ABC: Tell the Truth About 9/11 Working Assets TAKE ACTION NOW>>>>

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ABC: Tell the Truth About 9/11

Contributed by Working Assets

On September 10th and 11th, ABC -- which is owned by Disney -- is planning to air a "docu-drama" called "Path to 9/11," which is being billed as "an objective telling of the events of 9/11." In fact, the film was written by an unabashed conservative who twists the facts to blame President Clinton.

In fact, the list of counterterrorism initiatives undertaken by the Clinton administration is lengthy and comprehensive. Regrettably, the record shows that most of these efforts were watered down or abandoned by the Bush administration when they came into office. History will also record that President Bush was the one who received -- and while on vacation, chose to ignore -- a Presidential Daily Briefing on August 6, 2001 entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US."

ABC's new six-hour film was apparently screened in advance only to conservative bloggers and journalists -- and received extensive praise from none other than Rush Limbaugh. ABC is advertising the film as being "based on the 9/11 Commission report" -- yet also admits that it's a "docu-drama," in which writers and producers are free to invent and distort facts. Former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke has already completely refuted one of the key scenes of the movie.

It's simply stunning to think that as this fall's election approaches, a major television network would devote six hours of prime-time programming to air such a slanted and inaccurate program. There is simply no way that a conservative writer, with an anti-Clinton axe to grind, should be allowed to use public airwaves to broadcast a gross distortion of the truth -- especially on the anniversary of the worst day in our history.


Call to action:
Send a message to ABC asking them to cancel the show.
http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=21317&afccode=n69jnb

Deadline:
9/10/2006

Additional Information:
We urge you to personalize the letter and express your views on this topic in your won words.

If you would like to also contact your local ABC affiliate and request that they cancel the show, a listing of those affiliates is here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ABC_television_affiliates

[helderheid]

1. At that link you can send this letter:

Subject:
Your biased and inaccurate docudrama needs to be cancelled

I'm very curious as to why you're airing a Clinton-bashing piece by an awoved conservative activist -- a scant two months before a national election in which Republicans have decided to make fear and security the central issues of their campaigns.

According to reports from those who have seen it, the "docu-drama" is also riddled with factual errors. Former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke has already debunked one of the film's central scenes -- involving Sandy Berger -- as completely false.

Were you aware while making this film that the screenwriter - Cyrus Nowrasteh - is an avowed conservative who has spoken on a panel entitled "How Conservatives Can Lead Hollywood's Next Paradigm Shift?"

There is simply no way that a conservative producer, with an anti-Clinton axe to grind, should be allowed to use public airwaves to broadcast a gross distortion of the truth -- especially on the anniversary of the worst day in our history, and two months before an important national election.

I call upon you to pull this slanted "docu-drama" from its scheduled airing on Monday.

I look forward to your reply to my letter. Thank you for your attention.

Sincerely,

[helderheid]

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[helderheid]

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[helderheid]

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[Elwood P Dowd]

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[helderheid]

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[helderheid]

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[Dinger]

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[helderheid]

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[helderheid]

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[helderheid]

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