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September 11th movies...
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from a newsletter...

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On September 10th and 11th, ABC is planning to air a "docu-drama" called "Path to 9/11," which is being billed as "an objective telling of the events of 9/11." In fact, the film was written by an unabashed conservative who twists the facts to blame President Clinton.

Tell ABC to cancel this show.

ABC's new six-hour film was apparently screened in advance only to conservative bloggers and journalists -- and received extensive praise from none other than Rush Limbaugh. The film is apparently also riddled with factual errors and distortions; former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke has completely refuted one of the key scenes in the show.

It's simply stunning to think that as this fall's election approaches, a major television network would devote six hours of prime-time programming to air such a slanted and inaccurate program.




It's not really stunning at all, CNN airs 24 hours of slanted inaccurate programming, but I digress.

CBC is airing 2 original documentaries on september 10th which look really interesting. CBC is generally more open and objective station than anything you will find in the US and rarely censors anything, be it boobies, cursing, or diverse political views. They also have a great documentary production group that puts out quality material.

The two docs cbc is airing are:
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The Secret History of 9/11
The dramatic, minute-by minute account of the biggest terrorist crime in history - revealing intrigue, desperate pursuit, and chaos in the highest reaches of power.

Directed by Gemini-winner Terence McKenna, the two-hour film splits between profiles of captured terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and former U.S. counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke, who warned of potential attacks during the Clinton administration. Watch a video excerpt

and...

9/11: Toxic Legacy
9/11: Toxic Legacy examines the environmental fallout of 9/11, the resulting health dangers, and what this still means for people working and living in downtown New York.




I think it's completely absurd that US stations refuse to air another documentary "9/11" because of firefighter swearing as their friends and co-workers die...


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Dozens of CBS affiliate stations in the United States are afraid to air a documentary about the Sept. 11 attacks in case they're hit with massive fines for profanity because of expletives from firefighters.

The two-hour 9/11 focuses on a group of New York firefighters who are in one of the World Trade Center's two towers on Sept. 11, 2001, when they were destroyed by planes hijacked by al-Qaeda militants.




Watch with a grain of salt and a discriminating mind, most importantly do your own research too.

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Re: September 11th movies... [Re: Irradiated_Feces]
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Irradiated_Feces said:
Directed by Gemini-winner Terence McKenna, the two-hour film splits



Eh?


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Re: September 11th movies... [Re: Irradiated_Feces]
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That newsletter has no grasp of the facts. ABC's "Path to 9/11" was not written by an unabashed conservative, nor does it twist facts to blame Clinton, nor was it reviewed by exclusively conservative bloggers -- Lefty bloggers were given the opportunity to preview it as well.

The recreation of events is based almost exclusively on the bipartisan Congressional 9/11 Report. It is meticulously researched and fact checked. It shows the lapses in judgment of the Clinton administration, true. But it ALSO shows the lapses in judgment of the Bush administration. It's just that since the Bush administration had had less than a year to screw things up compared to Clinton'e eight years, there will necessarily be more examples of the latter. This was also true of the 9/11 report itself -- far more examples of the Clinton administration dropping the ball. By the way, don't take this observation as me blaming the Clinton administration for 9/11. I don't blame Clinton, I blame the terrorists.

Unfortunately, I have no access to a television which gets ABC, so I will be unable to watch it myself. I live in the Dominican Republic. If any Shroomerite would be so kind as to record the two parts for me on a VCR, I will gladly reimburse them in advance the cost of the tapes and shipping to Canada, where I can watch them on my next trip to Canada. From every review I have seen of this upcoming special, it is far and away the best telling of events to date -- even better than the two part National Geographic special a year or so ago called "The Road to 9/11", and it bugs me that I won't be able to watch it next week.

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t's not really stunning at all, CNN airs 24 hours of slanted inaccurate programming, but I digress.



Everything I heard about the CNN programming was that they were going to be replaying EXACTLY the same coverage they played on September 11, 2001 -- as events unfolded on that day. How is that "slanted" and "inaccurate"? Not that I'm a fan of CNN, mind, I just don't get how that could be considered slanted and inaccurate.

Again, if anyone out there is willing to tape this for me, please PM me about arranging payment and shipping. Thanks.



Phred


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Re: September 11th movies... [Re: Phred]
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Everything I heard about the CNN programming was that they were going to be replaying EXACTLY the same coverage they played on September 11, 2001 -- as events unfolded on that day. How is that "slanted" and "inaccurate"? Not that I'm a fan of CNN, mind, I just don't get how that could be considered slanted and inaccurate.
Phred



I don't exactly mean their 9/11 coverage, more their everyday news coverage.

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Re: September 11th movies... [Re: Cepheus]
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aManEater said:
Irradiated_Feces said:
Directed by Gemini-winner Terence McKenna, the two-hour film splits



Eh?



Canadian documentarian.

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Re: September 11th movies... [Re: Irradiated_Feces]
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I don't exactly mean their 9/11 coverage, more their everyday news coverage.



Ah. Yes, a closer re-reading of your words make that clear. I missed it first time around. My bad.





Phred


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Re: September 11th movies... [Re: Phred]
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I'm not supporting the newsletter I received but i am interested in what it is saying...

Phred said:
The recreation of events is based almost exclusively on the bipartisan Congressional 9/11 Report. It is meticulously researched and fact checked.




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The film is apparently also riddled with factual errors and distortions; former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke has completely refuted one of the key scenes in the show.



I'd be interested to know more about the refuted scenes from Clarke.

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Re: September 11th movies... [Re: Irradiated_Feces]
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That's odd, because apparently Clarke comes off looking like a star!

From -- http://patterico.com/2006/08/31/5065/the-path-to-911-the-real-deal-from-abc-networks/

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Director Cunnigham correctly points out ( http://blogs.abc.com/thepathto911/2006/08/clarification.html ) that this is not a “right wing agenda movie”. It in fact bashes the Bush administration in a number of ways, and also makes Bush-basher Richard Clarke look like a hero.



I'm really bummed I won't be able to watch this live. Any takers on the recording thing?




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Re: September 11th movies... [Re: Phred]
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If I can find it online after it's airing, I could probably burn it to a cd or dvd, if your computer can play it. :shrug:

I have no access to vhs recording devices.

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Re: September 11th movies... [Re: Redstorm]
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That would work, too. I regularly watch rented DVDs (movies) on my Mac. I just can't watch AVI format stuff. For some reason no one ever got around to writing a CODEC for AVI format for Mac. No problem with .mpg or .wmv, though.

The thing is, I have no idea if the special will ever make it to the internet, while I know for a fact it will be on TV -- hence the idea of recording it with a VCR.




Phred


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Re: September 11th movies... [Re: Phred]
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If I can find it in a dvd format online (or one of your other playable formats), it's all yours.

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Redstorm said:
If I can find it in a dvd format online (or one of your other playable formats), it's all yours.



Ditto, I'll search around for it. If its not up yet i'm sure someone will put a tv rip up after it airs.

BTW, VLC should be able to play anything, try it out on your mac for AVI files if you havent already.

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