HBO strives to avoid bias charges in Florida 2000 docudrama

[Poiuyt]

This spring, premium cable subscribers will be able to relive the drama of the contested 2000 presidential election when HBO debuts its new film Recount.

In creating the controversial docudrama, the network sought to allay concerns that beset some of its predecessors in fictionalizing real-world events by allowing the actual people portrayed in the movie to suggest script revisions and visit the film set, The Politico reports.

The most persistent warning being heeded by HBO comes from last year's controversial ABC miniseries The Path to 9/11. That film, written by an avowed conservative activist, was widely criticized for its negative portrayal of former President Bill Clinton's efforts against al Qaeda and the implication that members of his national security team allowed Osama bin Laden to slip away.

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In an effort to avoid similar controversy, Recount writer Danny Strong pored over several books, including Jeffrey Toobin's Too Close to Call and Deadlock: The Inside Story of America's Closet Election, written by the Washington Post's political team, according to Politico. Strong also personally interviewed the film's main subjects, Democratic operative Ron Klain, Bush confidant James Baker III and Bush/Cheney attorney Ben Ginsberg.

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My feeling is if Baker and Ginsburg are involved, it won't be fair or truthful

[seemslikeadream]

1. They didn't talk to Greg Palast?

oh well

[stop the bleeding]

2. somehow not surprised at all

:hi:

[seemslikeadream]

3. Thinking of you

[Hydra]

4. They can't give an honest protrayal of how the coup happened

There are lots of people here on DU that erroneously blame Nader for our "loss" in Florida or insist that Bush somehow won that.

I don't like the Nader thing, because if it really was his intent to disrupt Al Gore's campaign, the best thing we can do is to tell him that he was irrelevant and not to bother running again.

I think the climate would be quite a bit different in America right now if it were widely accepted that Bush was never elected to the office he now holds.

[lpbk2713]

5. If they bend over backwards to avoid controversy in a controversial issue ...

then they will be going overboard to appease the rethuglicans who stole the election.

If that is the case then this will not be a docudrama, it will be idealized fiction.

The whole piece will be as phony as Katherine Harris' chest.

[Uncle Joe]

6. The real story was the totally biased media coverage

leading up to the selection of 2000, I doubt that will be exposed by HBO. The media did nothing but trash, slander and libel Al Gore for the better part of two years, while giving Bush a free pass. The nation is paying a heavy price for that, had they even come close to telling the truth, Al Gore would've won by a landslide, too large for the neocons to steal.