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NYT Suggests Planes, Not Terrorists, Were Responsible For 9/11 Attacks
dailycaller.com ^ | September 11, 2019 9:16 AM ET | Shelby Talcott

Posted on 09/11/2019 8:18:13 AM PDT by Red Badger

The New York Times tweeted and then deleted a comment Wednesday about the 9/11 attacks that suggested airplanes, not terrorists, were responsible for killing almost 3,000 people.

The article is about “remembering those lost 18 years ago on 9/11,” when terrorists overtook multiple planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Another plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field after citizens on board tried to take down the terrorists.

“18 years have passed since airplanes took aim and brought down the World Trade Center,” the NYT original tweet read. Terrorists were responsible for the 9/11 attacks, not airplanes.

The tweet was deleted shortly after, and the NYT wrote that the tweet and story had been “edited for clarity.” The article was changed shortly after to reflect that terrorists were responsible for killing almost 3,000 people.

The new tweet reads that “18 years after nearly 3,000 people were lost, families of those killed in the terror attacks will gather at the 9/11 memorial. There will be a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., then the names of the dead — one by one — will be recited.”

Before being edited, the NYT article also read that “airplanes took aim at the World Trade Center and brought them down.” It now reflects that terrorists overtook the airplanes.

After announcing the story and tweet had been changed “for clarity,” the NYT began to receive pushback on social media.

The New York Times did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 911; idiots; nyt
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To: Red Badger

Well then ...BAN Airplanes!
/S


21 posted on 09/11/2019 8:29:46 AM PDT by MEG33 (Help Shorten FReepathons......DONATE MONTHLY)
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To: Red Badger

The planes were radicalized by white supremacists, don’tcha know.


22 posted on 09/11/2019 8:30:07 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Red Badger

“Some people did something.”


23 posted on 09/11/2019 8:30:37 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: Red Badger

Some airplanes did something...


24 posted on 09/11/2019 8:31:00 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Chan)
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To: Red Badger

Those planes were built in SUV factories I suppose?


25 posted on 09/11/2019 8:31:02 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: RollingThunder

Yep!.........


26 posted on 09/11/2019 8:31:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Perseverando

MGTA


27 posted on 09/11/2019 8:32:11 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: Red Badger

I guess we have to have “sensible” Airplane laws!


28 posted on 09/11/2019 8:33:00 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: Red Badger
This is the same point I made when posting Never Forget to Pass Along Key Lessons. The editorial author wrote:
At 5:46 a.m. Pacific Time on 9/11/01, five hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the northern side of 1 WTC — the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Then, 17 minutes later, five hijackers crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the southern side of 2 WTC.
At least this editorial says "hijackers," not just "planes." But the thrust is exactly the same. There is NO MENTION of Islam and moslems. None. It is just more of the same old "some people did something" bull crap. They will bend over backwards to avoid any hint of "Islamophobia" and weaken America's resolve (as if we ever had any in the 21st century) to defend itself.
29 posted on 09/11/2019 8:33:08 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Red Badger

Blaming it on MCAS.

They also believe planes change the climate.


30 posted on 09/11/2019 8:33:25 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: Red Badger

We need common sense legislation for responsible plane control.


31 posted on 09/11/2019 8:34:01 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (You cannot solidify control and power over people who are able to defend themselves.)
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To: Red Badger

At least they’re consistent, after all they believe guns cause crime.


32 posted on 09/11/2019 8:34:37 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Funny how airplanes not taken over by Islamic jihadists never run into buildings......


33 posted on 09/11/2019 8:35:48 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Red Badger

Guns not thugs are responsible for murders.


34 posted on 09/11/2019 8:37:06 AM PDT by null and void (After those deliberate lies THEY owe it to me to be honest, I don't owe them to be less suspicious.)
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To: Perseverando

The revolt of the airliners.


35 posted on 09/11/2019 8:38:58 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Funny how airplanes not taken over by Islamic jihadists never run into buildings......

If our .gov grants me enough money I could probably figure out why that is.

36 posted on 09/11/2019 8:40:20 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Is it time Claire?)
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To: Red Badger

We basically date the War on Terror by the attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11.

If the United States had fought World War II the way the Times and the democrats want to fight the War on Terror, after Pearl Harbor, the United States would have imported millions of Japanese immigrants into this country.


37 posted on 09/11/2019 8:40:45 AM PDT by odawg
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To: odawg

I’m surprised that there are not already ‘history’ books calling WW2 the ‘War on Sneak Attacks’.


38 posted on 09/11/2019 8:44:16 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: MEG33

AOC, who reads the NYT agrees with you. No more airliners.


39 posted on 09/11/2019 8:46:40 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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