Monday, August 14, 2006

Truth Suppression, Utica-Style

The co-administrator of this site received the following communication from the Observer-Dispatch after proposing a scholarly guest column on aspects of the 9/11 cover-up:

Mr. Smith - We are not taking any guest columns on the topic at this time, if that changes, we'll let you know. In the meantime, you are always welcome to write a letter.
Beth DiCocco, assistant editor, opinion page
(315) 792-5006


A letter, in this instance, means a 150-word hiccup that is destined to be truncated still further by the procrustean hacks at the O-D. This is fine for the sort of barbaric yawp emitted by your average television-hypnotized, cognitively-constipated Utican, but not nearly enough to say what needs to be said on this imperative topic.

No "guest columns on the topic at this time?" In less than a month, the fifth anniversary of 9/11/2001 will occur, and with it I see the editorial page of this smarmy asswipe of an alleged newspaper loaded with articles, columns, and weepy/vengeful remembrances--but not the truth.

Let Beth DiCocco know that Uticans (and others) demand the truth about 9/11--not just another treacly rehash of the National Myth.

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