Email to Senator George Mitchell, Disney Chairman
Senator George J. Mitchell (george.mitchell@dlapiper.com)
Chairman of the Board
Walt Disney Co.
Dear Sen. Mitchell:
I am writing to request that ABC/Disney cancel "The Path to 9/11", scheduled for broadcast September 10-11. There are several basic facts that indicate that the movie is no more than right-wing propaganda:
1. The movie was written by Cyrus Nowrasteh, a conservative supporter of George W. Bush.
2. Advance copies have been distributed only to conservative pundits and bloggers such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, but have been denied to others more critical of the Bush administration.
3. ABC claims that the movie is based "solely and completely on the 9/11 Commission Report". However, the movie directly contradicts that report in several places, including its depiction of the involvement of Sandy Berger and Madeline Albright as calling off an early attempt to kill Osama bin Laden after he attacked the USS Cole, and its claim that the Clinton administration refused to carry out retributive strikes after the USS Cole attack. (In the latter case, the Commission Report found that it was the Bush administration who declined to attack bin Laden.)
4. There has been diverse criticism of the movie's false portayal of members of the Clinton administration as soft on terrorism. This criticism comes not only from those Clinton administration members themselves, but from such staunch conservatives as Bill Bennet and Fox anchor Chris Wallace, among others.
It seems obvious that a fictionalized and obviously biased movie made by a partisan support of one political party should not be aired on network television at any time, but especially a few months before national elections, unless it is run as a paid political advertisement with equal time for rebuttal offered for opposing viewpoints. The proximity of this propaganda broadcast to the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is also shameful.
I am recommending to all friends and family that they boycott both ABC and Disney productions until such time as this blatant and strategically-timed propaganda is pulled from the air.
I would be grateful for a prompt reply to this email. Thank you.
Chairman of the Board
Walt Disney Co.
Dear Sen. Mitchell:
I am writing to request that ABC/Disney cancel "The Path to 9/11", scheduled for broadcast September 10-11. There are several basic facts that indicate that the movie is no more than right-wing propaganda:
1. The movie was written by Cyrus Nowrasteh, a conservative supporter of George W. Bush.
2. Advance copies have been distributed only to conservative pundits and bloggers such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, but have been denied to others more critical of the Bush administration.
3. ABC claims that the movie is based "solely and completely on the 9/11 Commission Report". However, the movie directly contradicts that report in several places, including its depiction of the involvement of Sandy Berger and Madeline Albright as calling off an early attempt to kill Osama bin Laden after he attacked the USS Cole, and its claim that the Clinton administration refused to carry out retributive strikes after the USS Cole attack. (In the latter case, the Commission Report found that it was the Bush administration who declined to attack bin Laden.)
4. There has been diverse criticism of the movie's false portayal of members of the Clinton administration as soft on terrorism. This criticism comes not only from those Clinton administration members themselves, but from such staunch conservatives as Bill Bennet and Fox anchor Chris Wallace, among others.
It seems obvious that a fictionalized and obviously biased movie made by a partisan support of one political party should not be aired on network television at any time, but especially a few months before national elections, unless it is run as a paid political advertisement with equal time for rebuttal offered for opposing viewpoints. The proximity of this propaganda broadcast to the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is also shameful.
I am recommending to all friends and family that they boycott both ABC and Disney productions until such time as this blatant and strategically-timed propaganda is pulled from the air.
I would be grateful for a prompt reply to this email. Thank you.
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