Inexplicable stupidity

I'm proud to say that I somehow managed to avoid anything and everything ABC for the last several days. We tried hard to enforce that same ban toward Disney, but my still-apolitical (thank God) 10-year-old is absolutely addicted to That's So Raven. Hey, c'mon - it's just one show!

I wasn't going to write another word about Path to 9/11 (so as not to grant it any further legitimacy whatsoever), but I couldn't help but marvel at yet another revelation of this "crock"-umentary's inexplicable stupidity and inaccuracy. As reported by Editor & Publisher:

The film in both its first part and second part appears to suggest that chief hijacker Atta was flagged as a security risk at Boston's Logan Airport by American Airlines personnel. According to the 9/11 Commission Report that incident occurred earlier that morning, in Maine, and the airline was US Airways.

Late Monday, American Airlines released the following statement: "The Disney/ABC television program, 'The Path to 9/11,' which began airing last night, is inaccurate and irresponsible in its portrayal of the airport check-in events that occurred on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001...

"This misrepresentation of facts dishonors the memory of innocent American Airlines employees and all those who lost their lives as a result of the tragic events of 9/11."

Please - ABC changed the airline? Did the writers of this farce think nobody was around who might notice?! I mean, this wasn't a dramatization of the sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor, for Chrissakes, where a lack of living eyewitnesses might explain some unintentional narrative errors.

And if this propaganda piece was inaccurate on that level, you really have to wonder, "Why f#%king bother to put it on in the first place?!"

The last word I'll leave you with on this diversionary topic comes from a brilliantly succinct letter to Disney head Robert Iger, written by Clinton Foundation CEO Bruce Lindsey and Counselor Douglas Band:

"That the film directly contradicts the findings of the 9/11 Commission is troubling. That it defames dedicated public officials is tragic. But the fact that it misleads millions of people about the most tragic and consequential event in recent history is disgraceful."

That about sums it up for me.