September 11 Commission Report - Gnostic Liberation Front

“Further investigation and probing of several other CNN sources closely connected with the
production of the Asner segment on Showbiz Tonight reported that high-level members of CNN
management advised the producers of the show to "kill it. " This statement was clearly made to stifle
any further coverage of 9/11…”.[CNN Fears 9/11 Truth - Cancels Ed Asner's Appearance,
Infowars.com, March 28, 2006]
Disney and ABC
Disney and ABC appears to be another example, very similar to NBC and CBS, where
the corporate profit motive determined the content of the “message” to the American
public.
“The attitude at ABC was an extension of the personality of Disney Chairman Michael Eisner. Eisner
does not like those who make waves, as the host of Politically Incorrect recently learned. After Bill
Maher said that it was cowardly of America to fight battles by launching missiles from a safe distance,
Eisner went out of his way to very publicly slap Maher down. This episode provided outsiders with a
rare glimpse inside the corporate culture of … do not rock the boat or you’re in trouble. “Eisner will
always stand up for principle, no matter what the cost,” says a former Disney executive, “as long as
that principle involves increasing his personal compensation.” As a result, the candidate who held out
the prospect of fabulous wealth for the broadcast industry got favorable coverage from ABC News. In
fact, Bush received better coverage than Gore from the entire mainstream media.” [Democracy,
General Electric Style, David Podvin and Carolyn Kay, October 23, 2001]
It was Disney under Eisner that attempted to bury a film by Michael Moore that was
critical of the Bush family, suggesting collusion with the Saudi Royal family.
“Mr. Moore’s agent, Ari Emanuel, said that Michael D. Eisner, Disney’s chief executive, asked him
last spring to pull out of the deal with Miramax. Mr. Emanuel said Mr. Eisner expressed concern that it
would endanger tax breaks Disney receives for its theme park, hotels and other ventures in Florida,
where Mr. Bush’s brother, Jeb, is governor. “Michael Eisner asked me not to sell this movie to
Harvey Weinstein; that doesn’t mean I listened to him,” Mr. Emanuel said. “He definitely indicated
there were tax incentives he was getting for the Disney corporation and that’s why he didn’t want me
to sell it to Miramax. He didn’t want a Disney company involved.”
But that was then and this is now. Disney has turned most of ABC’s extensive radio network and
owned-and-operated stations into a 24/7 orgy of right-wing talk. Disney’s chief lobbyist, Preston
Padden, is not only one of Washington, D.C.’s most infamous Republican lobbyists, but he used to
work for Rupert Murdoch. And Padden was set to use all of his considerable influence in Congress and
the White House on Disney’s behalf if that big bad Goliath, Comcast, really tried to gobble up the
Mouse House. As a result, no one thought it just coincidental when W pleaded just days after 9/11 for
Americans “to return to the kind of lives we were leading before [that], especially air travel. Get on
board. Do your business around the country. Fly and enjoy America’s great destination spots. Go down
to Disney World in Florida; take your families and enjoy life the way we want it to be enjoyed.” It was
as close to a White House commercial for Disney as any corporation could dare hope.
Then Bush followed that up weeks later with a PR visit to Orlando, Florida, where the Magic Kingdom
had suffered a 25 percent drop in ticket sales, where a national photo showed the theme park’s deserted
entrance. And since then, in addition to the usual tax breaks from W’s brother, Jeb, Disney World has
benefited from special security measures, including extra protection and a federally declared “no
flyover zone.” [When Might Turns Right - Golly GE, Why Big Media is Pro-Bush , Nikki Finke, LA
Weekly, October 1 - 7, 2004]
Behind all this, and what is rarely disclosed, is that in 1985, the largest shareholder in the
owner of ABC, at the time being Capital Cities, was CIA Director Wiliam Casey. This
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