Is Clinton's candidacy blocking 'Path to 9/11?'

Los Angeles Times by Martin Miller | Sep. 5, 2007 (News Report)

"Whatever anyone may think about me or this movie, this is a bad precedent, a dangerous precedent, to allow a movie to be buried," added Nowrasteh, who received death threats even before the miniseries was broadcast last September. "Because the next time they'll go after another movie. The Bush administration may go after a movie. The next administration may go after a movie. No matter who it is, they may go after a movie. I think this town needs to stand up." Full Story »

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by Rory O'Connor - Sep. 5, 2007

Plenty of miniseries never make it to DVD, but what's the story with ABC's controversial "Path to 911?" "It's really up to the studios when they want to release the DVD," said Gord Lacey, founder of a website that tracks DVD releases from television. "But this is odd. It may be this is a very sensitive subject and they [ABC Studios] don't want to go through the PR nightmare again." Or it may be that the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton is standing in the way...

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by Joe Pallas - Sep. 5, 2007

It's no accident that this story is headlined by one of those leading rhetorical questions intended to suggest without support. The story seems to be "writer claims censorship, no evidence to support claim." It's telling that the reporter sought comment from the Clinton campaign, but not, apparently, from ABC. If a top exec says political pressure is being applied, shouldn't there be at least an attempt to get a comment from the company? Everything comes down to unsupported claims ... More »

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