For a LIHOP/facilitation 9/11 Truther like me this is good news and bad news. I fear the show will focus on the physical evidence and leave out what I believe to be the important information. I hope invites will be extended to folks like Paul Thomspon, Nafeez Ahmed, Sander Hicks, and shit even Daniel Hopsicker, in addition to the more popular leaders of the movement (Alex Jones, Stephen Jones, and Tarpley---whose LaRouche cultish leanings are clearly evident in his recent work).

Before you vote me down, at least take into account how a LIHOPer feals in this movement, we are often called disinfo agents or just dumb and in denial, and are generally marginalized. Please don't vote this down and let LIHOP/facilitation theorists have a voice in the movement too!

I anticipate that this History Channel special will be similar to that of the BBC's, which essentially was a hit-piece. Hopefully I am wrong.

looks like it'll be a James Meigs propaganda fest.....
http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=240087

i expect nothing less than a hit piece from the likes of The History Channel. they have a well documented history of covering the governments ass in all areas. they recently ran a special with Gerald Posner going on and on about how amazing Oswald was etc. and one about how Sirhan Sirhan acted alone. really pathetic stuff. its all about editing. Tarpley is strong when given ample time to speak, Alex Jones can do very well when he stays on topic and is like a rolodex of damning 9/11 facts and Steven Jones has rock solid evidence and if given the time to explain it is extremely damning and will drive the average viewer to reevaluate 9/11. but will The History Channel put things in the proper context or cherry pick? again i think its pretty obvious based on their history. and no offense to the Loose Change guys, but they are not the best presenters and leave certain things out. The History Channel could no longer ignore us so they will take the P.M. route and pretend to "debunk" straw man aspects of The Pentagon and CD etc. while ignoring molten metal, the best shots of squibs and flashes, the bulk of Steven Jones work, former military/air force/intelligence people etc. saying 9/11 is a fraud, Israeli spying/shadowing of "hijackers",Israelis caught with explosive residue found in their van, funding of "hijackers", the most damning Pentagon anomalies and not just the 16 foot hole in the C ring, 9/11 family members calling for new investigation, fire fighters talking of explosives, Philip Zelikow, Zakiem, Silverstein, WTC7 overall(they might show the collapse but wont fully explain it or what was IN the building), FBI stifled pre-9/11, the impossible survival of "hijackers" passports etc., the NORAD info(which will get the Vanity Fair treatment) etc. etc. etc. dont get it twisted, it would be enough(if still unfair) if they only focused on CD and the Pentagon if it was an HONEST and full discussion of them. we would "win" on that damning evidence alone if given a fair shake. of course it wont be. it never has been. (i also expect them to talk about how some of us have a "psychological need" to buy into conspiracy theories etc. that seems to be pretty standard operating at this point from "debunkers".)

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Former Director, CIA

Great news.

Hope the documentary works out.

Aidan Monaghan

=HITPIECE!

I heard that they are mostly focusing on the film makers and so-called "leaders" in the truth movement, which means Mr. James Fetzer will likely be featured.

I hope I'm wrong but can't see it happening any other way.

"Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy."
-Ron Paul

I'm afraid this might be worse for us wanting the truth to get out. It looks like A&E, who owns the History Channel, is partly owned by Hearst, who also owns Popular Mechanics. All 911 truth folks, are going to have to be more discerning as to who they have entrusted to "tell the story".

One good thing I do recall about the History Channel is that there was a story once suggesting that the FBI was responsible for the anthrax mailings, having killed people, while the Neo-con government strategy was being worked to get the public onto the page the Neo-cons were on....the war on "terror" !

Consider also, that since last lear, the Zogby poll putting the 911 truth crowd at a little under half, and the growth of the movement since, (it only growns-does not diminish at all), in all liklihood, it is over half now, believing the government is conducting a cover-up. (#@** Apparently James Zogby now has given his support for R Guiliani!!!)

This new History Channel piece (hit piece?) will probably create doubts among those we were starting to reach. I can hear it now though,.....as I try to drop links into web sites to enlighten and explain facts to those devotees of the official story, the laughing and derision, "blu, I told you you were hooked up to 'kook' sites." So, now they will have something new to hang their hats on.

I hate to be bearer of bad news, but, considering how many times we've all been disappointed, we need to be realistic. I hope as you do also with all my heart that the rest of the public realizes the facts though. Maybe, it will pique enough people's interest though to do some of their own research., to realize the truth.

Maybe, the next strategy, needs to be, and I try to convey this, although it is soooo difficult sometimes, even among Liberals, to convey the fact that the military industrial complex owns stock in all forms of media, as well as weaponry, etc. I've suggested dozens and dozens of times, and left the link for the documentary: "Orwell Rolls in his Grave" Sometimes, I think it may have an effect. It is a powerful documentary, although depressing.

The most severe form of learning disorders are owned by those that "already know everything."

Yes, this will be another Hearst-a-thon. The History Channel is owned and operated by the Hearst corporation, and of course Pop Mechanics is a Hearst magazine. We can expect glowing reviews from Seventeen magazine, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the San Francisco Chronicle and other Hearst publications.

http://www.hearst.com/entertainment/property/ent_cable_ae.html

Propaganda does not get more obvious, and we can probably guess who else will be involved.

Hearst Publishing owns History Channel. This is gonna be a HIT PIECE. James Miegs from Popular Mechanics says he debunks all the theories on the show according to the History Channel web site.

Coming Soon: The Mother Of All 9/11 Truth Hit Pieces
History Channel, Popular Mechanics, NBC & Hearst Publishing team up for smear job as conflicts of interest run rife

An upcoming documentary entitled The 9/11 Conspiracies, to be aired on the History Channel, may represent the biggest hit piece to date on the 9/11 truth movement and is rife with bias, cronyism and conflicts of interest.

The so-called documentary promises not to look at the flaws in the official story from a neutral perspective but to start out by suggesting that any deviation from the official line is "outrageous".

The program also features so called independent "experts" who are actually in the employ of the program makers themselves who in turn rely on scores of multi-million dollar contracts with the government and the military-industrial complex.

The program, scheduled for Sunday, August 12 at 8:00 PM and Monday, August 13 at 12:00 AM, will feature Alex Jones, the Loose Change crew and other 9/11 researchers such as Professor Steven Jones and Webster Tarpley.
One may therefore be forgiven for thinking the piece could allow for a fair representation of the 9/11 truth movement. However, a short blurb on the History Channel's website sets a rather familiar one sided tone (click for screenshot).

This suggests that we should be prepared for more pseudo psychology as "experts" condescendingly explain why people turn to "conspiracy theories" for comfortable simple explanations of complicated world events. Maybe the History Channel will even seek the expert analysis of the former director of the X-files just as the BBC did in their own 9/11 hit piece which was broadcast earlier this year and received a great deal of criticism for its reliance on emotional bias and avoidance of the core issues.

In the same vein as the BBC piece, the new documentary will once again feature James Meigs, Editor-in-Chief of Popular Mechanics, who is neither an expert on 9/11 research nor on engineering, but rather is an expert on yellow journalism and shilling for the Bush Administration.

Meigs has flatly refused to debate 9/11 questions with either Alex Jones or the Loose Change producers and will now only appear unopposed.

Further investigation into the makers of the new documentary also throws up a whole host of conflicts of interest.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2007/020807hitpiece.htm

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Former Director, CIA