Tuesday, September 05, 2006
to tell the truth
This is important.
Once again, the right wing is using a national tragedy for political gain. Less than two months before election day, ABC is set to air a "docudrama" that it alleges is based on the 9/11 Commission Report. The only problem is that this mockumentary blatantly distorts and lies about the findings of that report. The extremely fictionalized TV movie was written by two arch-conservatives, one of whom is Rush Limbaugh's personal stooge. Right-wing media and blogs received advanced copies, while mainstream and liberal media received bupkiss.
Not surprisingly, the movie attempts to blame everything (and we mean EVERYTHING) on Bill Clinton and vindicate George W. Bush. This is classic Republican strategy: when you and your guy are utter failures, blame Clinton. Heck, when their alarm clocks don't go off in the morning, they blame Clinton.
There is something you can do, though. I'm not generally a fan of petitions and letter drives, mainly because I think they're largely a waste of resources. But in this case, I think it could be effective. And lucky for us, Think Progress has an online tool you can use to send a personalized message to Disney (the parent company of ABC) President and CEO Bob Iger. I really like this action particularly because Bob Iger is a fellow Ithaca College alumnus. I know he won't read my message personally, but I still like adding the personal touch so, on the off chance someone does read it, they'll know I'm a bit more in touch than most of their letter writers.
So click the Think Progress link above and take action RIGHT NOW. Who knows? Maybe ABC will come to its senses and present some sorely missing balance in our right-dominated traditional media.
Once again, the right wing is using a national tragedy for political gain. Less than two months before election day, ABC is set to air a "docudrama" that it alleges is based on the 9/11 Commission Report. The only problem is that this mockumentary blatantly distorts and lies about the findings of that report. The extremely fictionalized TV movie was written by two arch-conservatives, one of whom is Rush Limbaugh's personal stooge. Right-wing media and blogs received advanced copies, while mainstream and liberal media received bupkiss.
Not surprisingly, the movie attempts to blame everything (and we mean EVERYTHING) on Bill Clinton and vindicate George W. Bush. This is classic Republican strategy: when you and your guy are utter failures, blame Clinton. Heck, when their alarm clocks don't go off in the morning, they blame Clinton.
There is something you can do, though. I'm not generally a fan of petitions and letter drives, mainly because I think they're largely a waste of resources. But in this case, I think it could be effective. And lucky for us, Think Progress has an online tool you can use to send a personalized message to Disney (the parent company of ABC) President and CEO Bob Iger. I really like this action particularly because Bob Iger is a fellow Ithaca College alumnus. I know he won't read my message personally, but I still like adding the personal touch so, on the off chance someone does read it, they'll know I'm a bit more in touch than most of their letter writers.
So click the Think Progress link above and take action RIGHT NOW. Who knows? Maybe ABC will come to its senses and present some sorely missing balance in our right-dominated traditional media.
