and enthralling. And, it's educational, too! I'm serious, stick with me here.

"The Power of Nightmares," by the BBC, is the most stunning film. No one would miss "The Path to 9/11" with a film like this as a replacement. Here's a link so you can go over it. And I don't mean this as joking or condescension. If this were shown on American TV and ABC were to make that so, this network would gain any and every inch lost during this 9/11 period. Then, ABC could even claim new ground, even new NEWS ground, that would leave the other networks flailing in the dust.

Best of luck!

I wholeheartedly endorse the showing of "The Path to 9/11" and encourage everyone at ABC to take a stand for free speech.

Are you out of your mind? A "docu-drama" abouy 9/11, a horror that happened, by the way, on Bush's watch? are we not to remember the memo re: bin laden about to attack U.S. by plane? It is disgusting and yet another attempt at distraction from how THIS administration reacted. No more ABC for this viewer. If I want republican propaganda I'll go to Fox.

Shame on ABC, ..The most devastating event in our history on our soil and they claim they had to "dramatize" some scenes to keep it watchable..Another attempt to justify this war,not for "freedom" not for "security" NOW its in the name of "entertainment"..so very crude and so very wrong. Will never trust a word from ABC network again.

I want the truth!

Why do it if you're not going to do it right?? What's the point - unless it's political?

Also - why does it have no commercials?

Who owns ABC anyway?

Dear ABC.

No response is required, however I just want to say "Thank You" for presenting "The Path to 9/11".

Although I have not seen it yet, I do believe it is important for more of the public to be made knowledgeable about this important, historical subject. Certainly we want it to be accurate and honest, but it is a story that needs to be told.

I wish a movie could me made of this subject similar to the past, political, Michael Moore movie.

Thank you ABC.

If this piece of irresponsible partisanship airs, my family (and many others I know) will be BOYCOTTING ABC, and DISNEY indefinitely. ABC ought to be ASHAMED to play with the truth on an event so important to America -- and doing so just weeks before mid-term elections is transparently partisan. I am ANGRY.

JS

I think you are all scumbags for even considering a movie like this on the 9/11 anniversary. I won't even get into the inaccuracies. Someone on tv said "well it is just a movie." Well I could think of a million movies I'd rather watch than this peice of trash. THE REALITY OF 9/11 WILL NEVER GO AWAY...I DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT REANACTED BY LOUSY ACTORS OVER AND OVER AGAIN...

I WILL NEVER WATCH YOUR NETWORK AGAIN.

If you show the 9/11 Mini Series, you will lose my entire family as your viewing audience. We faithfully watch Good Morning America, so we will watch The Today Show. We also watch Lost, but my standards rank higher than my entertainment. We will also boycott all your sponsors. How dare you dramatize for money the 9/11 event! Plus skew facts and cover by saying it is a dramatization. This is pure BULL! It is bad enough that your affiliate in Atlanta also runs a radio station full of Rush and other hate mongers, but you have gone to far. Good bye, and good luck! And good riddance!

I might buy the producers playing loose and fast with the truth in a matter of 'art' or propaganda, but before the critques blew up this movie was being portrayed by ABC et al as historically accurate, 'based on the 9/11 Commission Report' and school children were being encouraged to watch it as a history assignment.

ABC has an obligation to its audience to consider how important the truth is...now...not after they air the mini-series.

You can quote Kean's support all you want, but consider what other members of the commission are saying. They do not endorse this ficticious account.

This movie is a piece of propaganda and should be treated as such. ABC should guard its integrity. Otherwise the viewing public may come to the conclusion that truth is less important than pushing a biased position.

The tragedy of 9/11 is still very much at the forefront of the American consciousness. To deliberately take "dramatic" license with the facts suggest, at the very least, a cavalier disregard for the enormity of this event, or, at the very worst, a blatant partisan attempt to salvage the November elections

Don't let anyone intimidate you, broadcast the show ! No one in the Republican Party tried to shut down Michael Moore when he put out "Fahrenheit 911". Those who disagree with the content of "The Path to 9-11" can refute any part of it if they wish to do so, like the Republicans did with Moore. My take is that the Dems and Clinton supporters want to shut down any suggestion that he was more concerned extra-curricular activities in the Oval Office, and subsequent false and misleading testimony under oath, thereby upsetting the balance of power between the Executive and Judicial branches of government, and ultimately his impeachment, than the gathering security threat posed by Al Queda...it threatens his cherished "legacy". Too bad. Don't back off, ABC, your reputation is on the line.

Integrity is the key. ABC should NOT fold under PC politics but present as accurate a protrayal as possible of the events. If ABC is to be taken seriously they need to be not seen as patsy's of the liberal left.

