Evan Davis wrote: >Shiu; Surely you are aware that there is a great risk involved in promoting theories as to the true nature of the Sept. 11 cover-up. ... Michael Rupert has been given un-fair treatment at times by Pacifica but he and Chusodovsky (sp?) and their "evidence", while intriguoing and worth investigating falls short of the high standards for proof that a high-profile program like Democracy Now needs to maintain. < Evan, I respectfully disagree. What happened on 9-11 is THE defining ideological event of these times. While all other ills of capitalist society would go on regardless, it is the manipulation of 9-11 and the orchestration of hysteria/the manipulation of fears that has allowed the Nazi regime that has taken over the federal government to smash resistance to all of the everyday working class concerns (let alone US global policy), with a new 9-11 in the works in time for the next (s)elections. No reporter needs to promote any particular theory. What they have to do is allow proponents of those theories -- and frankly I consider the official government position on 9-11 to be the MOST far-fetched, ridiculous theory of what happened on that day -- to air their views in depth, and have others debate them on air, with more rigorous regard to fairness (via control of the microphoones) than was evident during th Dershowitz/Finkelstein program. Premilla Dixit has played an extremely important role in bringing some of these challenges to the official story to WBAI, with the organizing of the 4-day teach-in at Riverside Church a few weeks ago. Some of the analysis, especially that of Wayne Madsen, is extremely well-researched, and can be found at Counterpunch.org. At the very least, a link should be put on WBAI.org to Madsen's columns, and a regular feature on 9-11 -- maybe one DN show per week -- could dedicate itself to present these voices that are being suppressed. The fight to achieve listener elections to station boards with authority to review programming decisions is, for many of us, a fight to have these diverse voices heard on the air. - Mitchel Cohen xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/xYTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New Pacifica Working Group http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica 'Save Our Stations!' To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NewPacifica-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/