ABC Mulls Yanking 9/11 Miniseries, Says Variety
Under growing pressure from politicians, bloggers, pundits and letter-writing concerned citizens, ABC/Disney is considering pulling its historically flawed Sept. 11 miniseries "The Path to 9/11," according to Variety. Go, net roots! Updates: Scholastic withdraws support, won't distribute movie materials to schools The Senate leadership threatens Disney with legal sanctions Watch conservative pundit Bill Bennett denounce the film Watch a conservative 9/11 book author slam the miniseries' inaccuracies, tooUnder growing pressure from politicians, bloggers, pundits and letter-writing concerned citizens, ABC/Disney is considering pulling its historically flawed Sept. 11 miniseries “The Path to 9/11,” according to Variety. Go, net roots! Updates:
AS CHAOS UNFOLDS, FIND SOLID GROUND…Variety:
“The Path to 9/11” is looking a lot like “The Reagans, Part II.”
Bill Clinton loyalists are demanding wholesale changes to the upcoming miniseries — and while ABC is making some snips, the alterations, insiders say, may not please the Dems.
But a bombshell decision may happen anyway: Sources close to the project say the network, which has been in a media maelstrom over the pic, is mulling the idea of yanking the mini altogether. Link
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