Just heard that ABC will be making an announcement about the 9/11 movie.

[jenmito]

Due to inaccuracies it's apparently going to be pulled. It was just announced on MSNBC.

[ananda]

1. Good.

Threats of a lawsuit and boycotts musta worked.

Go DU! Thank you, Clinton.

[medeak]

2. whoo hoo! K&R

[soleft]

3. Cool, I can watch Lost now. Phew.

[LostinVA]

39. I was going to anyway, and just lie to you all about it

[Connie_Corleone]

4. Can you hear that?!!

Freeper heads are exploding right now!!!!!!!!!

[The Backlash Cometh]

33. And they can't claim Free Speech obstruction, because they did the

same thing with the Reagan docu-drama, Fahrenheit 9/11 and one other "liberal" movie.

This was pulled because the safety of our country right now, depends on giving the public accurate information about what has happened in the last ten years so we don't continue repeating the same mistakes. It's a public interest issue.

[Stand and Fight]

5. Wonderful news!

It would have been a shameful thing to do so, and it's nice to see that they were wise enough to backdown.

[knowbody0]

6. feel the power !

[radfringe]

bibbity-bobbity-splat?

[IChing]

24. Nice Cartoon...I hope we get a link soon. but what about Scholastic?

And the $40 million to be use to spread this filth to schools and teachers?

[populistdriven]

7. HOOAH!

[babylonsister]

8. Everyone who did anything, take a bow! The internet rawks! nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Fabulous!

Let's hear it for activism!!

[NashVegas]

10. Link?

..

[jenmito]

15. Sorry, I don't have one.

[Catherine Vincent]

11. Seriously?!

It's going to be pulled?

[musette_sf]

12. great news! i feel like

we CAN speak truth to power. :bounce:

this one's for you, Mike...

[Lance_Boyle]

13. Ha!

May ABC and Disney be sued into oblivion by their shareholders, who have seen millions squandered on this (thankfully aborted) 2-night attack ad and also on the "Reagan" fluffery debacle. I would hope the people who gave these projects the go-ahead are contacting their local McDonalds for new and exciting employment opportunities right about now.

[Virginia Dare]

14. The lawyers must have pulled the plug...

there was probably a good case for slander and defamation there.

[Pirate Smile]

16. Oh, thank goodness. I'm so glad.

:woohoo:

One little plus for us, Rush will be so pissed! :rofl:

[Connie_Corleone]

20. I might have to tune in to his show to gloat.

[eShirl]

17. waiting for confirmation...

[AngryOldDem]

28. So am I

I have MSNBC on now, and there is nothing to that effect on the Website.

Trust, but verify, y'know?

[The_Casual_Observer]

18. Rumor or fact?

[jenmito]

29. Fact than ABC will shortly be making an announcement about it...

Not 100% sure they'll say it's being pulled. I took it from someone who just heard it on MSNBC and then someone else said not to count our chickens yet... Darn it. Not sure...

[NashVegas]

34. You Heard It From a Friend Who Heard It?

Please don't start threads like this in LBN based on second-hand info.

[jenmito]

43. Yes. I was so excited. If I'm wrong...

I feel TERRIBLE!!!! But there WILL be an announcement about it. :-( :scared:

[SDDEM06]

53. ~ Heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it

from another you've been messing around ~

(sorry for the earworm)

[The_Casual_Observer]

36. I think that the content of the statement - if indeed there is a statement

is unknown yet.

[eShirl]

46. "Not 100% sure they'll say it's being pulled."

thanks.

[grizmaster]

19. Awesome news

(fingers crossed just in case)

[displacedtexan]

21. I can live without these shows...

* PRIMETIME
* Fall Show Preview
* According to Jim
* American Inventor
* America's Funniest Home Videos
* The Bachelor
* Big Day
* Boston Legal
* Brothers & Sisters
* Dancing With the Stars
* Daybreak
* Desperate Housewives
* Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
* George Lopez
* Grey's Anatomy
* Help Me Help You
* How to Get the Guy
* In Case of Emergency
* The Knights of Prosperity
* Kyle XY
* Lost
* Men in Trees
* The Nine
* Notes from the Underbelly
* Six Degrees
* Supernanny
* Traveler
* Ugly Betty
* What About Brian
* Wife Swap
* LATE NIGHT
* Jimmy Kimmel Live!
* DAYTIME
* All My Children
* General Hospital
* One Life To Live
* The View

* SPECIALS
* The 40th Annual Country Music Awards
* ABC Sneak Peek
* The 78th Academy Awards
* The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
* The Path to 9/11
* GAMES
* Daytime Personality Quiz
* Desperate Housewives Quiz
* Lost Games Index
* SPORTS
* Saturday Night Football
* NBA Finals
* Wide World of Sports

How about you?

