ABC still plans to air 9/11 miniseries

By Cory Bergman 

Despite a flood of criticism for distorting reality, ABC is moving forward with plans to air “The Path to 9/11” on Sunday and Monday nights. The network made a few tweaks, but that wasn’t enough for former President Bill Clinton, whose lawyers wrote Disney’s Bob Iger a pointed letter. “Despite press reports that ABC/Disney has made changes in the content and marketing of ‘The Path to 9/11,’ we remain concerned about the false impression that airing the show will leave on the public,” reads the letter. And if that’s not enough, President Bush has asked the networks for airtime at 9 p.m. ET on Monday night — right in the middle of the miniseries’ second half. But ABC plans to interrupt the film for Bush’s 20 minutes and then return to it when he’s done.

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