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Aaron Dykes / JonesReport.com | January 3, 2008
The examining article is indeed a sophisticated, though smacking, consideration of the truth movement-- opting out of merely trying to disprove conspiracy claims, as previous hit pieces have, instead working quietly to undermine the quirky anti-heroes it builds up in radio host Alex Jones and We Are Change founder Luke Rudkowski--painted as nearly-mythical personalities fiercely hung on sinister 9/11 suspicions. Though the article does manage to ridicule and misrepresent-- such as demanding that Jones name historical events that aren't conspiracies (instead of the other way around) and telling his staff "to get some sun"-- Radar does seem to have a certain reverence for the effectiveness Rudkowski, Jones and their odd cast of companions have had in confronting politicians and forcing media attention in the name of 9/11 Truth. Jebediah Reed, the article's author, casts aside both the strong evidence against the official 9/11 report (though Radar concedes that "Giuliani does seem to suggest that he had been warned") and the relevance of victims' family members and suffering rescue workers who still hold questions about 9/11 and who continue to pursue justice. Radar had followed We Are Change members to action-packed confrontations, set-up a glamorizing photo-shoot and characterized every detail of setting and personality for the article craftily titled 'Suspicious Minds' -- yet Reed protests that Rudkowski 'was not directly affected by the attacks' and then complains that Sabrina Rivera was "not completely accurate" in identifying herself as a victim's family member during a confrontation with Rudy Giuliani. But the glaring irony of omission is that Radar didn't care to write the story of bona fide victims' family members who fight for 9/11 truth-- it wanted instead the lighter construct of conspiracy theorists handily regarded as anything from 'nut jobs' and 'cranks' to 'true American heroes.' According to Rudkowski, Reed summarily left-out speeches and interviews with Bob McIlvaine and Donna Marsh O'Connor, who both lost children in the attacks and blame the U.S. government for its role in their deaths. They are only two individuals in the sweeping majority of family members who want a new investigation, including a large number who believe 9/11 was an inside job (including Bill Doyle, head of the largest family group). Radar also omitted an encounter with former rescue worker John Feal who now runs a charity/support network for the 70% of ground zero workers who are sick and dying. Radar further made no effort to consider the eyewitness accounts of rescue workers that defy the official 9/11 account (and were, in many cases, revealed at the risk of jobs, pensions and uncomfortable reality) despite Rudkowski's insistence that it is these rescue workers who have principally inspired his activism. The magazine opted instead to include some of the truth movement's least represented and most implausible ideas, including kooky sounding notions like "energy beams from outer space, holographic jets and mini-nuclear bombs" (though Radar also includes more likely suspicions of government crime and complicity that Reed acknowledges some 40% of the U.S. population shares in regards to 9/11). Radar also managed to colorize its language as it played up the paranoia and presented the extreme. Alex Jones is outright portrayed as the commanding general of a dank conspiracy bunker "fighting an all-encompassing battle" against "the globalists and their myriad schemes." His focus on serious issues such as depopulation are ill-explained and presented in poor context seemingly meant to heighten the sensation of wild word-play and hyperbole in which Jones is meant to be viewed. Luke Rudkowski, then, was presented as a fanatical convert and protégé to the absurd but fantastical cause Jones has spurred-- that includes all the action of chasing down name-brand politicians and all the excitement of rubbing shoulders with A-list Hollywood names who have spoken out about 9/11 (in which Radar is absolutely obsessive in listing every celebrity it could find). The latest 9/11 hit piece isn't a tissue of lies or a smear against the truth, but an attempt to minimize the meaning of the movement in favor of presenting its colorful participants as a part of a hip scene--and potentially obscuring the dark realities and necessary truths of 9/11, trading them for a version of cheap adventurism that supposedly portrays the actions some have taken to expose the fraud and pursue justice at any cost. Those that take it to the streets and airwaves, though, seek no part of that--they want only to have their questions answered, the truth to be uncovered, the republic to be restored and the real perpetrators held accountable... for one kind of dark action to finally be met with an equal and opposite reaction, restoring truth to 9/11 once and for all. CLICK ON THE BANNER TO BUY TERRORSTORM IN |
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