The fear machine has begun to spew its noxious fumes once again into our political environment.
On September 10th and 11th ABC is set to air "The Path to 9/11," a two part docudrama that manipulates 9/11 commission's report and manipulates the truth to make the attack appear to be the result of President Clinton's preoccupation with the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
With the midterm elections just over 60 days away and public opinion of the President and the war in Iraq looking like it might actually catch up to the GOP's majority in congress, Republicans are looking to paint Democrats as weak on Terrorism. Ironic.
What makes the airing of the film objectionable is not merely the partisan subtext of the film, but rather its distortion of well documented events in history to create a non-historical drama which the network is marketing as being based on truth, so much so that ABC has prepared notes for discussion of the film in classrooms.
This is bad for history, bad for education. bad for politics and bad for America.
Call KOAT and tell them not to air "The Path to 9/11" in New Mexico. Tell KOAT that to air the film would be a manipulation of the news and a disservice to the community they're supposed to serve.
KOAT's phone numbers
Main: (505) 884-7777
News: (505) 884-6324
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