ABC Leaks:"The message of the Clinton Admin failures remains fully intact"

[elehhhhna]

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/06/abc-assures-bloggers/

ABC won’t give President Clinton, Madeleine Albright or Sandy Berger a copy of its 9/11 docudrama, “The Path to 9/11.” But there is virtually nothing about the film ABC won’t share with the right-wing blogosphere.

For example, an ABC insider sent this missive to right-wing blogger Hugh Hewitt about potential edits to the film:

The Disney execs met all through the weekend - unheard of in this business - debating what changes would be made and what concessions should be given. Here is what looks to be the conclusion:

- There will be a handful of tweaks made to a few scenes.
- They are minor, and nuance in most cases - a line lift here, a tweak to the edit there.
- There are 900 screeners out there. When this airs this weekend, there will be a number of people who will spend their free evenings looking for these changes and will be hard pressed to identify them. They are that minor.
- The average viewer would not be able to tell the difference between the two versions.
- The message of the Clinton Admin failures remains fully intact.


Read the full email to Hewitt here: http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/9367b3cd-be2a-40a3-b927-1854a0115108

[Dogmudgeon]

1. This has the potential for MAJOR blow-back on the GOP

:)

--p!

[K8-EEE]

4. Agreed! Their Most Enduring Myths Exposed As BULLSHIT

By patriotic DUers---stuff they use for misinformation/whispering campaigns to gullible RWers will not stand up to the light of day and the scrutiny of most reasonable Americans. THESE STORIES ARE EASILY DEBUNKED! Then they lose their cult power...

[EVDebs]

5. ....and the M$M

Remember the masked marchers at the end of V for Vendetta ? That's what will happen on 9-11 in NYC when Loose Change copies of the DVD will become like confetti spreading all over town. The "Sherwin Williams" paint, cover the earth campaign.

[Dogmudgeon]

9. Just posted this poll

The Path to 9-11: How much blow-back?

--p!

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. I hope you are correct! nt

[EVDebs]

2. They're trying to secretly blunt the Loose Change release at GroundZero

by putting out this RightWingNut claptrap in a preemptive strike at the American voter's common sense. It isn't working. In fact, it's counter-productive to their agenda. The TRUTH WILL OUT !

[fasttense]

3. Spreading lie and propaganda, just what the corporate media

was designed for.

[bryant69]

6. That's extremely overt.

Oh my.

They couldn't be more open in what they are doing.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Mike03]

7. Whoa...

ABC is going to regret they ever got into this mess. How stupid could they be?

[Marr]

8. Who is PAYING for this?

They're running this thing without ads. I want to know who's paying to have this thing aired.

If it's the GOP or some GOP-affiliated group, that opens up a big (and potentially damaging to the GOP) can of worms. If ABC is just giving the airtime away, I suspect their investors would have something to say on the subject. That's like Ford giving cars away.

[glitch]

14. See this most excellent post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2071734

[WFF]

21. See this most excellent post too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2066166

[Gregorian]

10. At best, what would this possibly do for the Republicans?

I keep asking. OK, so let's assume Clinton was actually stoned out of his mind in the oval office, completely ignoring terrorism. How is that supposed to change the upcoming election?

You know, as stupid as people can be, they aren't this ignorant.

[Chimichurri]

11. Who is Hewitt and I wonder how true this is:

An exclamation point on this event is the fact that Oliver Stone will endorse the project this week. Not known for his conservative leanings, he loves the project. Perhaps this and the fact that the production company that made Al Gore's movie, "An Inconvenient Truth" are endorsing it would underline just how far out or touch and scared the Clinton Admin is about the revelation of the facts as portrayed in this project. Is it just that Clinton is continuing to re-define his legacy? Or is it his fears for this election cycle and 2008? Or both?

[Redneck Socialist]

13. He's a right wing tool

I would take anything off his site with a huge (or is that hugh?) grain of salt.

[badgerpup]

12. Tinfoil hat alert : And I'll cop to being suspicious and paranoid...

:tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:
What if there's some wheels within wheels going on here?
This is so damn blatant and out there...
could the 'September Surprise' be a different kind of distraction?
Rather than yet another whomped-up terrist scare, I mean...

What are the Republicans doing behind the scenes while the Democrats are dealing with the very visible ABC?
:yoiks:

The lies, 'errors', propaganda and spin is just waaaay too blatant.

JMHO...

[Junkdrawer]

17. This...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2070962&mesg_id=2070962

[David Zephyr]

15. K&R.

:kick:

[City Lights]

16. Disney is dead to me. eom

[Ganja Ninja]

18. How could we possibly pay back Disney for this pack of lies?

I wonder how a company that depends on tourism would feel about people spreading negative rumors about their theme parks on the internet. What goes around comes around usually.

[SDDEM06]

19. I heard Disney murdered people on their theme park rides

saw that thread posted earlier. It sounds like this Disney place isn't much of a family-friendly place to spend your vacation...

[Ganja Ninja]

22. The rooms are dirty. The food was bad.

The hotel was infested with rats. My whole family caught a bad case of Walt's revenge.

[AX10]

23. Disney owns ABC radio which broadcasts Limbaugh and Hannity...

who have called for the murdering of gays, feminists, and liberals.

[wiley]

26. Please Elaborate

This is important information. Does Rush Limpballs have any control over this ABC radio controlled network of stations? Is ABC radio just a small part of the effort to manipulate the fair election process that once existed in America?

[AtomicKitten]

20. effin propagandists

a disclaimer is better but not anywhere in the ballpark of good enough

[Kuni]

24. FBI Agent Consulted On Path to 9/11 Quit Halfway Through 'TheyMadeStuffUp'

FBI Agent Who Consulted On Path to 9/11 Quit Halfway Through Because ‘They Were Making Things Up’
http://www.debatebothsides.com/showthread.php?t=46764
James Bamford, an author and journalist who has written about security issues, appeared on MSNBC to discuss “The Path to 9/11.” Bamford revealed that an FBI agent who worked as a consultant to the film quit halfway through production of the mini-series because he believed the writers and producers were “making things up.” Watch it:


BAMFORD: It’s made-up. This is fiction. This is not real. One of my friends actually was a consultant to this production — an FBI agent who worked on 9/11. He quit halfway through because he thought they were making things up.

[elehhhhna]

27. Welcome aboard , Kuni! (Kuni found the OP info which I reposted here )

[Karenina]

28. Welcome, Kuni!!!

:hi: