9/11 Truth, And The Sad State of Western Journalism.
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"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices." - Edward R. Murrow
"To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past." - John F. Kennedy
From
the moment that 9/11 happened a historical narrative that was scripted
beforehand to benefit the agents of power in the United States,
Israel, and the Western World was drilled into the public consciousness
by the Western mainstream media. Nine years later, anybody who goes
against the official narrative about the September 11 events is called a
"reality-challenged" lunatic/nutcase/kook.
All
public debate about 9/11 is shut off. To servile minds, history is
what the government says it is on any given day. Reality is not what
you see with your own eyes, or what you can verify with your own mind,
but what you are told it is by people in power. To step out of line,
and contradict authority is a form of mental illness. You are treated
worse than a leper. You might as well die, and go away, because you're
"conspiracy theories" are making the rest of society feel
uncomfortable, and insecure.
The Russian novelist Alexander
Solzhenitsyn criticized the Western press, and Western culture in
general, more than thirty years ago in an
address titled "A World Split Apart" he gave at Harvard University. "Without any censorship," he said "in
the West fashionable trends of thought and ideas are carefully separated
from those which are not fashionable; nothing is forbidden, but what
is not fashionable will hardly ever find its way into periodicals or
books or be heard in colleges. Legally your researchers are free, but
they are conditioned by the fashion of the day." Solzhenitsyn
pinpointed the problem with Western journalism and Western
universities; herd mentality. The West has more freedom than anywhere
else, but not enough people who are willing to practice it. There are
too few Hunter S. Thompsons in the press, and too many cowards. There
is nothing wrong with herd mentality since it is part of our nature as
humans, but it must be balanced with the free-thinking and
free-spirited part of us, otherwise, our countries will be further
enslaved by the state terrorists who control our governments.
Solzhenitsyn:
"There is no open violence such as in the
East; however, a selection dictated by fashion and the need to match
mass standards frequently prevent independent-minded people giving
their contribution to public life. There is a dangerous tendency to
flock together and shut off successful development. I have received
letters in America from highly intelligent persons, maybe a teacher in a
faraway small college who could do much for the renewal and salvation
of his country, but his country cannot hear him because the media are
not interested in him. This gives birth to strong mass prejudices, to
blindness, which is most dangerous in our dynamic era."
Solzhenitsyn died on August 3, 2008. I wish I knew what he thought
about the September 11 attacks. The warning he gave in 1978 about the
media's ability to give birth to mass prejudices couldn't have been
more spot on. The biggest reason why people still believe in the
official story of 9/11 is because of the conformist media. It has a
death grip on the American mind.
Voices that persist in their
questioning of the official narrative are totally ignored and/or
silenced by not just the mainstream media, but also by liberals and
progressives who thump their chest against evil "capitalists," as if
they are the only and truest guardians of the working man. Their
rejection of truth-tellers as "kooks" is disgusting. That is why modern
day liberals/progressives and news outlets like The Nation and
National Public Radio have no credibility whatsoever with the thinking
public. They act just as high and mighty as the conservatives they
loathe so much, and both are equally ignorant of the true nature of the
crimes that have been committed in front of all our eyes by the evil
traitors who captured Washington D.C.
But times change. Ignoring
the 9/11 truth and accountability campaign as a lunatic and fringe
movement is impossible now, and totally ridiculous. Truth-telling on
this scale demands respect, and respect better be given, especially to
the group Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, which consists of
1300+ members, along with family members of 9/11 victims, who have come
together to educate the public about the collapse of Building Se7en
through a highly successful television ad campaign called
"BuildingWhat?" View the ad
here.
Near the end of the 30 second ad, they ask viewers; "Bring justice to
my son, my uncle, my nephew, my son, and thousands of others who died
on September 11." If you have any humanity in your heart, you will
listen to what they have to say, you will watch the collapse of
Building 7, you will keep an open mind, and you will revisit the day
that has defined America, and the world for over nine years.
