Posted by
Dawnsblood on Saturday, September 09, 2006 11:12:35 AM
These are dangerous times. Dan says it
best, and his link to Allahpundit backs it up pretty well. If we have reached a point in our history where a political party can dictate what the networks can show from a political point of view, then we must understand that if they succeed we will spiral downward. Lets compare how America has dealt with these sorts of things in recent history. When the propaganda film F911 aired, I don't recall one voice left or right, that demanded it be shut down. You just had a lot of people not watch it. When CBS was going to air the Reagan miniseries, you had at worst threats of boycotts and it aired unedited on Showtime. Now 'Path to 9/11' comes on the scene and you have Democratic Senators blasting the network and hinting that ABC is abusing their
license. All over a Docudrama, they are implying a threat that I did not think could be taken seriously here. The threat of course is that the networks must publish only what a political party likes else their ability to function gets threatened. All I can say is God help us all if they succeed.