DNC: Nearly 200,000 Americans Agree, ABC Needs to Pull the Plug

[Omaha Steve]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=72062

DNC: Nearly 200,000 Americans Agree, ABC Needs to Pull the Plug on Slanderous Propaganda Film

9/8/2006 4:59:00 PM

To: National Desk

Contact: Stacie Paxton of the DNC Press Office, 202-863-8148

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, the Democratic National Committee delivered a petition signed by close to 200,000 Americans to the ABC offices in Washington urging the network to pull the plug on "The Path to 9/11," the five hour propaganda video it plans to air Sunday and Monday night. The DNC organized the petition drive when it became clear this week that the network was prepared to ignore criticism of its decision to air a right-wing, factually inaccurate mocudrama that dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims in order to serve a cheap, callous political agenda two months before the election.

In an unprecedented response, almost 200,000 Americans signed the petition after DNC Executive Director Tom McMahon sent an email on Wednesday. The petition calls on Walt Disney company president Robert Iger to "honor the trust the public has given you with our public airwaves by keeping this propaganda off the air."

"The fifth anniversary of the horrific attacks of September 11th should be time to honor the memory of the people who died there, the people who lived through it, and everyone still traumatized by the attacks," said DNC Chairman Howard Dean. "Yet Disney and ABC are about to run a propaganda piece 60 days before the election which portrays a far-right view of who is responsible for the 911 attacks.

"Today, more than 200,000 Americans have sent a clear message that the solemn anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is not a time for shameless partisan smears. They protested ABC's intervention in this election and demanded that this right wing propaganda piece be pulled. Walt Disney and ABC have an obligation to the American people to make sure this inaccurate right-wing propaganda piece never reaches our broadcast airwaves."

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[Monkeyman]

1. not enough

[MasonJar]

2. Oh, it will multiply in the coming weeks. Let's keep up with who is

advertising on ABC. We need to blanket them with boycotts.