The Big Lie 9-11 and Government Complicity in Mass Murder [PDF]
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Lie</strong>” 9/<strong>11</strong> <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Government</strong>’s<br />
<strong>Complicity</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Mass</strong> <strong>Murder</strong><br />
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From the tone of multi-billionaire David Rockefeller’s comments, the media is <strong>in</strong><br />
the pocket of the elite oligarchy, <strong>and</strong> has actively helped keep their activities <strong>in</strong><br />
the dark <strong>and</strong> out of the public arena. S<strong>in</strong>ce 2000, the MSM has been timid <strong>and</strong><br />
acquiesc<strong>in</strong>g to the state. It has not challenged the claims of the government, <strong>and</strong><br />
has been profoundly derelict <strong>in</strong> its duties. Reporter Michael Petrelis used the<br />
Freedom of Information Act provisions to determ<strong>in</strong>e how energetic the MSM has<br />
been <strong>in</strong> do<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>vestigations. He determ<strong>in</strong>ed through exam<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g FOIA requests<br />
from the media, the traditional media, that their FOIA requests have been<br />
dismally m<strong>in</strong>imal. In fact, the numbers <strong>in</strong>dicate that non-traditional media <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>vestigators have been more diligent <strong>and</strong> active <strong>in</strong> pursu<strong>in</strong>g the hard issues <strong>and</strong><br />
request<strong>in</strong>g documentation, he writes:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pentagon’s records reveal that the law is broadly used—more than 10,000<br />
requests have been made s<strong>in</strong>ce 2000. But they also illum<strong>in</strong>ate a seem<strong>in</strong>g dearth<br />
of curiosity by news organizations about the <strong>in</strong>ternal files of the U.S. military<br />
establishment. This lack of curiosity appears particularly evident among the<br />
nation’s three largest newspapers. In total, the three papers with daily<br />
circulations greater than one million--USA Today, the Wall Street Journal <strong>and</strong><br />
the New York Times -- made just 36 requests of the Pentagon between 2000 <strong>and</strong><br />
February 2005. USA Today made n<strong>in</strong>e; the Journal, six; <strong>and</strong> the Times, 21<br />
[<strong>in</strong>quiries]. Lead<strong>in</strong>g pr<strong>in</strong>t newspapers was the Los Angeles Times, with 42<br />
<strong>in</strong>quiries. <strong>The</strong> Times recently ditched its national edition <strong>and</strong> announced last<br />
week it would lay off 85 newsroom staffers. Follow<strong>in</strong>g the LA Times was the<br />
Wash<strong>in</strong>gton Post, with 34—just shy of the total requests made by the three<br />
largest U.S. newspapers comb<strong>in</strong>ed. <strong>The</strong> largest television networks made slightly<br />
fewer requests than the top pr<strong>in</strong>t outlets. CBS News led the pack with 32 queries;<br />
Fox News followed with 22; <strong>and</strong> NBC News just was shy of that with 21. Fox—a<br />
frequent target of the left—filed more requests than the New York Times. CNN,<br />
the most-watched 24 hour news channel, made just <strong>11</strong> <strong>in</strong>quiries. 13<br />
Robert Murdoch, media magnate, has come to acknowledge that the MSM is<br />
los<strong>in</strong>g significant ground to the <strong>in</strong>ternet <strong>and</strong> that traditional newspapers are<br />
los<strong>in</strong>g their relevance. He said pessimistically: “Outside New York, it's all<br />
monopoly newspapers…Some have good work <strong>in</strong> them, but it tends to be overwritten,<br />
bor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> elitist, not a reflection of the general mood of the public…And