More on ABC’s Fake 9/11 Movie

Brian Zick

Kos at dailykos and Justin Rood at TPM Muckraker have good posts on the ABC 9/11 mockumentary. Kos reports that "Educational media giant Scholastic, Inc. announced it's dropping its original classroom companion guides to a controversial new docudrama, and replacing them with materials stressing critical thinking and media literacy." He reminds that CBS yanked it's broadcast of "The Reagans," after getting a barrage of complaints. Justin quotes an ABC News spokeswoman: "ABC News did not participate in any way in the production of this movie," Cathie Levine told [Justin] earlier today. In fact, she said, the news division didn't even let the production use its file footage, following ABC News policy.

The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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