Please do not air this republican propaganda. The fact that the writer is a wingnut and that you initially only sent advance copies to right-wing commentators speaks volumes. ABC's credibility is now officially shot. You can earn back some of the respect you've lost by pulling the miniseries entirely.

There's a surprise.....Lib's in an outrage. How dare anyone make the Democrats look bad? But it's OK for big fat Michael Moore to do films about the Republicans. I hope ABC sticks to their original plan and not be intimated by the ignorance of liberals. If not, me and a lot of other people will not even watch it.

Please do not air this fictional movie and respect the people that lost family that awful day in our history. You can say that Oliver Stone wrote about JFK but how many yearas later did he do it? I always watch ABC and like Charles Gibson but now I think I will try the new "girl" on the block. How unresponsible can you be? My son is a pilot with United and was supposed to be on that fateful flight that crashed in PA, and you expect me to watch a fictional account of what could have been his fate? Shame on you!

You need to get this right. Are you sure you know exactly what Bush said when he received information in August that Bin Laden wanted to attack American soil. Are you sure? This is history. Get it right or don't do it.

I think you're way off on your assertion that you can put together a series with serious inaccuracies, dramatizations and fabrications of the truth behind this event.

The American viewing public deserves better than this weak attempt to cash in on 9/11. Did it really take this long to put the film together? Why don't you wait until December to show it? Your lame flick is a disgrace.....

It is outragious that ABC is presenting an obviously pro-conservative/pro-war propaganda film on the backs of those who lost their lives on 9/11. ABC should be ashamed! MJO

I agree, whole-heartedly, with Ben-Venista. Why the need to dramatize a movie based on real facts. Isn't the situation catastrophic and controversial enough? Pair this with the recent blog post you did on photo retouching and enhancing of pictures depicting the fake smoke clouds on the WTC and this is a huge mess. ABC Entertainment would be blind to think that our society isn't made of conspiracy theorists and sheep that are willing to believe whatever they see on TV. Why feed into it? The horror of the 9/11 report is reason enough. Why not just make a documentary? Media sensationalism of this events needs to end. ASAP. I hope you'll be doing more stories about this, Jake.

No, I have not seen the film, nor have I full knowledge of all that might have gone wrong with the events that might have prevented 9/11, but I am disappointed the ABC would produce a fictionalized version of the tragedy of 9/11 that will confuse truth and dramatization. The general public would be swayed by the drama if protests were not made. What an arrogant abuse of media priveledge. I don't see how Charlie Gibson can stomach such a travesty.

I was going to boycott ABC. Then my husband reminded me that we don't watch anything on ABC anyway.

Do not edit this docudrama and cave in to pressure. Stand your ground.

It is appearent that the the party who displays the action of "irresponsible" is abc. Why mislead the public with the title, "Path to 9/11" and not rename it "Our version of 9/11"? The piece should have been reviewed and critiqued by by bi-partisant members-you owe this responsibilty to us, the viewing public. Great Americans lost their lives on this terrible day, why would you dishonor them and their loved ones with a fictionalized dramatization of the why they are no longer with us? In the eyes of the public the "irresponsible" action fall on you, ABC, as you described it your response. Please re-evaluate you ethics ABC.

This response is in regards to the Post 911 film. This is not the time for fiction, it's a time for truth and honesty! This matter is too important to the security of our country. I have lost respect for the ABC Network.

I grew up in a family that always trusted ABC News, and now, as a 36-year-old, ABC News is the ONLY network news I watch. However, I'm deeply disturbed by the politicization of this tragedy, and how this film seems to have been leaked to only conservative bloggers and pundits, with promises to them keep the blame on Clinton; it bothers me how it seems to have been so one-sided in its writing and its advising.

I'm sure this program was not produced by ABC News (it can't be, can it?), but it's still a product of ABC and is designed to educate the public. That, by default, blurs the line between news and entertainment. If this turns out as one-sided as I fear, I honestly don't think I will be able to trust ABC News again. I will always have in the back of my mind that a political adjenda is being pushed, and that will make me turn the channel.

Will September 12 be the first day I stop watching World News Tonight? I hear there's someone new over at CBS.

why why why

i am looking forward to a film on 9-11 edited by bill clinton.people say the major networks are controlled by the liberial democrates,could this be true?was michael moore consulted also? deleteing sandy butger(convicted thief)of documents, probley pertaining to bill clinton and 9-11.being a news network you would think you would want to know.sorry you dont have the charater to persue the truth. ed

This really smacks of partisan politics. It appears to be an attempt by ABC to influence the mid-term elections.