US displeased with Al Jazeera for planning to air documentary supporting that 9/11 was a false flag operation
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A cable
back in September 9, 2008, depicts the US intense dissatisfaction for
the intention of Al Jazeera to air "a German program
presenting conspiracy theories about the 9/11 attacks."
Furthermore, the US intense pressure forced Al Jazeera Director
General to ensure that "the narration would make it clear to
viewers that these were conspiracy theories that the documentary
would serve to discredit."
In the
comments we read that:
The
fact that Al Jazeera has decided to air this "documentary"
demonstrates that the channel continues to indulge intermittently in
sensationalism that will win no allies in its bid to expand into
North American markets. Such actions could well reinforce the belief
that Al Jazeera is more interested in feeding stereotypes than
countering them.
Key
points:
- PAO
[Public Affairs Office] telephoned Al Jazeera Director General Wadah
Khanfar on September 3, requesting an explanation of a
promotion aired on Al Jazeera Arabic that day for a program that will
run September 10 on the Al Jazeera Documentary channel called "The
Other September." According to the promotion, the program will
present alternate theories about the 9/11 attacks against the United
States.
-
Khanfar replied that he had not actually seen the documentary, which
was produced by a German company, but that he had directed the AJ
Documentary staff to provide a narrative voice-over that was
"editorially balanced." Asked what that meant, Khanfar said
the narration would make it clear to viewers that these were
conspiracy theories that the documentary would serve to discredit.
Searching
the web, we found that the cable probably refers to a 2008 German
production documentary (above), which allegedly presents some
evidence towards the theory that 9/11 was actually a false flag
operation.
The
cable is quite interesting because it reinforces the impression that
there was an ongoing underground war between Al Jazeera and US
officials concerning 9/11 documentaries that were far from the US
official line. Recall that, only two weeks later, another cable
intended to point out the US intense dissatisfaction about another
9/11 documentary aired by Al Jazeera, as well as secure some
assurances that the channel would broadcast "appropriate
documentaries" about 9/11 in the future.
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