CNN Films has cancelled plans to air a documentary about Hillary Clinton after the director of the planned piece faced a stout stonewall of opposition from sources in the Clinton political machine, Democrats, Republicans and journalists.
Charles Ferguson today outlined on the Huffington Post website the futility of making a film that nobody wanted him to
“After approaching well over a hundred people, only two persons who ever dealt with Mrs. Clinton would agree to an on-camera interview, and I suspected that even they would back out.”
Ferguson received negative feedback even from Clinton media adversaries including tele-evangelist Pat Robertson and Fox News.
He speculated about some of the reasons “why Hillary Clinton might not be thrilled about my movie.”
The list includes her past board of director service at Wal-Mart and Tyson Foods, Saudi Arabian funding of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation and “the most amazing lies” that President Clinton allegedly told him.
Ferguson had envisioned an “ambitious, controversial and highly visible” film that was also fair to the former First Lady.
He called his defeat a “victory for the Clintons and for the money machines that both political parties have now become.” In his view, the loss is a blow to the media and the American people.
The director of “Inside Job,” and author of “Predator Nation” credited CNN CEO Jeff Zucker for being supportive of the effort and the Time Warner unit expressed dismay that things were so nasty for him. He denied that CNN applied any pressure to end the project.
Ferguson blogged that Hillary Clinton “has many virtues including great intelligence, fortitude, and a commitment to bettering the lives of women and children. But this is not her finest hour.”
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