I remember watching that morning. It really was interesting -- the media was reluctant to "go there" while they were grappling with the fact that an airliner had hit the Tower. "This is a horrible accident." "There's no way to know if the pilot had a health problem, if this was deliberate ..." "This is very odd."
Then the second plane hit the Tower. Instantly: "We're under attack by terrorists."
But with the attacks on the fossil fuel industry, they seem reluctant to "go there".