detail - problem 4

Mainstream Coverage Mostly Absent -- But Not Entirely

A Blip in Mainstream Coverage – FOX News Toys with 9/11 Truth – For a brief interlude in November 2010, two FOX News personalities opened the door a crack to even-handed coverage of 9/11 Truth topics. First, Geraldo Rivera on “Geraldo at Large” devoted a segment on a show to the “Building What?” campaign. Shortly thereafter, “Freedom Watch” with Judge Napolitano, Rivera is interviewed as a follow up. But that was it! Now, four months later, the topic is dead. FOX news didn’t mention it again, and no other mainstream network picked up on the subject.

Here is the "Freedom Watch" segment:

For an introduction to Geraldo Rivera segment on his Geraldo at Large show, and the video, click here.

Third Beam at 9th Anniversary -- A Reminder that Blackout Continues -- As a surprise for the 9th anniversary, AE911Truth put up a third light beam at the World Trade Center representing the

Transition to Building-7 Blackout in First Hours After Collapse

Mainstream media transitioned through three stages of information quality in record time. 1: More time taken, plus some reflection other than just saying no one was in the building. 2: Short, less than 20 seconds, or with no reflective comments. 3: No mention of collapse at all.

TV records for this review were gathered from the on line collection.³

Stage 1

DR: Dan Rather -- "For the third time today, it's reminiscent of those pictures we've all seen too much... when a building was deliberately destroyed by well-placed dynamite to knock it down." Dan Rather coverage of Building 7 collapse is here.

PJ: Peter Jennings -- "Well, there’s Building 7 coming down. When you think that part of the component of news coverage around the country every year is the excitement, the fun, that people get watching an old building being demolished, and they wire it very carefully for days. It’s a very careful operation in order to make sure a building comes down safely. I think the last one we saw was when they brought down one of the old casinos in Las Vegas. It’s just stunning to see these buildings come down...and now, number seven World Trade Center which is 47-stories tall."

AB2 & MM: Aaron Brown & Maureen Madden -- "The whole south side of the building was engulfed in flames, at one time. They had been waiting for it to come down for the past half hour or so. At least they had some warning."

Stage 2

DS: Diane Sawyer – "As you know, within the hour, another building came down, a 47-story building."

AB1: Ashleigh Banfield – "Those people (Bldg 7) had all been cleared out of those buildings as soon as the first plane it the WTC this morning. They were just waiting for that building to go down."

PH: Philip Hayton -- Shows collapse video. "Supposedly has been weakened because it was so close to the other buildings. Presumably, they were able to evacuate everyone."

ML & TN: Mike Landess & Tracey Neale – Shows Video of collapse. Landess says, "The information we have this building was probably incredibly structurally damaged by the goings on right next door." Neale follows, "It is another building at the World Trade Center itself, number seven, World Trade Center. It had been evacuated this morning. So, structural damage probably led to this building coming down."

SP: Scott Pelley – "Thru the day, an inferno raged in Building 7, another massive office tower. Fire fighters feared it would collapse. And, a little more than 8 hours after the attack, the abandoned building fell."

DS-Int.: Diane Sawyer interviewed a volunteer from California (J.D. Halperim) reporting from near the WTC 7 collapse. "Well, at Building Seven, there was no fire there, whatsoever. There was one truck putting water on the building. But then, it collapsed completely. (The context implied the observation of no fire was after the collapse.)

CG: Charlie Gipson -- One wrapup sentence - "And then, at 5:20 PM, still another building collapses -- Seven World Trade Center."

Eight Years Later -- Some Relaxation in Coverage Blackout -- Some indicators the Media started to cover some questioning of prevailing opinion on the Building 7 collapse -- here.

(1) "The Story Behind the Story: The AE911Truth Third Beam Team," by Barbara Honegger
(2) "Third Beam Shines Light on Government and Media Blackout," by Richard Caragol, architect, and Barbara Honegger
(3) www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive

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