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Aimstraight
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Username: Aimstraight
| | Posted on Saturday, September 09, 2006 - 03:29 pm: | 
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Media Culture
Sens. Reid, Durbin, Stabenow, Schumer, and Dorgan sent a letter to Disney today containing the following passages:
We write with serious concerns about the planned upcoming broadcast of The Path to 9/11 mini-series on September 10 and 11. Countless reports from experts on 9/11 who have viewed the program indicate numerous and serious inaccuracies that will undoubtedly serve to misinform the American people about the tragic events surrounding the terrible attacks of that day. Furthermore, the manner in which this program has been developed, funded, and advertised suggests a partisan bent unbecoming of a major company like Disney and a major and well respected news organization like ABC. We therefore urge you to cancel this broadcast to cease Disney’s plans to use it as a teaching tool in schools across America through Scholastic. Presenting such deeply flawed and factually inaccurate misinformation to the American public and to children would be a gross miscarriage of your corporate and civic responsibility to the law, to your shareholders, and to the nation.
The Communications Act of 1934 provides your network with a free broadcast license predicated on the fundamental understanding of your principle obligation to act as a trustee of the public airwaves in serving the public interest. Nowhere is this public interest obligation more apparent than in the duty of broadcasters to serve the civic needs of a democracy by promoting an open and accurate discussion of political ideas and events. [...]
Should Disney allow this programming to proceed as planned, the factual record, millions of viewers, countless schoolchildren, and the reputation of Disney as a corporation worthy of the trust of the American people and the United States Congress will be deeply damaged. We urge you, after full consideration of the facts, to uphold your responsibilities as a respected member of American society and as a beneficiary of the free use of the public airwaves to cancel this factually inaccurate and deeply misguided program. We look forward to hearing back from you soon.
Who in the press will stick up for ABC's right to air this miniseries without having its broadcast license threatened?
I'm sure they will after the chopping is done. |
Egantry47
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Username: Egantry47
| | Posted on Sunday, September 10, 2006 - 10:17 pm: |
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Did you watch it, Michael?
"If we don't learn to get along with one another, cast off our social and religious dogma and deal with reality as it is, we will not survive this social cycle and have to start all over again." - Jim Armstrong
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Aimstraight
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Username: Aimstraight
| | Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 03:09 am: |
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Yes ET47, are there no men in Washington. I’m sure there’s enough faults to go around for everyone but our leaders look like fools. At least now were fighting back. |
Egantry47
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Username: Egantry47
| | Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 05:51 am: |
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I watched some of it while reading. Wasn't really very impressed, kind of boring. Don't you think including fabricated events was very misleading, perhaps intentionally so? I mean, if you're basing a drama on a real event, shouldn't it at least be factual? Anyway, here's a video that really got my attention. Hope you have a chance to check it out.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1016720641536424083&q=press+for+truth
"If we don't learn to get along with one another, cast off our social and religious dogma and deal with reality as it is, we will not survive this social cycle and have to start all over again." - Jim Armstrong
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