Amid the controversy over ABC's fact-challenged "Path To 9/11" (which is still scheduled to air tomorrow night), writer/producer Bryce Zabel noticed something odd: The poster for the "docu-drama" is strikingly similar to that for his 1996 TV series "Dark Skies." Like ABC, we're going to stick stringently to the facts: Apparently, in a secret meeting with CIA director George Tenet, ABC president Bob Iger was asked if he wanted to "take out" the movie poster for "Dark Skies" and Iger angrily hung up on him. Then President Clinton came in and they ate tacos and talked about how delicious they were (whoops, sorry, that was lunch break; originally the producers included it because they thought thought they were "improvising"). The above makes no sense but it's a helluva lot more credible than "Path of 9/11."
Oh, and also: Note that the poster reads "Based on the 9/11 Commission Report" rather than the supposedly-updated "Based in part on the 9/11 Commission Report." Like ABC's "Path To 9/11" website ("Tthe miniseries draws on detailed information from the [9/11 Commission] Report and other sources to take viewers on an unforgettable journey through the events that presaged that fateful day" and "ABC will present "The Path to 9/11," a dramatization of the events detailed in The 9/11 Commission Report and other sources") and blog (Per Director David Cunningham: "We tried, as best we can, based on 9/11 Commission Report and numerous other sources and advisors, to present an accurate and honest account of the events leading to 9/11"). Neither has been updated or flagged or otherwise has any indicator of the fact that some events in the movie never even happened. For shame, ABC, for shame.
