Questions for ABC about their fictionalized take on 9/11

[wyldwolf]

From John77 at Digg:

- Why, if this is a non-partisan project, is only the Republican co-chair of the 9/11 Commission being asked to front this project?

- Why were many of the principals of this film, like Richard Clarke, not shown relevant scenes from the movie early on, so that research and scenes could be vetted–and corrected, if misrepresented?

- Why did you provide the movie to only right-wing bloggers and mainstream media in your advance outreach for this project, and not to left-wing bloggers and media?

- Was it the network’s or the PR firm’s idea to reach out in advance only to right-wing blogs, and to exclude left-wing blogs?

- If you were truly intending to provide a non-partisan public service to the American public, why not produce and air a true documentary actually based on the 9/11 Commission Report and vetted by both Democrats and Republicans?

- Did you know about Cyrus Nowrasteh’s and David Cunningham’s extreme conservative views?

- Will you consider pulling scenes proven to be false?

- Will you consider removing the “based on the 9/11 Commission Report” imprimatur from promotional materials, and from the miniseries itself on the air dates?

- Will you consider giving Richard Clarke and/or prominent Democrats, who disagree with this airbrushing of the 9/11 story, the opportunity to point out the movies flaws on network time?

- Will ABC News report on the controversy over this project in the one-hour news special scheduled to air on September 11, following the movie?

And some questions for Tom Kean:
Did you have any reservations about promoting this movie without the Democratic co-chair of your Commission?

- Were you a paid consultant on this project, and if you were, do you have any misgivings at this point about trading in on your Commission role?

- Do you think it’s in the best interest of this nation to offer up this docudrama, which directly contradicts your own report in several instances, as being “based on the 9/11 Commission Report?

- Did you recommend to the screenwriter, director and producers that there should be Democratic vetting of this project as well?

- Do you believe that American children should be treated to well-documented and balanced accounts about 9/11, or do you give your blessing to students being served up lesson plans based on this movie, which has been proven to directly contradict your own Commission’s findings?

[vincent_vega_lives]

1. Haven't seen it

What scenes are false?

[Atman]

4. Read the article. The false parts seem to come after the opening credits.

That's what the post is about. The entire movie is pretty well drawn out in the E&P article. Essentially, it sounds as if this is actually a movie about Clinton getting a blow job while the world burned. I am stunned it is even being allowed to air, while the righties get their panties in a wad over a UK movie showing a fictionalized Bush assassination. We should be marching outside of GMA's windows RIGHT NOW, with big placards, and we shouldn't let up until this piece of shit partisan hack job is pulled from the air. OR...better yet...where is the "liberal Hollywood elite" making a LEFT WING "dramatization" of the attacks on the WTC?

[C_U_L8R]

2. There were clips yesterday on MSNBC

and forget about the lies and fakery...
it just look like a shitty made for tv flick...
the dialogue & acting was appallingly bad...
unwatchable really.. and I don't plan on watching.

I half believe all this hub-bub is designed to
drive viewership for what would otherwise
be an utterly forgetable film.

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[Cooley Hurd]

3. This mockudrama has only one purpose...

...to (wrongly) portray Democrats as soft and incompetent on terror in an election year.

If ABC or the movie's producers have any ANY interest in accuracy and fairness, they would allow a rebuttal by Richard Clarke, Roger Cressy, Bob Kerrey and Richard Ben-Veniste.

On edit: One thing that comes to mind is, given Tom Kean's involvement in the project and his CYA move by calling the scene in which bin Laden was "let go" a "composite," it's becomes crystal-clear that Kean is a partisan hack and destroys what little credibility the 9/11 commission had.

[Imagevision]

5. This sends a message that this administration is clearly in trouble...