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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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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.
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 …
Ian Bishop / New York Post:
BUBBA GOES BALLISTIC ON ABC ABOUT ITS DAMNING 9/11 — MOVIE — INSISTS NET PULL DRAMA — A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series "The Path to 9/11" grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network "pull the drama" if changes aren't made.
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The Ostroy Report:
Ostroy Report Exclusive: Iger Alledgedly Agrees to Edit Docu-drama After Receiving Personal Call From Bill Clinton — The Ostroy Report has learned from a reliable source connected to ABC that an unnamed ABC executive said that former President Bill Clinton called Disney President …
Associated Press:
Clinton officials to ABC: Fix or pull 9/11 miniseries — NEW YORK (AP) — A miniseries about the events leading to the September 11 attacks is "terribly wrong" and ABC should correct it or not air it, former Clinton administration officials demanded in letters to the head of ABC's parent company.
Mr. Robert A. Iger / democrats.senate.gov:
SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP URGES DISNEY CEO TO CANCEL MISLEADING 9/11 MINISERIES
SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP URGES DISNEY CEO TO CANCEL MISLEADING 9/11 MINISERIES
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory
Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory
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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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BBC:
Bin Laden '9/11 video' broadcast — Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera has broadcast what it says is unseen footage of Osama Bin Laden meeting some of the 9/11 hijackers. — The channel said it showed al-Qaeda leaders "preparing for the attacks and practising their execution".
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 …
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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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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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.
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 …
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.
Michelle Malkin:
A journalist beheaded: Guess why? — Mohammed Taha, editor-in-chief of the Sudanese private daily Al-Wifaq, was found decapitated on a Khartoum street Wednesday. He had been kidnapped by masked gunmen. A few arrests have been made; the BBC reports "no-one has claimed responsibility …
BBC:
Blair confirms plan to stand down — Tony Blair has confirmed he will be stepping down as prime minister within the next 12 months. — Mr Blair said the Labour conference in two weeks' time would be his last. — He did not set a precise date but said he would do so in the future - when it was in the best interests of the country.
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