The CNN story gives too much air time to the Truthers for my tastes, but it’s
not hard to see why. In the absence of having every single thing about that day
explained, conspiracy theories arise among the paranoid and narcissistic. And
the government has no long-term interest in acknowledging that the E-4B was sent
up, why it was sent up or who might have been on board. In telling our citizens
every single thing about what the E-4B might have been used to do on 9-11, we
would also be telling our enemies quite a bit more about that plane’s roles and
capabilities than would be prudent.
I think it is time to stop giving Truthers air time in the name of balance and fairness. Would we give air time to someone who claimed that the holocaust wasn't real? The truth has been settled, and while there are some that will never believe it that doesn't mean the nation owes them our attention any longer. Let them disappear into the hills.
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