September 10, 2006
ABC 9/11-Porn: "Worse than you think."
It is perhaps axiomatic that whenever the Entertainment divisions (and, AFAIK, the News Divisions are subordinated to the ED's) of the major networks get ahold of a historical event to "docu-dramatize" they inevitably screw it up. Badly.
They compress events, create "composite" characters, invent dramatic conflicts that didn't previously exits, and generally get the facts so thoroughly wrong that any semblance to reality is shattered.
Everything I hear about ABC's "Path to 9/11" contradicts all this. Somebody didn't "accidently" screw up this story because they're incompetent storytellers who just wanted to milk 9/11 for dramatic effect. From the people on our side of the fence who've been able to get their hands on a copy of the "pre-screening" dvd (that went out exclusively to the various right-wing media organs and blogs) say that it is a full-throated, swift-boated smear of Bill Clinton and his administration. A propaganda piece so dirty and despicable in it's lies and distortions, trotted out two months before a major election cycle, that it beggars the imagination.
It doesn't surprise me that there are right-wing crazies and organizations that engage in this behavior. What does surprise me is that a major media network, owned and operated, btw, by the Disney corporate empire, is distributing this filth. I can draw only two conclusions: either the ABC/Disney corporation is filled with right-wing crazies or they are so corrupted they think nothing about throwing their weight behind the Republican party to try to ensure the continuation of the most corrupt and criminal political machine that has ever existed since the signing of the Constitution.
Either way, if this piece of 9/11-porn is broadcast tonight on ABC I can promise ABC/Disney one thing. I will never watch another program on an ABC affiliated station for the rest of my life and that includes any product, either film or otherwise, created by Disney.
I hear that the second installment WILL contain commercials. I suspect a list will be posted of the sponsors and they can expect similar treatment from me and mine.
Really, there can be no half-measures with these people anymore.
Posted by fightingdem at September 10, 2006 9:13 AM
