{"id":420,"date":"2005-02-14T12:19:06","date_gmt":"2005-02-14T16:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=420"},"modified":"2009-04-12T19:34:45","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T23:34:45","slug":"popular-mechanics-debunks-911-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/02\/14\/popular-mechanics-debunks-911-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Mechanics Debunks 9\/11 Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"

PM: Debunking The 9\/11 Myths – Mar. 2005 Cover Story<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve posted about 9\/11 conspiracy theories before – and in the interest of fairness I’m posting this story as well. It’s very well done, and puts to rest some of the more outlandish “theories” that people have developed. <\/p>\n

Of course, we all know that some slick graphics and music can turn any fantasy into a “truth,” “cover-up,” or whatever. And such tricks are used both by the Big Government\/Establishment people and by the crackpot conspiracy theorists. So take it all with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve posted about 9\/11 conspiracy theories before – and in the interest of fairness I’m posting this story as well. It’s very well done, and puts to rest some of the more outlandish “theories” that people have developed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-6M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":252,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/10\/21\/thoughts\/","url_meta":{"origin":420,"position":0},"title":"Thoughts","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 21, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I can understand why. 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