On Sep 9, 2006, at 2:43 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 02:55 PM Friday 9/8/2006, Dave Land wrote:
If there was a political point to be made by teaching kids that
2+2=3, it would be no different to me: lies are lies, and teaching
kids lies as history is the beginning of the end.
IOW, if I agree with it, it is the TRUTH. If I don't agree with it,
it is LIES. ;)
Winky-smiley notwithstanding:
The series -- as far as we know* -- contradicts the 9/11 Commission
Report, upon which ABC claimed it was based.
The film -- as far as we know* -- also contradicts the president's
own very clear assertion in a press conference this week that there
is no connection between Iraq and 9/11. It also asserts the by-now
discredited notion that Iraq had WMDs. These are not my opinions,
they are the facts as they are known.
* ABC said that before forming any opinion for the film, the
viewers must first see the entire broadcast. Self-serving tripe.
ABC has been heavily back-pedaling this week, saying that the film
is a _dramatization_ of the events leading up to 9/11. In fact, the
network's statements about the film have in themselves been
contradictory:
- When you take on the responsibility of telling the story behind
such an important event, it is absolutely critical that you get
it right. Having Governor Kean, who chaired the 9/11 Commission,
as a key advisor on this movie has not only been an honor, its
also been crucial to the project.
vs.
- The miniseries is "a dramatization, not a documentary, drawn
from a variety of sources, including the 9/11 Commission report,
other published materials and from personal interviews;" ... It
"contains fictionalized scenes."
and
- The "'Path to 9/11' miniseries is 'locked and ready to air.'"
vs.
- "No one has seen the final version of the miniseries, because the
editing process is not yet complete, so criticisms of miniseries
specifics are premature and irresponsible."
Dave
Self-Serving Tripe Maru
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