ABC's Clinton Hit Piece: The Blue and the Gray of 9/11 Stories

For years and years (maybe even today), lazy American History teachers showed that stupid TV miniseries, The Blue and the Gray, instead of teaching the Civil War. It was a "dramatization" of every cliche: brother v brother; the fall of the southern lifestyle; the ruthless Union soldiers pillaging for the hell of it-- you name it, it was in there-- but there were very few actual facts.

Now ABC is airing The Blue and the Gray of 9/11 stories... and they're blaming former president, Bill Clinton.

What a crock!

From Think Progress:

ABC Insider Assures Right-Wing Bloggers: ‘The Message of the Clinton Admin Failures Remains Fully Intact’

Path to 9/11 graphicABC won’t give President Clinton, Madeleine Albright or Sandy Berger a copy of its 9/11 docudrama, “The Path to 9/11.” But there is virtually nothing about the film ABC won’t share with the right-wing blogosphere.

For example, an ABC insider sent this missive to right-wing blogger Hugh Hewitt about potential edits to the film:

The Disney execs met all through the weekend - unheard of in this business - debating what changes would be made and what concessions should be given. Here is what looks to be the conclusion:

- There will be a handful of tweaks made to a few scenes.
- They are minor, and nuance in most cases - a line lift here, a tweak to the edit there.
- There are 900 screeners out there. When this airs this weekend, there will be a number of people who will spend their free evenings looking for these changes and will be hard pressed to identify them. They are that minor.
- The average viewer would not be able to tell the difference between the two versions.
- The message of the Clinton Admin failures remains fully intact.

Right now, former Gov. Tom Kean (R-NJ) — a paid senior advisor to this film — is digging in and defending ABC. If the network is making edits to the film to correct errors, they should tell everyone, not just right-wing bloggers.

Interesting fact: ABC refuses to give advance copies to Clinton, Albright, Berger, and others they are slandering in their hit piece.

Stupid people and lazy American History teachers will love this miniseries. Thinking is not required.

Truly heavy sigh.

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