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January 25, 2006
9/11: Debunking The Myths
Topics: Political News and commentaries
Readers will find a new ad here at Hyscience today (center column, 911TrueStory.com)- an ad that challenges the official version of the World Trade Center collapse, and argues for it being the result of a controlled demolition. I would venture to say that almost every Conservative blogger has received ten or more emails from the group sponsoring the ad, those behind it, or groups similar to them - all or most arguing in favor of a "controlled explosion" conspiracy.
Whereas it is the policy and practice of Hyscience to support our advertisers, we do not support, endorse, give credence to, or even remotely consider the information provided in the ad and linked to it, to have any legitimate basis for credibility [The link does not disclose the sponsor of the ad, nor anything about his/her/their intentions and agenda. For all we know it could be Al-Qaeda - or just another Kool-Aid drinker].
In their March 2005 issue, Popular Mechanics examines the evidence and consults the experts to refute the most persistent conspiracy theories of September 11:
FROM THE MOMENT the first airplane crashed into the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, the world has asked one simple and compelling question: How could it happen?Read their entire report.Three and a half years later, not everyone is convinced we know the truth. Go to Google.com, type in the search phrase "World Trade Center conspiracy" and you'll get links to an estimated 628,000 Web sites. More than 3000 books on 9/11 have been published; many of them reject the official consensus that hijackers associated with Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda flew passenger planes into U.S. landmarks.
Healthy skepticism, it seems, has curdled into paranoia. Wild conspiracy tales are peddled daily on the Internet, talk radio and in other media. Blurry photos, quotes taken out of context and sketchy eyewitness accounts have inspired a slew of elaborate theories: The Pentagon was struck by a missile; the World Trade Center was razed by demolition-style bombs; Flight 93 was shot down by a mysterious white jet. As outlandish as these claims may sound, they are increasingly accepted abroad and among extremists here in the United States.
To investigate 16 of the most prevalent claims made by conspiracy theorists, POPULAR MECHANICS assembled a team of nine researchers and reporters who, together with PM editors, consulted more than 70 professionals in fields that form the core content of this magazine, including aviation, engineering and the military.
In the end, we were able to debunk each of these assertions with hard evidence and a healthy dose of common sense. We learned that a few theories are based on something as innocent as a reporting error on that chaotic day. Others are the byproducts of cynical imaginations that aim to inject suspicion and animosity into public debate. Only by confronting such poisonous claims with irrefutable facts can we understand what really happened on a day that is forever seared into world history.--THE EDITORS
At the very least, the most dim-witted among us need to be exposed to both sides in order that they not fall into the abyss of moonbatism.
Posted by Richard at January 25, 2006 2:15 PM
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