Blocked 'Path?'

Some articles are much, much tougher to write than others.

Case in point: my Washington Times examination of why "The Path to 9/11" isn't available on DVD. The 2006 ABC miniseries got grilled by many Democrats around the time of its release but eventually aired sans commercials. Disney, which owns ABC, has no plans to release it on DVD claiming business reasons. Some folks say the delay is due to politics. The film makes the Clinton administration look weak against terror in the years before September 11th, although Team Bush takes a lump or two as well.

No clear answers here. As a video consumer, it seems almost every product (TV and movie) makes it to DVD at some point. Heck, the very short-lived "My Big Fat Greek Life" series got a swift DVD release, and it's hard to imagine anyone clamoring for it. Sometimes a studio may not have the music rights to put out a specific product. That delayed the release of "WKRP in Cincinnati" - which finally hit DVD last year although some of the songs didn't remain the same.

So why no "Path" DVD? The media fallout over a "Path" DVD release would yield copious free advertising. Disney disagrees, apparently, and already has lost a bundle on the project. You be the judge.