Slaughter Calls for ABC to Come Clean

Once again we have Louise Slaughter speaking truth to power, this time taking ABC to the woodshed over the biased documentary they plan to present. Without excellent members of Congress such as Ms. Slaughter (D-NY), there would be very few to express the pure outrage progressives feel at this obvious propaganda piece. Washington, DC - Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, today called for ABC to make clear to viewers that its upcoming television mini-series The Path to 9/11 is not a documentary account of the events and political decisions that preceded the terrorist attacks of that day. "ABC has a responsibility to make clear that this film is not a documentary, and does not represent an official account of the facts surrounding the September 11th attacks," Rep. Slaughter said. "Disclaimers noting that The Path to 9/11 is a docudrama should be shown throughout its airing. We have yet to establish the impartiality and accuracy of the people behind this film and the claims it advances, and the American people need to know that." Read on..... No matter how much ABC claims as it does that the piece is not biased and is a docudrama not a documentary, I have to ask just why is it that only right wing bloggers and Rush Limbaugh have been permitted an advanced copy, while Democratic Members of Congress, and NO progressive bloggers been granted the same access? Hell, ABC is even showing it's unbiased nature by refusing an advance copy to former President Bill Clinton, National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Yet we are to believe in the trustworthiness of the ABC name. I think not! You can also let ABC know what you think of the Corporate Media shilling for the Bush Administration, by using the email generator at Think Progress.