Should ABC's broadcast incense to be revoked if they air the fictional docu-drama about 9/11?

Question

License is predicated on the understanding that ABC act as a trustee of the public airwaves that serve the public interest.
ABC News has not signed off on the fictional account as accurate.
None who have viewed the two part interpretation of events of 9/11 vouch for its accuracy.

Even Thomas Kean, who serves as a paid consultant to the miniseries, has admitted that scenes in the film are fictionalized. [“9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased,” New York Times, September 6, 2006]
FBI agent who worked on 9/11 and served as a consultant to ABC on this program quit halfway through because, “he thought they were making things up.” [MSNBC, September 7, 2006]
Richard Ben-Veniste, speaking for himself and fellow 9/11 Commissioners who recently viewed the program, said, “As we were watching, we were trying to think how they could have misinterpreted the 9/11 Commission’s findings the way that they had.”
Richard Clark advisor to ABC has described the program as “deeply flawed”

Answer 1

I would recommend anyone interested in this topic go to:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

They have several news clips, which raise serious questions about this film. I do not have a problem with finding the truth. I think government should be held responsible. This is not a documentary or a news program but some people will watch this and "assume" this is what actually happened. Apparently they are going to re-edit this before it is broadcast because there are scenes, which are biased and fictionalized.

Answer 2

nicely, in accordance with Democrats' protestations, ABC did not attempt to protect it on actual grounds, yet in basic terms reported they have fictional license. The very last I heard (from Condoleezza Rice in sworn testimony before the Senate) became that the Bushies were warned about OBL initiating with a Clinton administration list in January 2001, and then many times from assorted sources thereafter. i imagine it truly is person-friendly to misconstrue or fail to acceptable vette intelligence, so i does no longer say the Bushies are to blame for letting it ensue; although, obviously the Clinton administration regarded the threat and tried to do some thing about it. (keep in techniques the cruise missile attack on Afghanistan?)

Answer 3

Why don't you wait to see how the movie turns out, it isn't even out of editing yet, so things can change. But even if it is ficitional, they shouldn't have their lisence revoked based on precedent. Does anyone remember a certain CBS 60 Minutes documentary based on blatantly forged documents regarding Bush's Nat'l Gaurd records 50 days before the election? Sure Dan Rather was demoted and the producer was fired, but nothing happened to CBS or its president, who directly oversaw this specific documentary.

But I expect the reaction to be stronger against this, if it is how people are describing it because it is attacking Clinton and not Bush.

Answer 4

Get real. Who wants to hide something? If there is something hidden, then the truth be told.

From what I read Bush and Clinton are both at fault in the ABC story. Just like the 9-11 Report said. Read it sometime

Answer 5

NO.....this is a piece of FICTION...a drama based on factual events.... More like Law & Order than Nova.

Show the film, UN EDITED. Let those who wish to argue other views do so on the news circuit.

Answer 6

Isn't it funny that ABC will mock what occurred with 9/11 by making one side at fault with no proof whatsoever? Isn't it funny they will air this just before elections? HOWEVER, isn't it sad that foolish people will believe it....

If Clinton was partially at fault, as some people (who obviously won't listen to truth anyway) say, then at least tell it in a truthful way.

Answer 7

If they didn't pull CBS's license for falsifying documents and pretending it's news to try to swing an election, then certainly you can't pull someone else's license for showing a movie.

Who has viewed the movie that won't "vouch for its accuracy"?

The commissioner of the 9-11 investigation/report gave input into the movie, so I fail to see how you can say it's fictional.

Answer 8

Do you remember the CBS movie, "The Reagans," that ended up being aired on Showtime? The conservatives did their best to keep it form being aired on CBS while the liberals were screaming "censorship!" Now I predict the liberals will do their best to keep it from airing while the conservatives cry "censorship."

What a bunch of hypocrites on both sides!

Answer 9

I don't think ABC's license should be revoked for telling a fictionalized version of history.

Answer 10

No, but I think they should have to put a *large* notice at the beginning that this is *not* a documentary, it is a work of fiction, that names, dates, and most importantly, facts have been changed.