[populistdriven]

25. I dont watch a single one of those, seriously lol

[Liberal Dose]

40. I will miss Boston Legal. Is it cheating if I borrow someone else's DVDs

to watch a season I missed? :dilemma:

[displacedtexan]

I watch it when I remember to, but I can live without it.

Borrowing a tape isn't funding ABC, though.

[LostinVA]

44. I can't live without Lost

Soaps aren't Primetime, just to be annoying...

[displacedtexan]

54. That was the whole ABC lineup.

:hi:

[populistdriven]

22. holy crap this hit the greatest page in well under 1 minute!

[The Witch]

23. Power! To! The! People!

are the freepers crying "liberal media" yet?

[bowens43]

26. Any confirmation? Anyone? (not that I doubt you)

[KurtNYC]

27. so 2 hours to fill..... Hmmmmm -- Show Farhenheit 911!

It has been fact checked completely.

[Double T]

30. THE POWER OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WORKS!!!!!!!

Good Work Everybody!!!!!!!!!!

[NashVegas]

31. No Offense But

I'd think there would be 15 threads on this in GD by now if others heard it.

[dweller]

35. give it time ...

it'll happen.

:D


dp

[NashVegas]

38. This Is LBN

This is not the forum for hearsay. If this announcement had been made, GD would be ALL over it by now. There are ZERO threads in GD confirming.

[AngryOldDem]

59. There is one GD thread that is basically repeating this one.

Until there's a credible link, I think this should be locked and/or moved out of LBN. Not saying that ABC could not reconsider, but until I hear it from them I'm taking this with a grain of salt.

Just now MSNBC said it is awaiting a statement from ABC...but this was paired with the story about Clinton's press secretary's comments on the movie. Chris Jansing: "We are awaiting an official statement from ABC." Could very well be ABC may be addressing Clinton here.

[mtnester]

41. The only thing I heard (as of this writing)

Is that ABC was going to make SOME type of announcement...but not what the content of the announcement is.

Probably something like

"We stand by this as a dramatization based upon facts blah blah blah and in no way intend for it to be literally construed blah blah blah clintondidit blah blah we will air it as previously intended and will not allow liberal histrionics blah blah clintondidit to alter our beliefs in the validity of showing this docu-drama...clintondidit"

[underpants]

45. I can't find this anywhere

not on MSNBC or googling ABC ABC Documentary or ABC Docudrama

[951-Riverside]

48. *prepares cellophane and water*

Seems like he's the only one who's heard it, If this thread is a bunch of BS I hope his account is suspended at the least.

[godai]

32. Still being promoted on ABC TV website n/t

[sendero]

49. I think I'll wait..

... an official announcement before I start popping the corks.

[liberalmuse]

37. I'm glad they stated the reason for pulling it.

Yay!

[Pithlet]

42. Please edit your post with a link as soon as possible.

Thanks.

[displacedtexan]

47. Here's what I did to fight this POS...

ABC's Clinton Hit Piece: The Blue and the Gray of 9/11 Stories

For years and years (maybe even today), lazy American History teachers showed that stupid TV miniseries, The Blue and the Gray, instead of teaching the Civil War. It was a "dramatization" of every cliche: brother v brother; the fall of the southern lifestyle; the ruthless Union soldiers pillaging for the hell of it-- you name it, it was in there-- but there were very few actual facts.

Now ABC is airing The Blue and the Gray of 9/11 stories... and they're blaming former president, Bill Clinton.

What a crock!

More at the LINK

[Liberal Dose]

50. Does anyone have a link? I need to verify before I jump for joy. Might

break an ankle or something :)

[jenmito]

58. No. Clinton's press secretary just released a statement...

saying it's despicable that ABC would show this and we're still waiting for an official statement from ABC.

[godai]

51. MSNBC says ABC statement coming...Clinton wants it pulled n/t

[951-Riverside]

57. Ahhhh okay I think we can make this inaccurate topic go away

[onenote]

52. did anyone else hear this

So far it looks like one poster has "heard" this. Seems a bit odd, and the fact that ABC.com is still running a promo for the show makes me suspicious.

Still, I hope it turns out to be correct.

[NashVegas]

55. NO ONE Has

..

[Midlodemocrat]

56. MSNBC is saying that they are awaiting a statement from ABC to

address the statement from Clinton and his attorney. It doesn't look as though they are pulling this thing. Sorry folks, false alarm.

[lpbk2713]

60. I doubt that the 'inaccuracies' swayed them .....

... I tend to believe it was more like this ----->



Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2071110


A sudden jerk to reality can be a very sobering experience.

[Pithlet]

61. Locking.

There is no link, and this appears to be rumor at this point.