American Airlines criticizes ABC miniseries on 9/11 attacks

[CarlWoodward]

American Airlines criticizes ABC miniseries on 9/11 attacks

By TREBOR BANSTETTER
Star-Telegram Staff Writer

FORT WORTH — Executives with American Airlines say they are “outraged” at the airline’s depiction in the ABC miniseries The Path to 9-11.

Airline spokesman Roger Frizzell said Monday that the miniseries, which concludes tonight, falsely portrays an American gate agent at Boston’s Logan Airport allowing a terrorist onto a flight despite a warning that he may have been a threat.

“It’s important for the public to know that the ABC dramatization is inaccurate and irresponsible in its portrayal of the airport check-in events that occurred on the morning of Sept. 11,” he said.

Two flights operated by Fort Worth-based American were hijacked in the attacks. Flight 11, which departed from Logan, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York, and Flight 77, which flew from Washington Dulles Airport, crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

Officials with ABC were not immediately available for comment.

The full story is here

[Kikosexy2]

1. Boycott...

Watch football on ESPN or Desire and Fashion House for shits and giggles...as well as bad dialogue, Bo Derek's bad acting and plenty of bitchery...

[Richardo]

3. Watching ESPN doesn't gain you anything.

It's Disney, too.

[Kikosexy2]

9. my bad...

then watch porn...for Goodness Sake's!

[MidwestTransplant]

15. Post inappropriate thing on DU instead!

[Sapere aude]

8. Read a book, a mind is a terrible thing to waste on TV

[Turbineguy]

11. I got the older

Sherlock Holmes series with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce over the weekend.

Hmmm..... I wonder... how would "The Hound of the Baskervilles" have gone if Karl Rove had written it....

[gizmo1979]

12. I happen to like TV.

I really hate it when people act all superior because they don't watch TV.You don't watch tv fine good for you,but that doesn't make you a better person.Sorry but there's a guy at work that does that all the time.He still couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the c and the t.So I'm kinda touchy about it.

[Bluzmann57]

23. I'm with you

There is talk about an all out boycott against Disney, but realistically, it won't work. I'm still going to watch ESPN because I happen to like sports and my Iowa Hawkeyes play several games on that network. So the high and mighty are going to tell me that I can't watch football on TV? Fat chance. I am not a season ticket holder, and besides that, I would also like to see road games. Quit watching TV? Nope, gotta see sports.

[gizmo1979]

30. I'm with ya.

I'll make sure I give it 3 thumbs down on the Tivo.That should confuse disney.

[Cameron27]

2. I've been waiting for this

American is sending a statement to any customers who ask about the miniseries.

“We are outraged by how American is portrayed in ABC’s program,” it reads. “It is not factual, and very unfortunate.”


A lawsuit would be nice.

[Kelvin Mace]

5. A lawsuit is needed.

It is the only thing Disney will understand. Also, they cannot hope to win,m since they were told about the AA error prior to air time and went ahead with it anyway. This is WILLFUL defamation.

[CarlWoodward]

6. I wouldn't be surprised if they sue

I wouldn't be surprised if AA sues. They have a massive legal team and they sue pretty much everyone who looks at them the wrong way.

[BootinUp]

4. This is when its fun to watch

Meanwhile at Disney/ABC HQ: ANOTHER INCOMING!

How much can they take before crying uncle?

[C_U_L8R]

7. They should be outraged

it's time to shut down these swiftboating pigs for good

[SpiralHawk]

10. Let the ABC-republicon propagnadists have it. They deserve it for spewing

such right wing "news" propaganda. They have zero news credibility in my book after this crap.

[donco6]

13. Me too.

I'll just never be able to watch ABC news again. I will ALWAYS switch to any other station.

[ldf]

20. pickens are pretty slim

ABCessDisney tv is just that.

CBS/Viacom necklaced Rather, rather than annoy the rightwing shrill brigade with the truth about w's (lack of) national guard service.

NBC's Jack Welch is 50% responsible for the lie of bush winning Florida, by ordering his news team to call bush the winner.

FAUX had Bush's cousin do the other 50%, calling the same for their network.

There are no other major news players. (Fox isn't even major...they're just LOUD.)

And still no deep pocket Democrats will step up to start purchasing some media power.

me and you can't do it. money can, but apparently dem money won't.

:shrug:

[donco6]

24. I watch BBC and read online sites and blogs.

At least the information is THERE. You do have to be somewhat discriminating and look for multiple sources. IOW, you have to be your own journalist.

[AndyTiedye]

29. NO Democrat Has That Much Money

[Taoschick]

14. American Airlines faux outrage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5485376

The only question is whether or not AA got a copy of the most recent watch list.

[Cameron27]

16. I don't know the status of the watch list

but:

Box cutters were OK at time
Details in the grainy video are difficult to distinguish. But an earlier, preliminary report by the commission describing activities at Dulles is consistent with the men’s procession through airport security as shown on the video.

No knives or other sharp objects are visible on the surveillance video. Investigators have said the hijackers at Dulles were believed to be carrying utility knives either personally or in their luggage, which at the time could legally be carried aboard planes if the blades were less than 4 inches long and were not considered “menacing.”

[cascadiance]

21. They should be calling PT 911 producers ANTI-AMERICAN!

Seems like it should literally fit!

[tanyev]

17. They should be outraged.

Donating all that money to Republicans, and this is how they get treated? Tsk, tsk.

American Airlines
2006 PAC Summary Data

Total Receipts
$313,033

Total Spent (view expenditures)
$311,700

Date of last report
August 31, 2006

Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients)
(27% to Democrats, 73% to Republicans) $229,000
Contributions to this PAC from individual donors of $200 or more (list donors) $91,749


American Airlines
2004 PAC Summary Data

Total Receipts
$352,262

Total Spent (view expenditures)
$354,085

Date of last report
December 31, 2004

Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients)
(37% to Democrats, 63% to Republicans) $266,000
Contributions to this PAC from individual donors of $200 or more (list donors) $99,964

www.opensecrets.org

[Pachamama]

18. Is there anything in this film that is accurate and not distorted?

:eyes:

[Bleacher Creature]

25. At least they got the spellings of people's names right.

Oh wait, nevermind.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/09/disneyabc-gets-sec-of-state-albrights.html

[Pachamama]

28. OMG! They even spelled Albright's name incorrectly???

:banghead: Oh boy, they are really thorough, aren't they?

[The Count]

19. Tonight's PT911 starts at 9:30 (Jr's speech) - and lasts..1/2h

At least according to the TV Guide

[appleannie1]

22. Is that during the time

he sits all glazy eyed in a classroom or the time he spent flying all over the country until someone called to tell him what to do?

[onehandle]

26. If anybody could or would actually sue, it's them. nt

[truthisfreedom]

27. we need a website for this... to show a list of everything Disney owns

so we can effectively boycott all of it. does anything exist?