MEDIA – Recent Bigard show that about seven years later, the involvement of the United States is a thesis that has made its way …
More than the official commemorations, the seventh anniversary of Sept. 11 in France was marked by sensational declarations of Jean-Marie Bigard. The comedian, close to Nicolas Sarkozy, said on September 5 a Europe to be “absolutely sure” that no plane crashed against the Pentagon.
A few days later, he returned to his remarks and apologized. But the conspiracy theory sauce Bigard has received extensive media coverage. A unique window of visibility for the many websites that question the official U.S. version.
For the history of conspiracy theory about September 11 is above all a media war between the “mainstream press” that refutes the conspiracy, and a galaxy of independent websites who think the U.S. government is involved in the attacks. Their motto: reopen closed in 2004 by an official report of 500 pages.
“The Big Lie”, the bestseller
In France, two great moments have marked this search for truth. This is the first book by Thierry Meyssan, “The Big Lie,” which shook the conscience in 2002. The long explanation in text Thierry Ardisson provoked shocked, while the rest of the press, “Le Monde” in mind, knock out the book described as “extravagant.”
200,000 copies sold later, Meyssan’s theory, that the Pentagon was destroyed by “a faction of the military-industrial complex” has become a starting point for a series of questions about September 11. As a result of the Voltaire Network Meyssan, many Internet portals take up the torch, as reopen911.info.
“Loose Change”, the blockbuster of the Web
In 2005 the documentary “Loose Change”, the strongest arguments that Meyssan’s book, reinforces the doubts of Internet users. This remarkable film by a young amateur apart point by point and the official said, without formal proofs, that the attacks were sponsored by the U.S. government.
Here is the beginning part 2 of this controversial documentary.
The film, which was seen by over 100 million Internet users, became the first “blockbuster of the Internet,” according to the American magazine “Vanity Fair”. In France, the media ignore it almost entirely, except the chain Planet decides to distribute it, causing a brief report in “Liberation”. Among the mainstream media, only the collaborative website Agoravox take seriously the documentary.
Theses that have marked the spirits
“Loose Change” has been allowed this year in a scathing reply on Canal + with a thorough investigation-cons aired on April 24. The same treatment as for Thierry Meyssan, who’s swallowed a pamphlet signed by professional journalists, “The terrible lie.”
The impact of this information war is considerable. A study conducted this summer by the University of Maryland in 17 countries, only 46% of respondents consider that Al Qaeda is responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. 15% blame the U.S. government, 7% 7% mention Israel and others. Outweigh the mainstream media then, but very little.
V.G.