Bristol, Connecticut is a small town located 103 miles north of New York City. It is known mostly for being the home of the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, a.k.a. ESPN.
The popular media outlet is owned by The Walt Disney Company which also controls ABC News.
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In Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN
James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales published the highlights of their five hundred interviews with people at the sports network.* Chapter six delves into the events at ESPN in the days after the 9/11 attacks in New York and D.C. One comment here jumps right off the page.
Tuesday morning George Bodenheimer, President of the network inquired about security at the campus in Connecticut. Steve Anderson, EVP at ESPN had this to say in response:
"We don't have any security."
Anderson continues to the author:
"..we realized then that if terrorists wanted to communicate to the whole country, they could do it from this facility. We weren't prepared, at that point, to stop them."
These media executives want to prevent information from being shared. Critical content that would explain why the 9/11 attacks occurred is censored even before the communication can begin. ESPN (and ABC) are afraid of information that would shed light on the motives behind the horrific crimes.
After 9/11 the outcast media ensured that the perpetrators received zero air time. This lack of communication leaves millions of people completely in the dark as to the why.
And what about the 4,000 ESPN employees in Bristol? Steve Anderson's perspective:
Each gate, security checkpoint, camera, ID badge and key card are evidence that the terrorists won and the good folks at ESPN lost."We were here in this sleepy little town feeling safe and secure. But 9/11 changed all of that. Gates went up, and it changed the way we thought about who we are and what we are regarding security."
*If you are curious as to how ESPN began or want juicy tidbits about their on-air talent then you will enjoy the book.
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