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.
Well then ...BAN Airplanes!
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The planes were radicalized by white supremacists, don’tcha know.
“Some people did something.”
Some airplanes did something...
Those planes were built in SUV factories I suppose?
Yep!.........
MGTA
I guess we have to have “sensible” Airplane laws!
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.
Blaming it on MCAS.
They also believe planes change the climate.
We need common sense legislation for responsible plane control.
At least they’re consistent, after all they believe guns cause crime.
Funny how airplanes not taken over by Islamic jihadists never run into buildings......
Guns not thugs are responsible for murders.
The revolt of the airliners.
If our .gov grants me enough money I could probably figure out why that is.
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.
I’m surprised that there are not already ‘history’ books calling WW2 the ‘War on Sneak Attacks’.
AOC, who reads the NYT agrees with you. No more airliners.
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