Albright & Berger Letter Demands Kean Get ABC To Kill Film

[cyberpj]

Dear Governor Kean:

We write to express our deep dismay with your ongoing association with the ABC miniseries "The Path to 9/11," intended for broadcast September 10 & 11.

Your continued defense of this deeply flawed production is especially hard to understand in light of your commendable leadership of the 9/11 commission. Like much of the country, we were impressed by the care you and your fellow commissioners took to stick to the facts and to get it right for the American people -- and for history.

Unfortunately, as co-executive producer of this miniseries, you and your new associates haven chosen to go another way.

While we do not object to a certain amount of dramatic license, we strongly object to wholesale fabrications. Actors portraying us do contemptible things we never did, and say things we neither said nor believed. And what's more, in many instances these portrayals are contradicted by your Commission's own findings.

Whether your broadcast purports to be based on the 9/11 Report in whole -- or only in part -- is increasingly beside the point. The dramatic impact of a costly bot carelessly produced film will invariably overwhelm the impression of any government document.

Amidst alarming reports that irresponsible theories about the events of 9/11 have begun to gain currency with the American people, you should not want to lend your personal reputation to a production which seems likely to instigatenew and dangerous falsehoods. And so we ask that you use your influence to persuade ABC to withdraw the broadcast altogether. Failing that, we urge you to sever your relationship with this grossly misleading production.

Sincerely,

Madeleine Albright
Samuel R. Berger

http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/sep/08/albright_and_berger_slam_tom_kean_in_new_letter

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

1. Wow. This is stunning. Fantastic. K & R.

:kick: MKJ

[serryjw]

2. What's the difference

The damage is already done. IF it is pulled the RW will say the 'liberal' media caved to pressure. The fact that ABC would plan to air it is the problem that will not get solved either way

[babylonsister]

3. Let them go peddle this to wingnuts who want to rent it. It shouldn't

sully the airwaves that should be available to everyone.

[serryjw]

5. True

F-911 was a movie of choice not on public airways

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. The choices are this: Unite and fight, or not. I choose fight. And, I

think our country is ready for the fight, as well.

Nothing important is easy. :hi: MKJ

[serryjw]

6. It's over 5 years of fighting this sh*t

and I am tired. So many still believe the lies

[babylonsister]

7. Pls. see this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2085599&mesg_id=2085599

I also read that ABC aired the fact that there's no connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. CNN and MSNBC had big stories, too. If people still believe it, they're living in an alternate fantasyland. Have faith!

[serryjw]

9. How many times have bushitco

all said or inferred the opposite? I'm getting whiplash on yes, no, maybe, yes, maybe, no??

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

8. Here's a video that helps. :-)

http://www.thebattleforamerica.com/the-battle-for-america-large.html


MKJ

[serryjw]

10. Thanks but I'm sure itf this hurts or helps

sooooooooo much more has happened since 2004.

[babylonsister]

11. Just remember, we are ALL in the same boat here. nt

[serryjw]

12. It's bad enough what is happening

but that we can't count on the media to give America the truth is too hard to take. Would Nixon still be in office in 2006? Without an unbridled media we have no hope. EVEN if WE do get the Congress back what lies will they tell before 2008?

[babylonsister]

13. What do you mean, too hard to take? Don't watch the crap if

the media affects you so much and you can't be objective. Read DU instead, or take a walk or a break.

[serryjw]

14. I don't watch it

but that does not stop their damage when everyone else does.

[Vidar]

15. Nice to see Dems standing up instead of bending over.