The Untold 9/11 Story

The San Francisco Chronicle (yes, The San Francisco Chronicle) ^ | June 28, 2004 | Adam Sparks

[presidio9]

"Stay quiet, and you'll be OK." -- Mohammad Atta, 9/11 terrorist, speaking to the passengers and crew of the airplane that was flown into the first of the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

Atta's admonition to the ill-fated people aboard the doomed airliner sounds as though it applies equally to the American press as it communicates to its readers. Don't ask questions, and listen calmly to us, and everything will be all right. Not!

A draft report from the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was released two weeks ago, and the media declared, in near unison, that the commission found no al Qaeda connection with Iraq and 9/11. The media had already been doggedly pursuing the "Bush misled the American people" theme this year. Call me cynical, but isn't this an election year?

A New York Times headline blared, "Panel Finds No al Qaeda-Iraq Tie," and the Washington Post was equally emphatic: "Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed." The panel, however, determined just the opposite, and it is these breathless headline writers who should have been dismissed, for embellishing the truth.

The main problem is that these headlines are simply not true. The 9/11 Commission essentially agreed with the analysis of the president and his administration. Part of the problem feeding this media hysteria is that much of the media is lazy and carries an ideological bias. Rather than follow up on their own leads and conduct their own independent investigation, journalists rely on draft reports written by government sources. Bad idea.

[mvpel]

Maybe ChronWatch.com is finally getting the Chronicle to take a look in the mirror.

[gubamyster]

bttt

[colorado tanker]

There is a lot of scary stuff in the commission's reports, even in portions published but ignored by the mainstream media. The contacts and offers of cooperation with Saddam go back practically to the founding of Al Qaeda. So much for the elite b.s. that secular Baathists wouldn't have anything to do with the islamowackos. Of more concern is that Khobar Towers was a joint operation between Qaeda and Hizbollah and that there have been extensive contacts with the Iranians. So much for the Shiites would never cooperate with Sunnis crap. If people would actually read the 9-11 and Kay reports instead of the media spin, they'd be scared enough to realize that we haven't gone too far, in fact we haven't gone far enough in that Syria and Iran are still unresolved.

[sam_paine]

Of course, they conveniently have this ad next to it:

[1Old Pro]

The almost unanimous media attempt to elect Kerry will fail. Also, the media will continue to lose circulation and viewers.

[sam_paine]

The almost unanimous media attempt to elect Kerry will fail.

I hope so, but how to keep the faith that right will out after X42 times 2?

[Vigilanteman]

The little 9/11 coverage that does exist is designed to avoid offending any politically protected groups by never advocating reforming our loose immigration and driver's-license laws. The media would never write a story that casts blame or hurts some politically protected group's feelings.

That about sums up the disinformation campaign.