- Misinterpretations of evidence (errors)
- Hoaxes (for personal gain or dramatic purposes)
- Disinformation (information that is deliberately put out for subversive purposes)
However it originates, misinformation (information that is false) is always spread by those who are well-meaning and honest, but have not carefully checked that their claims are true.
The existence of disinformation agents working for the government is supported by historical evidence of Cold War politics. Infiltration is a key part of gathering intelligence and attacking enemies ‘from the inside’ – with an issue as important as covering up 9/11, the government would clearly be capable and willing to infiltrate the truth movement with disinformation agents.
The issue of disinformation is extremely controversial due to the tendency of even the most informed, intelligent researchers to jump to conclusions and accuse anyone who disagrees with them as being a “disinformation agent”. In my view, the number of disinformation agents that would be required to achieve the effect that we have seen is very small, precisely because of the way misinformation is spread by those who genuinely believe their claims to be true.
One of the key reasons that misinformation spreads so quickly is that someone who fully believes their own claims is more likely to find evidence that fits their theory (and dismiss evidence which does not) and vigorously defend them than someone who is aware that they are claiming a false theory.
Reliable polls have shown that the majority of people believe that the government is lying about 9/11 and many of them support of the views of the 9/11 Truth Movement. But among them, the vast majority of people believe in some of the false theories and misinformation. For example, the number who believe a controlled demolition hypothesis is hardly any higher than the number who believe a missile hit the Pentagon. Sometimes it can be very difficult to separate the true information from the errors.
In addition, there are some parts of what happened that are virtually unknowable at the moment and therefore necessarily involve some degree of speculation. For example, it is not clear exactly what happened on the flights – but a range of possibilities have been suggested. Defenders of the official story draw attention to the speculative elements of theories in order to draw attention away from the evidence that supports them or makes them extremely likely.
Attack Scenario 404, for example, gives an overview of the way the attack would have been carried out, but it is probably not entirely accurate down to the details due to it necessarily containing some speculative elements.
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