ABC has Time to Fill at End of Path to 9-11 - Demand a Rebuttal

[RamboLiberal]

Want a rebuttal - here's the chance. From variety near bottom of article.

Because the miniseries' actual length is less than the six-hour, two-night block in which it's scheduled to run, ABC has had to make other plans to fill the time following the conclusions of both parts.

ABC News has already prepared a special documentary hosted by Charlie Gibson to air following the end of night two of the mini, just after 10 p.m. on Sept. 11. Alphabet is still finalizing plans for the roughly 10 minutes of airtime left at the conclusion of night one, on Sept. 10.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117949477?categoryid=14&cs=1&s=h&p=0

I did email this info to Think Progress and Media Matters. I have to head home from work now - send out to others if you'd like.

[blm]

1. Richard Clarke should rebut - that is, if Bill Clinton won't step up.

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[Initech]

2. That's it? Six hours of bullshit and a 10 minute rebuttal?

But then again, this piece of crap can easily be rebutted in less than the time of a commercial break. :evilgrin:

[MADem]

3. Ten lousy minutes? Fuck them!

They need to cut the completely false scene that Richard Ben-Veniste objected to, along with others of questionable provenance, and then they could probably run the damn the thing in one night.

Six hours, over two nights? That sounds rather ass-hardening.

And NO COMMERCIALS? That's definitely PROPAGANDA... After originally announcing its intention to air "The Path to 9/11" with limited commercial interruption, the network now will air both parts of the $30 million Harvey Keitel starrer without any advertising....Because "Path to 9/11" will air without sponsorship, whatever audience it attracts won't be officially recorded by Nielsen.

To spread the word about "Path to 9/11," ABC is sending 100,000 high school educators a letter from 9/11 Commission co-chair Tom Keane informing them of the various platforms on which the mini is available. ABC and Scholastic have pacted to produce an online study guide.



This stinks to HIGH HEAVEN.

[RamboLiberal]

4. I wonder if advertisers backed off

Just a thought cause they were originally going to air Monday night with commercials. Or at least in the past these kind of shows they give the advertiser a big chunk at the end.

[MADem]

5. Yep, that is EXACTLY what I thought, too. And DISNEY as a sponsor

(since they own ABC anyway) just didn't cut it...what, yer gonna have The Pirates of the Carribean prancing around at the break and chortling HO HO HO while Bin Ladin plots?

There was probably also fear that the smart half of the country would boycott their stupid theme parks if DISNEY sponsored this tripe.