As we approach the sixth anniversary, we can expect a whole new slew of hit-pieces. Here's a new one in the Seattle Times. Man these things are so pathetically transparent and hypocritical. How do they get away with this publishing this trash?
Debunking flights of fancy that hover over 9/11 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003...
Some tidbits:
In today's media environment, fueled by user-generated content that is easily accessed on the Internet, conspiracy theories won't simply fade away if we ignore them or dismiss them as "fringe" history. In fact, if you do a Google search on "Flight 77," you will find that the conspiracy Web sites in the first 100 search returns heavily outweigh official news and government accounts. Lies perpetuate lies and gain a life of their own — a principle observed by Joseph Goebbels' propaganda machine for the Third Reich.
Cleverly, the new conspiracy theorists prey on areas of highly specialized knowledge that most of us don't viscerally understand.
In their flight of fancy, the ideology of conspiracy-mongers is in sync with the ideology of terrorist groups, for both point to omnipotent villains controlling world events. When we see falsehoods masquerading as facts, it is our duty as free citizens to chime in: "Wait a minute — how do you know that to be true?" That would be the best way to honor the victims of the worst terror attack ever to occur on American soil.