Fox
News Host Geraldo Rivera, who not long ago mocked and belittled 9/11
truth activists on air, is one person in the media who is changing with
the times by wising up about 9/11. On Saturday November 13, 2010,
Rivera
interviewed two spokespersons for the "BuildingWhat?" ad campaign, Bob McIlvaine,
whose son was murdered on September 11, and Tony Szamboti, a member of
AE911Truth. Instead of berating the two men about their views, Rivera
had a short, but thoughtful conversation with them, specifically
talking about the implosion of Building Se7en, and the fact that more
than 1300 architects and engineers are putting their careers and
livelihoods on the line by demanding a new investigation into the
September 11 attacks.
On Friday November 19, Rivera confirmed
his doubts about the official explanation of the collapse of Building
Se7en on Judge Napolitano Fox News show "Freedom Watch,"
telling the Judge, "I think that it is highly unlikely that our government
would do anything nefarious on a scale of this epic nature. However,
the building does come down in a way that is reminiscent of a
controlled demolition." On the surface Rivera doesn't seem to be saying
much. "Reminiscent" is too timid a word to use when reflecting on such
a grave matter. Building Se7en was brought down by controlled
demolition. There is no ifs, ands or butts about it. Still, it is
understandable why Rivera is only dipping his feet into the water,
instead of diving head first into the deep ocean of lies. 9/11 is a
sensitive subject, if there ever was one. Journalists must tread these
waters lightly. We can't all be an Alex Jones, or a Jesse Ventura.
There is a lot of wisdom in taking small steps when approaching such a
huge crime and cover-up as the 9/11 attacks and the war on terror.
So much of modern American history that
we've learned in textbooks is a lie. It will take time for a society
to re-learn what really happened, to familiarize itself with the truth
about Washington's deep corruption, high treason, and
multi-generational deception. The political awakening has already
started, but it has a long way to go. People in the media can help
speed up the awakening process by stepping forward and discussing these
matters frankly with the American people, and the rest of the world.
Without a new free press, America will be destroyed. If journalists are
not serious about finding the truth now, when they are most needed,
when the public mind is filled with lies told by tyrants and state terrorists, then what are
they good for?
"If I had to choose between having a free press or a strong military," says General Peter Pace in this
interview (5:15 mark), "I would choose a free press." That's a military man
talking. Soldiers are not special. Every man can become an effective
soldier if he choose to pick up a gun, but not every man can become an
effective journalist if he chooses to pick up a pen. There is no skill
in modern military killing. Just look at Afghanistan, where
highly-trained and well-armed Western troops are having a tough time
defeating war-torn Taliban fighters. If we expect our countries in the
West to remain free on the backs of soldiers who are fighting thousands
of miles away, then that is a sad reflection on us.
If freedom
is to be won again in the West, there needs to be dedicated and
truthful journalists reporting daily from the frontlines in the
propaganda war by the government against the people. Journalists like
John Pilger, Paul Craig Roberts, Gareth Porter, Russ Baker, Glenn
Greenwald, and some more are carrying the weight right now. Imagine if
there were a thousand more like the five I mentioned. Freedom would
never be in danger, government lies would never be defended as the
truth. Governments would know their role. Tyrants would be afraid to
conspire against the people. Imagine if Gary Webb and Hunter S.
Thompson were alive today. They did more for the defense of America and
its principles than a thousand soldiers.
I hope Western journalists find their guts, and their spine soon. All
will be forgiven if they start raising questions about the 9/11 attacks.
I don't care if they continue to call 9/11 truth activists "nutjobs."
I don't care if they still think 9/11 truth activists are dirt and
nutty trash. They don't have to respect the titans that came before
them like William Cooper, Alex Jones, David Ray Griffin, Richard Gage,
Paul Craig Roberts, Jesse Ventura, and countless of other
truth-tellers. I would be happy if they just pay respect where it is
due; the truth.
Western
journalists can redeem themselves and their craft by investigating the
September 11 attacks, and telling the truth to the public. The state
terrorists in Washington can only terrorize America, Iraq, Afghanistan,
and the world so as long as we let them. If Western journalists can't
muster enough courage to do their job, which is to investigate and
report the truth, then they don't deserve to be called journalists. If they continue to fail and betray humanity, which is what they are
doing by avoiding the questions about the 9/11 attacks, then they will
forever be remembered in a worse light than the state terrorists who
tried to enslave humanity.
Authors Bio:Saman Mohammadi is a soldier of the infowar, and a full-time university student in Toronto, Canada. His blog is The Excavator - http://disquietreservations.blogspot.com.