On 9/8/06, Dave Morris <thecat Æ u= mich.edu> wrote:

Has anyone heard anything about this? Might be worth clicking on.

Da= ve

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> From: "Nita Chaudhary, = MoveOn.org Political Action"
> < moveon-help Æ list.moveon.org>
> Date: September 8, 2006 12:32:3= 0 PM EDT
> To: "Dave Morris" <thecat Æ umich.edu>
> Subject: Urgent: Exploiting 9/11
>
> In just over 48 hours, ABC will air a partisan "docud= rama" about
> 9/11=97apparently part of a right-wing attempt to = exploit the
> anniversary. The movie was written and produced by a ri= ght-wing
> activist who fabricated scenes to smear Democrats and excuse
&g= t; Republicans. Sign the petition to tell ABC not to air partisan
> p= ropaganda on 9/11.
>

>
>  Sign the peti= tion
>
> Here's the full petition text: "ABC must not air partisan= propaganda
> on 9/11."
>
> Dear MoveOn member,
&= gt;
> In a little over 48 hours, ABC will air a five-hour "docud= rama" on the
> 9/11 attacks. The movie was written and produced by a right-wing> activist who fabricated key scenes to blame Democrats and defend
= > Republicans.1 It's so partisan that even Rush Limbaugh was surprised
> ABC decided to air it.2 And an FBI agent who was brought in to con= sult
> on the docudrama quit because, he said, "they were making= things up."3
>
> Public outrage is mounting across the co= untry, and Variety reports
> that ABC is now "mulling the idea of yanking the mini altoget= her."4
> But we only have a little time to act. We'll start deli= vering this
> petition to ABC headquarters tomorrow at noon and conti= nue as more
> signatures come in. So we're looking for 200,000 signatures TODAY.=
>
> Can you sign? Click here:
> http://p= ol.moveon.org/abcdoc?id=3D8709-347076-zgimCQTS70kxJ49lS8wmjQ&t=3D4
>
> Then please pass on this message to folks you know who= can help.
>
> The Path to 9/11 appears to be part of a coordin= ated push=97including
> speeches by President Bush and millions of do= llars in advertising=97to
> exploit the five-year anniversary of 9/11 for political gain. That= 's
> not acceptable from anyone=97especially not a news organization = like
> ABC.
>
>  It's not just that ABC's movie= is slanted. Big parts of it are simply
> untrue. The producer himself even admitted to simply improvising a= key
> scene which depicts the Clinton administration letting bin Lad= en go
> when they had him in their sights=97a complete fabrication.5 Last night,
> the movie's star, Harvey Keitel, said "It turned = out not all the facts
> were correct."6
>
> It's rea= lly pretty simple: ABC shouldn't have any role in the
> political exp= loitation of 9/11. But this docudrama is designed to do
> just that=97spreading a false message to millions of viewers acros= s the
> country.
>
> Sign the petition to tell ABC not to= air partisan propaganda on 9/11.
> Click here:
>
> http://pol.moveon.org/abcdoc?id=3D8709-347076-zgimCQTS70kxJ49lS8wmjQ&t= =3D5
>
>  Thank you for all you do.
> =96N= ita, Eli, Carrie, Joan, Jennifer and the MoveOn.org Political Action
>= ; Team
>  Friday, September 8th, 2006
>
> P.S. For the most current information on the scandal invol= ving this
> film, and for more information on the movie itself, pleas= e visit our
> friends at ThinkProgress:
>
> http://www.thinkprogress.org
>
> Sources:
> 1. "= Writer of ABC's 9/11 'Docudrama' Is Avowed Conservative Activist,"
= > ThinkProgress, September 1, 2006
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3D2047&id=3D8709-347076-
> zgimCQTS= 70kxJ49lS8wmjQ&t=3D6
>
>  2. "Clintonoids Pr= epare To Attack 9/11 Movie," The Rush Limbaugh
> Show, August 30= , 2006
>=20 http://w= ww.moveon.org/r?r=3D2049&id=3D8709-347076-
> zgimCQTS70kxJ49l= S8wmjQ&t=3D7
>
> 3. "FBI Agent Who Consulted On Path t= o 9/11 Quit," ThinkProgress,
> September 7, 2006
> http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/fbi-agent-quit/=
>
> 4. "Under fire, ABC mulls yanking mini," Var= iety, September 7, 2006
> http://www.va= riety.com/VR1117949675.html
>  5. Greg Mitchell, Editor= & Publisher, MSNBC appearance, September 7,
> 2006
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3D2077&id=3D8709-347076-
> zgimCQTS= 70kxJ49lS8wmjQ&t=3D8
>
>  6. "Harvey Keitel = speaks out on Path to 9/11: 'It turned out not all
> the facts were c= orrect'", Showbiz Tonight, September 7, 2006
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3D2078&id=3D8709-347076-
> zgimCQT= S70kxJ49lS8wmjQ&t=3D9
>
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