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Friday, Sep 08, 2006
Email from KGO TV
Thank you for your email. Below is a response from our President and
General Manager, Valari Staab:
I appreciate you taking the time to email me with your concerns, ABC is reviewing the criticism and taking it seriously. Below is ABC's statement regarding the show and a copy of the disclaimer that will air during the show. Again, thank you for your email and know that I am letting ABC know how many of these we are receiving.
Valari Staab
President and General Manager, KGO-TV/DT
Statement from ABC Entertainment on The Path to 9/11
"The Path to 9/11" is not a documentary of the events leading to 9/11. It is a dramatization, drawn from a variety of sources including the 9/11 Commission Report, other published materials, and personal interviews. As such, for dramatic and narrative purposes, the movie contains fictionalized scenes, composite and representative characters and dialogue, and time compression. No one has seen the final version of the film, because the editing process is not yet complete, so criticisms of film specifics are premature and irresponsible. The attacks of 9/11 were a pivotal moment in our history, and it is fitting that the debate about the events related to the attacks continue. However, we hope viewers will watch the entire broadcast of the finished film before forming an opinion about it.
The following disclaimer will air throughout the movie:
"The following movie is a dramatization that is drawn from a variety of sources including the 9/11 Commission Report and other published materials, and from personal interviews. The movie is not a documentary. For dramatic and narrative purposes, the movie contains fictionalized scenes, composite and representative characters and dialogue, as well as time compression."
Shorter ABC:
General Manager, Valari Staab:
I appreciate you taking the time to email me with your concerns, ABC is reviewing the criticism and taking it seriously. Below is ABC's statement regarding the show and a copy of the disclaimer that will air during the show. Again, thank you for your email and know that I am letting ABC know how many of these we are receiving.
Valari Staab
President and General Manager, KGO-TV/DT
Statement from ABC Entertainment on The Path to 9/11
"The Path to 9/11" is not a documentary of the events leading to 9/11. It is a dramatization, drawn from a variety of sources including the 9/11 Commission Report, other published materials, and personal interviews. As such, for dramatic and narrative purposes, the movie contains fictionalized scenes, composite and representative characters and dialogue, and time compression. No one has seen the final version of the film, because the editing process is not yet complete, so criticisms of film specifics are premature and irresponsible. The attacks of 9/11 were a pivotal moment in our history, and it is fitting that the debate about the events related to the attacks continue. However, we hope viewers will watch the entire broadcast of the finished film before forming an opinion about it.
The following disclaimer will air throughout the movie:
"The following movie is a dramatization that is drawn from a variety of sources including the 9/11 Commission Report and other published materials, and from personal interviews. The movie is not a documentary. For dramatic and narrative purposes, the movie contains fictionalized scenes, composite and representative characters and dialogue, as well as time compression."
We are planning to innoculate the minds of millions of Americans with a flawed and fictional version of the causes of an event seared into the American conciousness. But this innoculation with a contagious and fallacious meme comes with a warning message, which completely nullifies our responsibility for spreading propaganda. And by the way, complaining about the innoculation of the body politic with propaganda prior to its adminstration is irresponsible. ... Bitch.
Email to the Bud Man
ABC is airing a program called "The Path to 9/11" that admittedly contains distortions about key historical events. The writers and producers have a right wing agenda to smear a former president.
I find this propaganda so offensive that I will punish ABC's parent company, The Walt Disney Corporation, and all its subsidiaries and advertisers for a one year period. That includes companies that advertise on ESPN.
Please find another outlet for your advertising so that I don't have to boycott your refreshing beverages.
cheers,
-Mark
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