More Evidence That The Media Is Essentially The Communications Wing Of The DNC
From the New York Post:
THE suits at Disney-owned ABC are too chicken to re-air or release on DVD their $40 million docudrama that accused Bill Clinton of squandering many chances to capture Osama bin Laden before the Twin Towers attacks.
That’s the charge of John Ziegler, director of a new ABC-bashing documentary titled “Blocking ‘The Path to 9/11.’ ” It focuses on why ABC delayed airing and severely re-edited its ambitious miniseries “The Path to 9/11″ in 2006 after a furious Clinton and his cronies strong-armed the network.
Ziegler alleges that ABC’s grand plan was to re-air the show, which starred Harvey Keitel and Donnie Wahlberg, every year around 9/11 but dumped the idea in 2007, fearing that it would hurt Hillary Clinton’s presidential aspirations - and will now never air it again. He charges that Disney chief Robert Iger told shareholders that it was “simply a business decision” not to issue a DVD - an “odd declaration” because a home video would help recoup the company’s $40 million investment.
So they basically chose partisanship over profit. Interesting. Media is the only business where the customer is always wrong.
It’s less about partisanship and more about bad publicity. They got slaughtered for pretending it was a documentary when they aired it the first time. If they thought they could make money without the bad PR by releasing it on DVD, I have no doubt that they would.
And if you’re going to complain about partisanship, I’m not sure Ziegler would be my first source.
Tgirsch, as an Obama supporter, you know how ruthless the Clintons are and how they exerted pressure on ABC. I think you do, at least.