Following a radio show debate yesterday in which a 9/11 hit piece
article written by Jonathon Moseley for World Net Daily was exposed as
containing numerous flaws and baseless allegations, the online news
site was later forced to issue a retraction.

One of the most glaring inaccuracies of the article was Moseley's claim
that Professor Steven Jones of the 9/11 Truth Scholars, during a
conference aired on C-Span, called "for the violent overthrow of the
government."

After painstaking analysis of all the tapes from the conference there
was no evidence whatsoever that a statement even close to this nature
was ever made by Jones.

Following the radio debate, World Net Daily were pressed into issuing
the following retraction on their website.

Editor's note, Aug. 17, 2006: In paragraph four of this column, the
author makes an assertion about professor Steven Jones' remarks at a
9/11 symposium broadcast by C-SPAN. A review of the program online
evidenced no such comments by Jones."

Despite the fact that the claim has been ridiculed and a retraction
issued, it can still be read in the fourth paragraph of the article.
Since the false claim is potentially damaging to Professor Steven
Jones' career - it should be removed altogether.

The last major instance where a retraction to a 9/11 hit piece was
issued was in the case of Cinnamon Stillwell's San Francisco Chronicle
article in which she claimed that the "whole country witnessed the
horrific sight of planes flying into the....Pentagon," an obviously
fraudulent claim given that no clear footage of whatever hit the
Pentagon was shown on 9/11 or to this day.

"Cinnamon Stillwell's column Wednesday on SFGate originally stated that
images of the plane that struck the Pentagon had been seen by the
American public. No such images have been made public," read the
Chronicle's retraction.

Now we have forced two major websites, one being one of the biggest
newspapers in the country, to eat crow and in the case of the
journalists concerned, expose themselves as narrow-minded and inept in
performing the most basic research skills.

Mistakes mirrored by other large newspapers who seem gung-ho about
attacking 9/11 researchers yet seem to struggle when it comes to
actually naming them correctly or accurately citing their work.

This latest example of ineptitude on the part of Moseley and World Net
Daily only brings their other claims about 9/11 under further scrutiny.
If they can't even ascribe the correct statements to the right people,
yet use false allegations to try and smear the characters of respected
professionals, how can we trust their assertions that 9/11 skeptics are
wrong?

The agenda of these individuals is not to research the subject matter
and present an honest appraisal of the evidence, it is to zealously
savage and try and discredit the 9/11 truth movement. In most cases
this isn't because they are on a CIA payroll, it's because any
dissenting voice that challenges their cosey world view is an affront
to them - and they will go to any lengths to shout us down - including
inventing quotes and using them to tar people with.

Unfortunately, their faux pas are as stiflingly obvious as a turd in a
punch bowl - and their credibility sinks ever deeper each time they try
and pull one of these stunts.

Following a spate of editorials which sought to debunk the 9/11 truth
movement and personally attack its progenitors, released on cue almost
as if an order went out, this website will continue to defend our
friends and colleagues from unfounded personal attacks and also counter
any attempts to debunk credible 9/11 evidence.


http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2006/180806issueretraction.htm