9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased

[wyldwolf]

ABC said it planned to run a disclaimer with the broadcast, reminding viewers that the movie was not a documentary.

But Richard Ben-Veniste, a member of the Sept. 11 commission, said genre confusion would not be a problem for commission members, several of whom saw part of the miniseries last week.

“As we were watching, we were trying to think how they could have misinterpreted the 9/11 commission’s finding the way that they had,” Mr. Ben-Veniste said. “They gave the impression that Clinton had not given the green light to an operation that had been cleared by the C.I.A. to kill bin Laden,” when, in fact, the Sept. 11 commission concluded that Mr. Clinton had.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/us/06path.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=login

[xchrom]

1. the damage is done.

everything that happens after is fighting from the back foot and off balance.

[bluestateguy]

2. We're making progress, but I still think it will air

nt

[FormerDittoHead]

3. What kind of disclaimer would be appropriate?

How about a crawl during the whole movie:

This is right wing bullshit. This is right wing bullshit. This is right wing bullshit. This is right wing bullshit.

[GOTV]

4. I don't think the disclaimer will make any difference.

When people don't know what is fact and what is fiction the only real choices are to believe none of it or believe all of it. How can you choose one scene against another?

[dodger501]

5. You are right, it won't make a difference

Many, many people to this day think that TV is not allowed to show something if it is not true.

[Radical Activist]

6. "based on the 9/11 commission report"

That's what the TV commercial says. That is designed to make it sound factual. They need to take that add off the air, or better yet, pull the show off the air.