>I hope Disney grows some major cojones, ones the size of 16lb >bowling balls, calls the Democrat/Liberal bluff, & runs the mini >series anyway. Sounds to me like the Clinton Admistration's Legacy >will stand up to what's in the mini series like a vampire does to >sunlight.
So Gregg, it doesn't matter if it's all lies and disinfo just as long as it supports the good guys (Republicans) and attacks the evil ones (Clinton), is that what you're saying? Best Keith >Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >This letter was sent today by the entire Democratic leadership of the US > >Senate. This letter is such a major shot across the bow of Disney, it's > >not even > >funny. It is FILLED with veiled threats, both legal and legislative, > >against > >Disney. US Senators don't make threats like this, especially the entire > >Democratic leadership en masse, unless they mean it. Disney is in serious > >trouble. > > > >Read it, then read my analysis of it below: > >September 7, 2006 > > > >Mr. Robert A. Iger > >President and CEO > >The Walt Disney Company > >500 South Buena Vista Street > >Burbank CA 91521 > > > >Dear Mr. Iger, > > > >We write with serious concerns about the planned upcoming broadcast of The > >Path to 9/11 mini-series on September 10 and 11. Countless reports from > >experts on 9/11 who have viewed the program indicate numerous and serious > >inaccuracies that will undoubtedly serve to misinform the American people > >about the > >tragic events surrounding the terrible attacks of that day. Furthermore, > >the > >manner in which this program has been developed, funded, and advertised > >suggests a partisan bent unbecoming of a major company like Disney and a > >major and > >well respected news organization like ABC. We therefore urge you to > >cancel > >this broadcast to cease Disneyâ*s plans to use it as a teaching tool in > >schools > >across America through Scholastic. Presenting such deeply flawed and > >factually inaccurate misinformation to the American public and to children > >would be a > >gross miscarriage of your corporate and civic responsibility to the law, > >to > >your shareholders, and to the nation. > > > >The Communications Act of 1934 provides your network with a free broadcast > >license predicated on the fundamental understanding of your principle > >obligation to act as a trustee of the public airwaves in serving the > >public interest. > >Nowhere is this public interest obligation more apparent than in the duty > >of > >broadcasters to serve the civic needs of a democracy by promoting an open > >and accurate discussion of political ideas and events. > > > >Disney and ABC claim this program to be based on the 9/11 Commission > >Report > >and are using that assertion as part of the promotional campaign for it. > >The > >9/11 Commission is the most respected American authority on the 9/11 > >attacks, > >and association with it carries a special responsibility. Indeed, the very > >events themselves on 9/11, so tragic as they were, demand extreme care by > >any > >who attempt to use those events as part of an entertainment or educational > >program. To quote Steve McPhereson, president of ABC Entertainment, > >â*When you > >take on the responsibility of telling the story behind such an important > >event, it is absolutely critical that you get it right.â* > > > >Unfortunately, it appears Disney and ABC got it totally wrong. > > > >Despite claims by your networkâ*s representatives that The Path to 9/11 > >is > >based on the report of the 9/11 Commission, 9/11 Commissioners themselves, > >as > >well as other experts on the issues, disagree. > > > >Richard Ben-Veniste, speaking for himself and fellow 9/11 Commissioners > >who > >recently viewed the program, said, â*As we were watching, we were trying > >to > >think how they could have misinterpreted the 9/11 Commissionâ*s findings > >the way > >that they had.â* [â*9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and > >Biased,â* > >New York Times, September 6, 2006] > > > >Richard Clarke, the former counter-terrorism czar, and a national security > >advisor to ABC has described the program as â*deeply flawedâ* and said > >of the > >programâ*s depiction of a Clinton official hanging up on an intelligence > >agent, > >â*Itâ*s 180 degrees from what happened.â* [â*9/11 Miniseries Is > >Criticized as > >Inaccurate and Biased,â* New York Times, September 6, 2006] > > > >Reports suggest that an FBI agent who worked on 9/11 and served as a > >consultant to ABC on this program quit halfway through because, â*he > >thought they > >were making things up.