I think the Democrats had a point about how the miniseries may be a bad idea, but as soon as they started threatening ABC with the force of the government, they totally went off the rails on this one.

I wonder if they will have professional help available after the viewing to help those folks who can't handle a TV movie ?

There's a shrink down in Boca Raton FL who has offering special psychiatric services to the BDS afflicted.

Since McCain/Feingold has literally criminalized citizens' heretofore unassailable right to hear and be heard on matters of public policy --aka "politics"-- eight weeks prior to national elections (that is, "no law" means anything Humpty Dumpty thinks will insulate incumbents), why the hoorah over Disney? Just declare "Path" an unauthorized political statement [that's right: Unauthorized. Free speech now needs a license, or you die] and prosecute these horrible, nasty, producers for not keeping their mouths shut.

Recall after Big Bill's "finger-wagging good" declamations concerning predatory attacks on White House interns (you really think Monica was the only one?), how MzBill ("Miss Cattle Futures", "Files under the Bed", "Count the teaspoons") praised Larry Flynt of Hustler Magazine for offering a $1-million reward to anyone successfully blackmailing a Republican in Lewinsky mode? When is that Shining Circle gathered in the White House Rose Garden while Madelaine Albright embraced her rubicund employer (dangerous!) and Hillary slopped over before raking Hubby with her claws (National Enquirer's frontpage carried pictures in supermarkets for a week) ever going to receive its dramatic due? In all American history, literally never has such a coterie disgraced itself so utterly. You think "Path" reflects adversely on these vulgar little twerps? Because they're so intensely self-centered yet pathetic, they are funny. Perfect dramatic material! Billary is already a bad joke. Properly constructed, a sequel to "The Producers" would do well.

I linked to this story, Bob, as well as contacted ABC national and called ABC local in Raleigh.

I have ended up on the lists of many of the kook dems mail lists, and sent some scathing stuff back.

When I came across this interview my jaw nearly dropped to the ground.

Q: I mean, isn’t it the case that this film actually does show Sandy Berger hanging up the phone in the middle of a conference call, when there are U.S. personnel whose lives are at risk on the ground, and they have bin Laden in their sights, and that really nothing like that ever happened?

KEAN: Well, the question, Shaun, is whether — whether it was Sandy Berger, or whether it was the head of the CIA? Whether the call was hung up on or whether it was totally — whether it was disrupted by a failure in communications? I mean, these are all historically, I think, open questions. But again, this is a, you know, this is a miniseries, not a documentary.

It's not like the scene that has been so upsetting never happened, but rather the detail of how the phone call ended is in dispute.

So, is this a partisan issue? I remember the republicans do the very same thing

CBS Won't Air 'Reagans' Miniseries
Tuesday, November 04, 2003

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NEW YORK — The ruckus over a TV movie few have actually seen got even louder Tuesday when CBS decided to dump "The Reagans" miniseries and hand it off to the cable movie channel Showtime (search).

The program was to air on CBS Nov. 16 and 18, smack in the middle of November ratings sweeps. The network said it would license the completed project to Showtime, a pay-cable channel owned by CBS parent Viacom (search).

"Although the miniseries features impressive production values and acting performances, and the producers have sources to verify each scene in the script, we believe it does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience," CBS said in a statement.

A broadcast network has different standards than a pay-cable network, CBS said.

Based on video clips and snippets of the script that had leaked out in recent weeks, Republican-based political groups and Reagan supporters — including the former president's son, Michael — accused CBS of distorting Reagan's legacy.

The TV network insisted it was not bowing to political pressure over the script, details of which were revealed in The New York Times last month, but said the decision was made after viewing the finished film.

ABC’s Peter Jennings made it seem as if CBS’s The Reagans just wasn’t positive enough for conservatives, saying CBS cancelled it “when word got around that it may not have been as faithful to the Reagan story as some conservatives wanted it to be.” NBC’s Mike Taibbi worried not about CBS’s misdeeds with such a disrespectful movie, but about “which program and which network will be targeted next?” CBS’s Jerry Bowen, after clips from two conservatives, turned to a bunch of those upset by CBS’s decision, including Tom Daschle who accused conservatives of “intimidation” and James Brolin’s manager, who charged: “We seem to be in a very oppressive era...” Bowen argued those disturbed by the Reagan portrayal are hypocrites since they didn’t object to Showtime’s September movie about President Bush “that also used fictionalized dialogue.”

I remember the republicans do the very same thing

But not getting the same results. The Regan thing aired unchanged.

Some animals are "more equal" than others right?

Well said, Clearwaterconservative. Rewriting history to include events that didn't happen is just always a bad idea.

Rewriting history to include events that didn't happen is just always a bad idea.

Indeed...

Like Kerry's patently false claim of spending Christmas in Cambodia?