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John / AMERICAblog:
Senate Democratic leadership threatens Disney with legal and legislative sanctions — 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.
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Scott Collins / Los Angeles Times:
ABC alters 9/11 show under pressure — ABC's upcoming five-hour docudrama "The Path to 9/11" is quickly becoming a political cause célèbre. — The network has in recent days made changes to the film, set to air Sunday and Monday, after leading political figures …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Thugs for life: Dems threaten ABC's broadcast license over "Path to 9/11″ Update: Stolen Honor redux? — Via Spruiell. I forget the context, but I remember Bob Owens at Confederate Yankee saying a while back how disappointed he was in the Democrats over something …
Mr. Robert A. Iger / democrats.senate.gov:
SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP URGES DISNEY CEO TO CANCEL MISLEADING 9/11 MINISERIES — Washington, DC — Urging him to cancel the grossly inaccurate upcoming miniseries The Path to 9/11, the Senate Democratic Leadership today sent the following letter to Disney President and CEO Robert Iger.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Al Jazeera airs video of Bin Laden meeting 9/11 hijackers — I don't know details yet. That's what it says on Fox. Obviously we'll work on getting the video. — But to all the Truthers out there, let me be the first to say: quagmire. — Update: CNN was showing a martyrdom video …
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Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera airs pre-9/11 bin Laden tape — CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Jazeera broadcast Thursday what it called a previously unshown video in which al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is seen meeting with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers. The station did not say how it obtained the video, which was produced by As-Sahab, al-Qaida's media branch.
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Video: Bin Laden Meeting With 9/11 Hijackers (Updated — Al Jazeera has just run video showing Osama bin Laden meeting with some of the 9/11 hijackers. The video was produced by al Qaeda's media arm as Sahab. Earlier today as Sahab had announced on an Islamist message board that it would release a …
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:Laying Blame and Passing the Buck, Dramatized
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Warren P. Strobel / Knight Ridder:
Armitage reveals that he was a source in Plame leak — WASHINGTON - Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage acknowledged Thursday that he was a columnist's primary source in the disclosure that retired U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife worked at the CIA.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Lawyers and G.O.P. Chiefs Resist Proposal on Tribunal — The Bush administration's proposal to bring leading terrorism suspects before military tribunals met stiff resistance Thursday from key Republicans and top military lawyers who said some provisions would not withstand legal scrutiny …
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Senator Bill Frist:
A Triumph for Transparency in Government — Tonight I'm proud to report that the Senate unanimously passed S. 2590, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006. — The passage of this legislation is a triumph for transparency in government, for fiscal discipline …
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scholastic.com:
SCHOLASTIC REPLACES "THE PATH TO 9/11" CLASSROOM GUIDE WITH NEW DISCUSSION MATERIALS FOCUSING ON CRITICAL THINKING AND MEDIA LITERACY SKILLS — Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced that it is removing from its website the materials originally created …
Marcia Kramer / wcbstv.com:
Documents: Feds, City Knew Of Ground Zero Toxins — (CBS) NEW YORK CBS 2 Exclusive: Stunning proof has been uncovered that the government knowingly put New Yorkers in harm's way after 9/11. — CBS 2 News has obtained documents revealing that Lower Manhattan was reopened a few weeks following …
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Yahoo! News:
New poll says most Canadians blame U.S. for 9/11 attacks — A majority of Canadians believe U.S. foreign policy was one of the root causes that led to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and Quebecers are quicker to criticize the U.S. administration for its international actions than other Canadians, a recent poll suggests.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
GOP Senators' Bid to Confirm Bolton Is Called Off — Republican efforts to formally confirm John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations hit an unexpected snag yesterday when a Republican senator in a tough reelection bid said he could not support the diplomat until the Bush administration answers …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Weldon seeks plan for Iraq withdrawal — The second-ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, who is a strong supporter of the U.S. military mission in Iraq, has drafted a resolution that would give military commanders — instead of President Bush or Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld …
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Dean Baker / Beat the Press:
David Brooks Swings and Misses in Inequality Debate — NYT columnist David Brooks weighed in on the origins of inequality in his column (sorry—it's NYT select and therefore not linkable). While he wants to assure readers that inequality is not a serious issue, and not caused by policy, he gets almost everything in his article wrong.
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familiesofseptember11.org:
FOS11 Statement Regarding the Media's Portrayal of 9/11 — As we mark five years since 9/11, we are inundated with the media's portrayal of that tragic day. Television miniseries, Hollywood films, comic books and countless "documentaries" are dramatizing and sometimes distorting the events leading up to and happening on 9/11.
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