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For anyone not yet fully convinced that our media is in the pocket of our president, consider the new release from Disney of a two part mini-series called “The Path to 9/11”. Our beloved leader must be madly rubbing one out over the idea that historical fact can be used as a basis for fantasy entertainment. The best part is that Disney (and their network ABC) are not beholden to the facts. Any facts.

What’s their goal? The goal is to prop up the image of a president that lied and deceived his country into a war that isn’t popular any more. Worse, members of his own party are now starting to distance themselves from the hawk propaganda and calling into question the viability of our “mission”. The Supreme Court has told him that he’s not allowed to just make laws up as he goes along where it concerns prisoners of war. No, it’s not a happy time the commander –n- chief.

The obvious answer is, well it worked before, more lies. Ok, so the WMD thing didn’t work out – let’s try a new tact: blame the Clinton administration, show how the mistakes of the past led to where we are today. It’s key, especially since it’s election time and America is starting to have second thoughts.

Lies, like Ms.Albright refusing to support a cruise missile strike against Osama. That never happened, but they have a scene that shows she did. It’s a lie.

The producers admit they didn’t just base their story on the commission report on 9/11, but on books and opinion interviews. The problem is that the public, the VOTING public, isn’t going to know where the factual evidence ends and the “opinion” begins. They’re going to buy it as gospel.

It’s true that TV is supposed to entertain, but when did the suffering of a country wind up on the same channel as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and ‘Extreme Makeover, Home Edition’? What happened wasn’t entertainment to me – and unless you’re willing to present me the unfettered truth I don’t need anyone else’s fucking imagination to fill in the gaps.