More Path to 9/11

The Clinton administration officials that are blamed for 9/11 in ABC's new dramatization (they have abandoned docudrama and documentary) have fired back regarding the rampant inaccuracies in the film. From ABC News:

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, Clinton Foundation head Bruce Lindsey and Clinton adviser Douglas Band wrote in the past week to Robert Iger, CEO of ABC's parent The Walt Disney Co., to express concern over "The Path to 9/11."

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The letter writers said the miniseries contained factual errors, and that their requests to see it had gone unanswered.

"By ABC's own standard, ABC has gotten it terribly wrong," Lindsey and Band said in their letter.

"The content of this drama is factually and incontrovertibly inaccurate and ABC has a duty to fully correct all errors or pull the drama entirely. It is unconscionable to mislead the American public about one of the most horrendous tragedies our country has ever known."

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"ABC/Disney acknowledges this show is fiction and in direct contradiction of the 9-11 commission report and the facts, and it is despicable that ABC/Disney would insist on airing a fictional version of what is a serious and emotional event for our country," Clinton Foundation spokesman Jay Carson said in a statement Thursday. "No reputable organization should dramatize 9-11 for a profit at the expense of the truth."

Calls to ABC seeking comment Thursday were not returned. [Emphasis mine]

So let me get this straight. This is an ABC News story and yet ABC’s own news division cannot get a callback from the network regarding an increasingly controversial program dealing with an extraordinarily sensitive topic. WTF? This would be almost comical if it were not so disgusting and cynical. Also, I am not an expert on slander and libel issues, but it seems to me that knowingly broadcasting false information that defames a person would open the network up to a pretty wicked lawsuit. How hard would it be to prove malice when this thing was pre-screened by right-wingers only and set to air weeks before an election? Any legal experts out there?