You Can't Handle the 9/11 Truth

David Weigel | June 29, 2007

C.D. Steltzer reports on the inclusion of a 9/11 "alternative theory" in Project Censored's list of overlooked stories—a decision that prompted two of the project's biggest names to jump ship.

Judges Robert Jensen, a journalism professor, and Norman Solomon, a syndicated columnist, severed their ties with the national media watchdog group over its decision last year to highlight the controversial theories of physics professor Steven Jones, a critic of the 9/11 Commission findings.

Jones hypothesizes that the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the World Trade Center towers was the result of controlled detonation of military-grade explosives rather than fires caused by two passenger jets that slammed into the buildings. His views, which are available online at Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice (stj911.org), have been largely passed over or dismissed by mainstream news outlets.

“This isn’t the first time that judges have resigned at Project Censored over a story we’ve covered,” says Peter Phillips, director of the program.

It's almost surprising that it took this long for PC to trip and fall into the swamp. I can't seem to find it online, but, In 2002 my old j-school colleague Matt Palmquist had the definitive takedown of Project Censored in the SF Weekly (San Francisco). In any case this is a good opportunity to share the most bizarre piece of 9/11 performance art I've found so far:

Maybe Garance Franke-Ruta was right...