How do Path to 9/11 on ABC and 9/11 Documentary on CBS compare?

Question

I only watched the CBS documentary. Can anyone share what you thought about either?

Answer 1

The mini-series on ABC, the path to 9/11 is pure fiction and it is was loosely based on a PBS episode of "Frontline" called "The Man who knew too much". O'Neill was a former FBI agent that knew so much about Al Quads that no one believed him until 9/11 and during his career he was the laughing stock of the whole intelligence department of the federal government, because he knew of a possible attack on American soil. The frontline episode does not say anything bad about any president, but it does comments on the failure of the FBI and the CIA on believing O'Neill in the first place. I believe this O'Neill is the central character of the ABC mini-series and it is pure propaganda spun by the Disney Corporation/Company. The 9/11 documentary shown on CBS was shot by two french documentarians and they really knew their subject of the NYFD, because one of the producers of the documentary is still a NYFD firemen. So, they had unprecedented access to that particular firehouse and ladder company for that day, so they were literally first on the scene of the World Trade Center attack. If it was lift up to me, I would have rather wanted first hand detail of the attack from some french guys than a fictionalized account of some FBI guy that no believed in and then went into to ruin his career because he knew too much about the terriorists.

Answer 2

Saw both! The CBS documentary was real, raw, factual and unbiased. The ABC docu-drama was a fictionalized Hollywood attempt to put the blame of 9/11 on the Clinton administration. If tonight's conclusion on ABC attempts to whitewash the Bush administration's reaction and failure on 9/11, then the movie is basically propaganda...

Answer 3

For an even closer look at what REALLY happened, check out the CBC documentary. It is chilling. That whole event could have been prevented if the various branches of government had been talking to each other. It's scary. Dick Clark was very open about the seemingly endless series of errors and oversights -- such as no one in the FAA informing the military of what was happening until the planes had crashed into their targets.

Answer 4

ABC's was fictional propaganda.