What are the cause and effect of media bias regarding 9/11?

Question

For example, how did the media’s coverage of 9/11 interact with/contribute to/manipulate our feelings towards 9/11 and contribute to the lead up to the Iraq War?

Answer 1

I was nine years old at the time of the 9/11 attack. When 2,605 innocent American citizens died in the attack that day, we were so angry and we wanted to find against the perpetrators responsible for the attack - including the countries that harbored them. You have to remember, 9/11 was the first time American citizens were killed on a large scale on American soil since the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. I remember the media talked with radio hosts about the huge death toll and the causes of what the attacked occurred, including reporters that terrorists originated from the Middle East. My feeling was so much in anger to the point that the terrorists from the middle east may be responsible for the attack, in the same way Americans in 1941 feel towards Japan for their attack on Pearl Harbor without legitimate provocation. At the same time, Saddam Hussein publicly announced on TV that we were repeating the fruits of crimes against humanity, causing us to suspect that he may be involved in the 9/11 attack, since he was the one that denied access to UN inspectors to WMD sites in accordance to the 1991 Gulf War ceasefire agreement.



We were also suspected that Iraq may be involved in the 9/11 attack. 8 years prior to 9/11, Islamic terrorists bombed the World Trade Center in a failed plot to bring down the towers, but that failed, although six American civilians died in the bombing. Most of the perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing were caught, but one escaped. The guy was an Iraqi name Abdul Rahman Yasin, although he was born an American citizen, and he escaped to Iraq immediately following the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Even after the Iraq War, we still don't know where he is. Although there was no extensive proof that Iraq was involved, it was taken into consideration by the FBI and the CIA immediately after the 9/11 attack.



So basically it led to our feeling towards Iraq regarding their WMDs. We were afraid that Iraq might build WMDs in his secret plane and sometimes sold them to the terrorists. That would have changed the course of history and undermine the stability in the Middle East and possibly threaten world peace. So UN Resolution 1441 was passed which gave Iraq a final opportunity to comply with the disarmament obligations. But the Iraqis refused once again and as a result, we invaded that country in order to enforce the resolutions that they had broken. The actual WMD program was never found because Saddam actually bluffed it through the 1990s and early 2000s because he did this to scare the Iranians, not the Americans. Whether the Iraq War is right or now depends on your opinion, but my answer is basically a actual research and assessment how 9/11 lead up to the Iraq War.

Answer 2

There is just too much evidence now that suggests an inside job: the fact that ALL THE WRECKAGE WAS SHIPPED ABROAD as soon as



possible, the fact that even ROLLS ROYCE themselves have said that the engine recovered at the Pentagon WAS NOT the type of



engine used on the type of plane (b757) that was said to be responsible. The fact that some of the 'hijackers' are still



alive: http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/hijackers.html the fact that no jets were scrambled in time; that no



significant plane debris was found at the pentagon site (planes do not vaporize!); that the buildings seem to be demolished,



especially building 7; that jet fuel cannot melt steel, even though molten steel was seen "flowing like lava"; that the first



responders heard explosions in the basement and within the buildings before they collapsed etc...



-WTC leaseholder Larry Silverstein admitted that building 7 was pulled down by a controlled demolition:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jPzAakHPpk (He changed his story the next day)



-The technology to bring down buildings with thermite and thermate in nano capacity was developed in the 1980's. They



liquidized it in the mid 90's so it could be painted on like a gel coating. The twin towers underwent 'maintenance' for a



whole year and guys in white hazmats suits 'painted' the core columns.



-Official version claims the towers collapsed due to 'pancake effect', meaning the floors came detached from steel girders and



fell on top of each other, collapsing the tower. If that's the case, why weren't any of the (core column) steel girders left



standing? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ub_6RM9p6nY/TjWusVortWI/AAAAAAAAAXk/uSMFJEypbn8/s1600/x-wtccore.jpg



-Pictures show smoke coming from the basement seconds before the plane hits. People (including firefighters and employees)



also heard explosions from below the towers, moments before the plane hit. PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND SOME SERIOUSLY INJURED IN



THE BASEMENT.



-Pictures show steel girders with diagonal cuts in the them. This is exactly how controlled demolitions bring down buildings:



http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/tts/wtc_ruins_diagonal_cut.jpg



-Designers of the WTC say they were built to withstand MULTIPLE impacts from such an aircraft.



-Official version states the plane that hit the pentagon 'vaporised' which is why very little traces can be found. Yet they



said they managed to find DNA to identify all of the victims on board. Furthermore the building didn't 'vaporise' in any way.



What type of plane vaporises, leaving the building and human DNA relatively undamaged.



-The passport of one of the hijackers in the aircraft was supposedly found in the rubble at the WTC. It's clearly impossible



for any personal effects to survive the impact and explosion, therefore it must have been planted.



-All CCTV footage from around the pentagon has been hidden and never released. Why do that if there is nothing to hide?



-86 CCTV cameras show no airplane???



-Released Pentagon Security Camera (FOIA) does not show a b757 and is clearly Missing a frame.



"WITH ALL THE EVIDENCE READILY AVAILABLE AT THE PENTAGON CRASH SITE, ANY UNBIASED RATIONAL INVESTIGATOR COULD ONLY CONCLUDE



THAT A BOEING 757 DID NOT FLY INTO THE PENTAGON"...Colonel George Nelson Aircraft accident investigator U.S. Air Force

Answer 3

As Walt and Mearsheimer noted in their seminal work, Bin Laden was motivated to attack the US because of American support for Israel. But given jewish power, and control of the media, this truth was taboo. There was all kinds of silly and misleading rhetoric about "terrorists trying to take away our freedom." Almost immediately the pro-Israel neocons led by Wolfowitz, concocted a hare brained scheme to overrun Iraq to benefit Israel. Despite Iraq's complete noninvolvement in 9/11, the media went along, echoing neocon hogwash about Saddam's alleged massive WMD program, supposedly for the benefit of terrorists. The rest is history. It's an egregious example of how jewish power utterly distorts our perceptions and policies.