I didn't think so. But they're good enough for our monopoly media, in spite of their cover-up record. Here, below are two news articles. The first is the honest one that a news service that truly served the public would have written. The second, with only a few key words different from the first, is the story that actually went out. Change only the first syllable in the actual reporter's last name, by the way, and you have the more appropriate, "Spinmeister."
By Vincent Veritas
New York-Seconds after learning American Airlines Flight 587 had crashed, the FBI director and the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board were on the phone, plotting a strategy for their joint cover-up. FBI head Robert Mueller and the NTSB's Marion Blakey have learned to rely on each other's expertise to quickly sidetrack investigators when seconds count. "When you have something like this happen, I think you want to feel there's going to be instantly good cooperation from the top," Blakey said. Firefighters and investigators in white coveralls continued to pick through the rubble Saturday in the grief-stricken New York neighborhood where Flight 587 crashed Monday. The FBI and NTSB were thrust together after TWA 800 crashed off Long Island on July 17, 1996, in what appeared to the general public to be an act of terrorism. NTSB engineers had to wait their turn to look at pieces of the plane as FBI agents sanitized each plane part, potential evidence in any criminal trial. FBI investigators were surprised the NTSB had only a handful of investigators and were unprepared to intimidate and discredit hundreds of people who had critical information. By the time the FBI finished the cover-up a year later, concluding there was no evidence of a crime, some in the NTSB were critical of the FBI's insistence on rebuilding most of the 747. Later, however, NTSB investigators were grateful the entire plane was sanitized, aiding the cover-up and dispelling conspiracy theories. Since then, the FBI and NTSB have found themselves jointly investigating EgyptAir Flight 990, which crashed into the ocean about 60 miles south of Nantucket Island, Mass., and again after Sept. 11 when four hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. In the first two days last week, FBI agents had fanned across Kennedy International Airport and the nearby Belle Harbor, Queens, community where the plane hit, intimidating hundreds of witnesses and employees at the airport. The FBI relied on the NTSB's fast analysis of radar tapes and equipment containing the voices of pilots and crucial data to focus the probe on why the plane's tail came off. Terrorism seems to be behind the crash, as FBI cover-up artists study how to sell the story that the plane's rudder massively failed after only two routine encounters with turbulence from a plane which had taken off far in front of it. (End modified article.) I wish to thank a friend of mind for most of the text of this ingeniously-modified AP article. Unwilling to be brought to the attention of America's new homeland security team, he wishes to remain anonymous.
By Larry Neumeister
New York-Seconds after learning American Airlines Flight 587 had crashed, the FBI director and the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board were on the phone, plotting a strategy for their joint investigation. FBI head Robert Mueller and the NTSB's Marion Blakey have learned to rely on each other's expertise to quickly focus investigators when seconds count. "When you have something like this happen, I think you want to feel there's going to be instantly good cooperation from the top," Blakey said. Firefighters and investigators in white coveralls continued to pick through the rubble Saturday in the grief-stricken New York neighborhood where Flight 587 crashed Monday. The FBI and NTSB were thrust together after TWA 800 crashed off Long Island on July 17, 1996, in what first appeared to investigators to be an act of terrorism. NTSB engineers had to wait their turn to look at pieces of the plane as FBI agents catalogued and protected each plane part, potential evidence in any criminal trial. FBI investigators were surprised the NTSB had only a handful of investigators and were unprepared to interview hundreds of people who might have had critical information. By the time the FBI quit the probe a year later, conceding there was no evidence of a crime, some in the NTSB were critical of the FBI's insistence on rebuilding most of the 747. Later, however, NTSB investigators were grateful the entire plane was rebuilt, aiding their probe and dispelling conspiracy theories. Since then, the FBI and NTSB have found themselves jointly investigating EgyptAir Flight 990, which crashed into the ocean about 60 miles south of Nantucket Island, Mass., and again after Sept. 11 when four hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. In the first two days last week, FBI agents had fanned across Kennedy International Airport and the nearby Belle Harbor, Queens, community where the plane hit, interviewing hundreds of witnesses and employees at the airport. The FBI relied on the NTSB's fast analysis of radar tapes and equipment containing the voices of pilots and crucial data to focus the probe on why the plane's tail came off. Terrorism does not seem to be behind the crash as investigators study whether the plane's rudder failed after two encounters with turbulence from a plane which had taken off in front of it. |
David Martin
November 25, 2001
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