9/11 documentary?

Question

Why are democrats afraid of this documentary?
Its not like it was made by the evil conservative Fox News...

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060908/2006-09-08T003500Z_01_N07260695_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-SEPT11-DEMOCRATS-FILM-DC.html

Answer 1

seems to me , they can dish out as much crap as they can but don't want to answer for anything.. Is the thing based solely on fact , no after all it is for entertainment purposes. But... They will have to answer to the many attacks against the US while under the Clinton Administration . Which ones ?? oh the bombing in New York , the USS Cole , American Embassies.... etc ,etc,etc.... The facts will portray the incompetence of the Democratic Party to protect the US from terrorist.. The Republicans will have a hay day proving which parts are factual , which will finally bring to light all the garbage the Dem's have been dishing out,

Answer 2

It's not a documentary. ABC has said so. They've said that part of it is fictionalized in order to increase the dramatic effect. Every TV movie made based on real events uses poetic license so you are seldom getting the unvarnished truth. You would think that a movie about 9/11 would be different but it's not. The scripts is reportedly based on the 9/11 commission report but members of that committee, including Richard BenVenista, have said that some key scenes involving the Clinton white house are completely inaccurate. Assume for one minute that he is right. Wouldn't the members of the Clinton administration be justified in trying to make sure that what is portrayed in the movie is accurate? I find it disgusting that the right wing media reaction to this issue has been to attack Clinton and accuse him of trying to censor ABC instead of addressing the issue of whether or not it's the truth. If this was a movie about Bill and Monica then the producers could be cut more slack. But if you're doing a movie about an event as monumental as 9/11 it should be as accurate as possible.

Answer 3

Funny isn't it that Clinton didn't come out with facts to debate the issue. Oh no that would be a difficult proposition. He came out and blasted the war on terror and how ole' Georgie dropped the ball. Never mind that the story and the script was taken directly from the 9/11 commission Report and had commission member directly involved with the process. In an ever increasingly difficult arena of salvaging the "Clinton legacy" you must attack others to deflect any type of criticism. Or the whole Idea will fall like a house of cards.

Johncondo- Jeb's buddy Walt disney in the 1950's. It was because he liked to go to Disneyland since jeb was maybe 5 years old.

BTW FOX DID NOT PRODUCE THE FILM.

Answer 4

First of all, if you read the article you´ll notice this:

'DRAMATIC LICENSE'
Executive Producer Marc Platt acknowledged that "there is dramatic license taken" in the docudrama to "render the program effective and accessible for viewers."
"But we do try within the boundaries of what is fair and reasonable to communicate the essence of what occurred (and) the intentions of those individuals involved," he told Reuters in a telephone interview from London. "We have no intention or desire to be political, to intentionally distort."
Platt also said one scene singled out for criticism by Democrats -- depicting CIA operatives and Afghan fighters coming close to capturing Osama bin Laden in the 1990s, only for then-national security advisor Samuel Berger to refuse authorization of the mission -- was a "conflation of events."
Berger said in a letter to Iger earlier this week that "no such episode ever occurred, nor did anything like it."

For anyone who can read and understand, this means that it is a docudrama, not a documentary.
By the way, why is it that we as a nation still support the Democrats and Republicans; both parties have shown themselves to be more interested in lining their pockets than serving the nation. Simple example: a congressperson can be elected for 1 term and get retirement benefits for life! This is ridiculous when the rest of us have to stay with the same company for 20 years or longer to get anything (if we are lucky.)
I´d like to see a party emerge that has no sordid past and with solid and obtainable objectives that apply to most of us, not just the ruling elite. Both Democrats and Republicnas have been successful in conning the average person into thinking they are somehow on their side, when of course they are not.

Answer 5

Everyone knows Michael Moore is an idiot and no intelligent person (or a person with any common sense) is going to pay attention to his movies. They realize it is simply Hollywood entertainment.

With the 9/11 documentary, it is being aired on ABC (a respectable news station) and being advertised as a true documentary instead of a Hollywood take on the subject. People will actually believe what they see here and won't be able to understand that there is a spin on what is being aired.

Answer 6

I think that the propaganda piece, "Path to 9/11" should be shown in it's entirety AFTER the November elections. It is obvious that this cheesy manipulated pile of crap was created and funded by the the right-wing to sway the electorate (not all that sophisticated to begin with) to vote for candidates who support the Bush regime's rape of America. That ABC would participate in such a sham seems to indicate that they have either been intimidated or infiltrated by the fascist elements trying to totally control America for their own benefit.

Answer 7

Nobody is afraid of a documentary. What many people reject is the notion of a piece of fiction being aired as true history. This film was paid for and produced by individuals with an extreme bias. None of the people who have seen the film or worked on the film have signed off on it's authenticity. There is too much fiction, too many inaccuracies, and too much bias for this to be shown before facts can be verified and corrected. This smells like another SWIFT BOAT VETERANS FOR LIES campaign piece, to be aired just prior to elections and no doubt choreographed by Karl Rove.

Filmmakers are free to create as they wish and produce whatever will sell -- and they do. The problem is that this purports to be true history and it is not. And, it was to be televised on network television though the airwaves. This film could be offered in theatres at a price as entertainment as Michael Moore's biased films are offered and there would be no problem.

Answer 8

Because they even say it isn't true. Everyone involved said that didn't happen. But most people believe that everything Bush says and does is perfect.
What makes people suspect is the fact that Fox is suported by Republicans. A stanch Republican plunked down 40 million dollars to have the film made. Gee, I wonder if it will make the republicans look good? If it doesn't he sure spent a lot of money for nothing.

Answer 9

Democrats aren't afraid. The film is obviously a poor attempt to counter other information (for example the free online video Loose Change), not to mention totally neglects to address the fact that 9/11 happened on GEORGE BUSHES WATCH after he had spent the entire summer beforehand on vacation. If you think Clinton is to blame for 9/11 the administration has suceeded in blinding you from what's really going on.

Answer 10

This is only as much a documentary as Fahrenheit 911 is.