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Disney defends Path to 9/11 DVD decision
Disney’s decision not to release the controversial miniseries The Path to 9/11 on DVD has received strong reactions from the company’s shareholders. In 2006, Path aired on Disney’s ABC network, with the television event being critical of President Bill Clinton’s handling of terrorist threats. At Disney’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Albuquerque, N.M., Tom Borelli, one mutual fund portfolio manager, said it was time Disney released Path on DVD and recouped some of its $40 million budget. Borelli also accused company CEO Robert Iger of holding back the miniseries’ DVD release in order to protect Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign at the expense of shareholders, noting that Iger has been a steady Clinton donor since before the former first lady was elected to the Senate. In response, Iger assured the shareholder that his Path decision was based purely on business considerations and not on politics. Yahoo/Reuters has the story.
