Sara Robinson Targets 911 Truth And Gets Lost
Most of the “experts” promoting these theories are either celebrities (if Charlie Sheen believes that 9/11 was an inside job — well, then, it must be true!), or “experts” and “researchers” whose credentials don’t even hold up to the most basic scrutiny.
Many of these popularizers received their lofty titles from “think tanks” or “institutes” that are run out of somebody’s PO box or den. Almost none of them have credentials or professional experience in the field they’re holding forth on — and the ones that do have relevant qualifications are more often than not regarded as embarrassments by their colleagues. And so it happens that David Ray Griffin, the leading author of books on the 9/11 conspiracy, isn’t an aviation expert, physicist, structural engineer, or authority on terrorism; he’s a retired theology professor who asks his readers to take a lot on faith.
Despite the lack of academic or professional cred (or perhaps because of it), the folks who promote conspiracy theories go overboard to put a thick veneer of scholarship on their claims. Books and essays are ostentatiously footnoted; but the references typically link back to even more obscure conspiracy publications with even flimsier evidence — or else to other works written by the same author, in a self-reinforcing loop. Some theorists use scientific jargon to dazzle the crowd and obfuscate weaknesses in their story; others borrow terms of art from the intelligence trade, giving the impression that they’re getting their data from sources on the inside who know what’s really going on.
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