This is the story of how Jamie McIntyre, an ex-CNN reporter, "became a small cog in what came to be called the 9/11 Truther movement." (Thread) (1/5) :https://washex.am/2NAFHdd
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His offhand comment was deliberately misrepresented as an eyewitness attesting to the fact that no plane hit the Pentagon on Sept. 11, and by early 2002 it had gone viral among conspiracy theorists around the world. (4/5)https://washex.am/2NAFHdd
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17 years later, the video clip still shows up in his Google alerts, on his Facebook page and even his Twitter feed, often with the ominous notation: “This footage aired once after 9/11 and was never on TV again!” Read the full story here (5/5):https://washex.am/2NAFHdd
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How are there no comments under the original tweet? None are showing up for me.. 13 min past posting. BS
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