Comments on: If Only I Had An ABC-Approved Press Pass http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:08:18 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: yoyomuch http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-284501 yoyomuch Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:16:45 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-284501 <p>Michael Medved went after this article by Jennifer Nix on his Sept. 5 radio program.</p> Michael Medved went after this article by Jennifer Nix on his Sept. 5 radio program.

]]> By: Post-Reality: a Case Study « Post-realism & Emerging Identities http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-284442 Post-Reality: a Case Study « Post-realism & Emerging Identities Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:37:27 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-284442 <p>[…] There has been an enormous and deserved furor in the blogosphere (again - hate that word, but it is what it is) these past few days about “The Path to 9/11,” an ABC-produced mini-series that may or may not air this Sunday and Monday, wherein outrageous fabrications are represented as though they were events which actually occurred. Better and more thorough coverage of these misrepresentations and some of their truly terrifying implications (which I may discuss more, later) can be found here, here and here. […]</p> […] There has been an enormous and deserved furor in the blogosphere (again – hate that word, but it is what it is) these past few days about “The Path to 9/11,” an ABC-produced mini-series that may or may not air this Sunday and Monday, wherein outrageous fabrications are represented as though they were events which actually occurred. Better and more thorough coverage of these misrepresentations and some of their truly terrifying implications (which I may discuss more, later) can be found here, here and here. […]

]]> By: A Moderate from South Dakota » 9/11 Fictional Non-Fiction On ABC This Weekend http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-281775 A Moderate from South Dakota » 9/11 Fictional Non-Fiction On ABC This Weekend Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:07:44 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-281775 <p>[…] 9/11 Fictional Non-Fiction On ABC This Weekend By sdmoderate A docudrama that is supposedly based solely on the 9/11 commission report is scheduled to be aired on ABC this weekend and the producers have been more than happy to provide advanced copies to right-wing pundits and bloggers and have even sent out letters to schools urging teachers to tell kids to watch this story. […]</p> […] 9/11 Fictional Non-Fiction On ABC This Weekend By sdmoderate A docudrama that is supposedly based solely on the 9/11 commission report is scheduled to be aired on ABC this weekend and the producers have been more than happy to provide advanced copies to right-wing pundits and bloggers and have even sent out letters to schools urging teachers to tell kids to watch this story. […]

]]> By: www.sgath.net » Blog Archive » http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-281184 www.sgath.net » Blog Archive » Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:25:21 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-281184 <p>[…] Pakistan can deny all they want, but why would ABC invent a transcript like this when it clearly brings into question the Bush administration’s support of Pakistan as an ally in the war on terror and in the hunt for Bin Laden? After all, ABC/Disney are about to release a wonderfully pro-right, pro-republican piece of propaganda for 9/11. […]</p> […] Pakistan can deny all they want, but why would ABC invent a transcript like this when it clearly brings into question the Bush administration’s support of Pakistan as an ally in the war on terror and in the hunt for Bin Laden? After all, ABC/Disney are about to release a wonderfully pro-right, pro-republican piece of propaganda for 9/11. […]

]]> By: Outraged and disappointed http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-281084 Outraged and disappointed Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:16:03 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-281084 <p>I am shocked that ABC will air a 9/11 mini-series that blatently misleads audiences with right-wing propaganda designed to further misinform the American public. Hell, half of the American public still believes Saddam had something to do with 9/11! </p> <p>ABC may profit from the predictable controversy but airing a film designed to obfuscate Bush’s responsibility for 9/11 will cause ABC to suffer greatly in the estimation of serious people. ABC, leave the RNC propaganda to Fox, it’s not your demographic.</p> I am shocked that ABC will air a 9/11 mini-series that blatently misleads audiences with right-wing propaganda designed to further misinform the American public. Hell, half of the American public still believes Saddam had something to do with 9/11!

ABC may profit from the predictable controversy but airing a film designed to obfuscate Bush’s responsibility for 9/11 will cause ABC to suffer greatly in the estimation of serious people. ABC, leave the RNC propaganda to Fox, it’s not your demographic.

]]> By: joseph a. mondello http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-280662 joseph a. mondello Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:54:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-280662 <p><a href="#comment-279017"><em>Phoenix Woman @ 27 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>If the ABC lackeys spew the “this is only intended to be entertainment and not an accurate retelling”, then <a href="http://content.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=415">ask them why the hell they’re having Scholastic issue TEACHERS’ GUIDE on the damn thing!</a></p></blockquote> Phoenix Woman @ 27

If the ABC lackeys spew the “this is only intended to be entertainment and not an accurate retelling”, then ask them why the hell they’re having Scholastic issue TEACHERS’ GUIDE on the damn thing!

]]> By: Loaded Mouth http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-280330 Loaded Mouth Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:30:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-280330 <p><strong>The truth about the - rightwing orgasmic fantasy film - Path to 9/11</strong></p> <p>The truth about the ABC’s rightwing orgasmic fantasy “Docudrama”, Path to 9/11<br /> The American Broadcasting Corporation (abc) is about to air (on Sun</p> The truth about the – rightwing orgasmic fantasy film – Path to 9/11

The truth about the ABC’s rightwing orgasmic fantasy “Docudrama”, Path to 9/11
The American Broadcasting Corporation (abc) is about to air (on Sun

]]> By: MarchDancer http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-280003 MarchDancer Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:38:48 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-280003 <p>Wow! I don’t see this link anywhere, but I admit I did a pretty cursory look. I apologize if another commenter has posted it.</p> <p>This is from IMBd - Earth’s Largest Movie Database (Yeah, the anagram is pretty odd)</p> <p>Daily Variety reported on Tuesday that ABC has decided to play this movie as they did Private Ryan because it’s so controversial (their word).</p> <p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473404/news">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473404/news</a></p> Wow! I don’t see this link anywhere, but I admit I did a pretty cursory look. I apologize if another commenter has posted it.

This is from IMBd – Earth’s Largest Movie Database (Yeah, the anagram is pretty odd)

Daily Variety reported on Tuesday that ABC has decided to play this movie as they did Private Ryan because it’s so controversial (their word).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473404/news

]]> By: MarchDancer http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-279983 MarchDancer Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:25:28 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-279983 <p>I have just submitted a comment to Scholastic. Any parent can sure make that first paragraph one of thank yous for years of service to children. It’s a perfect lead-in to further service by reviewing their relationship with ABC TV. I had great fun.</p> I have just submitted a comment to Scholastic. Any parent can sure make that first paragraph one of thank yous for years of service to children. It’s a perfect lead-in to further service by reviewing their relationship with ABC TV. I had great fun.

]]> By: AirportCat http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-279819 AirportCat Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:11:12 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/05/if-only-i-had-an-abc-approved-press-pass/#comment-279819 <p>Late to the party here, but this quote:</p> <blockquote><p>“blowing truly non-partisan smoke in the public’s face with this so-called public service”</p></blockquote> <p>caused me to consider that this is perhaps a very public “servicing” (and I mean that in the Deep Throatiest sense of the word) of the Bush administration.</p> Late to the party here, but this quote:

“blowing truly non-partisan smoke in the public’s face with this so-called public service”

caused me to consider that this is perhaps a very public “servicing” (and I mean that in the Deep Throatiest sense of the word) of the Bush administration.

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