â* [MSNBC, September 7, 2006] > > > >Even Thomas Kean, who serves as a paid consultant to the miniseries, has > >admitted that scenes in the film are fictionalized. [â*9/11 Miniseries Is > >Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased,â* New York Times, September 6, 2006] > > > >That Disney would seek to broadcast an admittedly and proven false > >recounting of the events of 9/11 raises serious questions about the > >motivations of its > >creators and those who approved the deeply flawed program. Finally, that > >Disney plans to air commercial-free a program that reportedly cost it $40 > >million to produce serves to add fuel to these concerns. > > > >These concerns are made all the more pressing by the political leaning of > >and the public statements made by the writer/producer of this miniseries, > >Mr. > >Cyrus Nowrasteh, in promoting this miniseries across conservative blogs > >and > >talk shows. > > > >Frankly, that ABC and Disney would consider airing a program that could be > >construed as right-wing political propaganda on such a grave and important > >event involving the security of our nation is a discredit both to the > >Disney > >brand and to the legacy of honesty built at ABC by honorable individuals > >from > >David Brinkley to Peter Jennings. Furthermore, that Disney would seek to > >use > >Scholastic to promote this misguided programming to American children as a > >substitute for factual information is a disgrace. > > > >As 9/11 Commission member Jamie Gorelick said, â*It is critically > >important > >to the safety of our nation that our citizens, and particularly our school > >children, understand what actually happened and why â* so that we can > >proceed > >from a common understanding of what went wrong and act with unity to make > >our > >country safer.â* > > > >Should Disney allow this programming to proceed as planned, the factual > >record, millions of viewers, countless schoolchildren, and the reputation > >of > >Disney as a corporation worthy of the trust of the American people and > >the > >United States Congress will be deeply damaged. We urge you, after full > >consideration of the facts, to uphold your responsibilities as a respected > >member of > >American society and as a beneficiary of the free use of the public > >airwaves to > >cancel this factually inaccurate and deeply misguided program. We look > >forward to hearing back from you soon. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid > >Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin > >Senator Debbie Stabenow > >Senator Charles Schumer > >Senator Byron Dorgan > >The Senate Democratic leadership just threatened Disney's broadcast > >license. > >Not the use of the word "trustee" at the beginning of the letter and > >"trust" > >at the end. This is nothing less than an implicit threat that if Disney > >tries to meddle in the US elections on behalf of the Republicans, they > >will pay a > >very serious price when the Democrats get back in power, or even before. > > > >This raises the stakes incredibly for Disney. > > > >The Society that tries to find rationality in the acts of irrational men is > >largely a waste of time... > >les aaron > > > >THE COMMITTEE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE > >www.lesaaron.blogspot.com > >_________________________________________________________________ >Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search: Try it now! >http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=weather&FORM=WLMTAG > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:57:04 EDT >Subject: [OnlineDemocrats] (no subject) > >Maybe there's a hidden little spine tucked away somewhere in the >Democrat leadership's collection back. They normally roll over and >play dead for the repugs and the media but it seems like this has >hit a bit of a raw nerve. Seems like there might still be a little >life left in the old dogs after all. > >Jim Langford >"Being a patriot no longer requires a cannon. But it still takes >balls". Glen Greenwald > >Thursday, September 07, 2006 > ><http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/09/senate-democratic-leadership >-threatens.html>Senate Democratic leadership threatens Disney with >legal and legislative sanctions >by John in DC - 9/07/2006 06:02:00 PM > >This letter was sent today by the entire Democratic leadership of >the US Senate. This letter is such a major shot across the bow of >Disney, it's not even funny. It is FILLED with veiled threats, both >legal and legislative, against Disney. US Senators don't make >threats like this, especially the entire Democratic leadership en >masse, unless they mean it. Disney is in serious trouble. > >Read it, then read my analysis of it below: > >September 7, 2006 > >Mr. Robert A. Iger >President and CEO >The Walt Disney Company >500 South Buena Vista Street >Burbank CA 91521 > >Dear Mr. Iger, > >We write with serious concerns about the planned upcoming broadcast >of The Path to 9/11 mini-series on September 10 and 11. Countless >reports from experts on 9/11 who have viewed the program indicate >numerous and serious inaccuracies that will undoubtedly serve to >misinform the American people about the tragic events surrounding >the terrible attacks of that day. Furthermore, the manner in which >this program has been developed, funded, and advertised suggests a >partisan bent unbecoming of a major company like Disney and a major >and well respected news organization like ABC. We therefore urge you >to cancel this broadcast to cease Disneyâ*s plans to use it as a >teaching tool in schools across America through Scholastic. >Presenting such deeply flawed and factually inaccurate >misinformation to the American public and to children would be a >gross miscarriage of your corporate and civic responsibility to the >law, to your shareholders, and to the nation. > >The Communications Act of 1934 provides your network with a free >broadcast license predicated on the fundamental understanding of >your principle obligation to act as a trustee of the public airwaves >in serving the public interest. Nowhere is this public interest >obligation more apparent than in the duty of broadcasters to serve >the civic needs of a democracy by promoting an open and accurate >discussion of political ideas and events. > >Disney and ABC claim this program to be based on the 9/11 Commission >Report and are using that assertion as part of the promotional >campaign for it. The 9/11 Commission is the most respected American >authority on the 9/11 attacks, and association with it carries a >special responsibility. Indeed, the very events themselves on 9/11, >so tragic as they were, demand extreme care by any who attempt to >use those events as part of an entertainment or educational program. >To quote Steve McPhereson, president of ABC Entertainment, â*When >you take on the responsibility of telling the story behind such an >important event, it is absolutely critical that you get it right.â* > >Unfortunately, it appears Disney and ABC got it totally wrong. > >Despite claims by your networkâ*s representatives that The Path to >9/11 is based on the report of the 9/11 Commission, 9/11 >Commissioners themselves, as well as other experts on the issues, >disagree. > >Richard Ben-Veniste, speaking for himself and fellow 9/11 >Commissioners who recently viewed the program, said, â*As we were >watching, we were trying to think how they could have misinterpreted >the 9/11 Commissionâ*s findings the way that they had.â* [â*9/11 >Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased,â* New York >Times, September 6, 2006] > >Richard Clarke, the former counter-terrorism czar, and a national >security advisor to ABC has described the program as â*deeply >flawedâ* and said of the programâ*s depiction of a Clinton >official hanging up on an intelligence agent, â*Itâ*s 180 degrees >from what happened.â* [â*9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as >Inaccurate and Biased,â* New York Times, September 6, 2006] > >Reports suggest that an FBI agent who worked on 9/11 and served as a >consultant to ABC on this program quit halfway through because, >â*he thought they were making things up.â* [MSNBC, September 7, >2006] > >Even Thomas Kean, who serves as a paid consultant to the miniseries, >has admitted that scenes in the film are fictionalized. [â*9/11 >Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased,â* New York >Times, September 6, 2006] > >That Disney would seek to broadcast an admittedly and proven false >recounting of the events of 9/11 raises serious questions about the >motivations of its creators and those who approved the deeply flawed >program. Finally, that Disney plans to air commercial-free a program >that reportedly cost it $40 million to produce serves to add fuel to >these concerns. > >These concerns are made all the more pressing by the political >leaning of and the public statements made by the writer/producer of >this miniseries, Mr. Cyrus Nowrasteh, in promoting this miniseries >across conservative blogs and talk shows. > >Frankly, that ABC and Disney would consider airing a program that >could be construed as right-wing political propaganda on such a >grave and important event involving the security of our nation is a >discredit both to the Disney brand and to the legacy of honesty >built at ABC by honorable individuals from David Brinkley to Peter >Jennings. Furthermore, that Disney would seek to use Scholastic to >promote this misguided programming to American children as a >substitute for factual information is a disgrace. > >As 9/11 Commission member Jamie Gorelick said, â*It is critically >important to the safety of our nation that our citizens, and >particularly our school children, understand what actually happened >and why â* so that we can proceed from a common understanding of >what went wrong and act with unity to make our country safer.â* > >Should Disney allow this programming to proceed as planned, the >factual record, millions of viewers, countless schoolchildren, and >the reputation of Disney as a corporation worthy of the trust of the >American people and the United States Congress will be deeply >damaged. We urge you, after full consideration of the facts, to >uphold your responsibilities as a respected member of American >society and as a beneficiary of the free use of the public airwaves >to cancel this factually inaccurate and deeply misguided program. We >look forward to hearing back from you soon. > >Sincerely, > >Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid >Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin >Senator Debbie Stabenow >Senator Charles Schumer >Senator Byron Dorgan > >The Senate Democratic leadership just threatened Disney's broadcast >license. Not the use of the word "trustee" at the beginning of the >letter and "trust" at the end. This is nothing less than an implicit >threat that if Disney tries to meddle in the US elections on behalf >of the Republicans, they will pay a very serious price when the >Democrats get back in power, or even before. > >This raises the stakes incredibly for Disney. > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
