Naiqing Zhou
Professor Jonathan Keeperman
WR 39B
15 March 2015 CRRP
On September 11th, 2001, four terrorist attacks happened in New York City and the Washington D.C. 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger airlines and fly into buildings. The twin towers collapsed within two hours because two Boeing 767 airplanes hit the WTC towers. The third plane was flown into the Pentagon and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The series of four suicide attacks brought huge economic loss and led to extensive deaths among people. The leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin laden, was alleged to be responsible for the September 11 attacks even though he denied his involvement quickly. The documentary film, loose change, proves the existence …show more content…
By using marginalization of opposing views in the film, Director Dylan Avery successfully convinces his audience and proves to people that the collapse of WTC buildings was controlled demolitions, Bin Laden was not involved in organizing the 9/11 attacks, and there was no passenger airlines hit the twin towers or Pentagon.
The first opposing view is that the collapse of WTC buildings was controlled demolitions. The film describes the structure and design of the WTC Towers at first. As we know, the WTC tower was designed with closely spaced columns around its core to strengthen the structure. Due to its redundant design, the building was designed to stand the impact from airlines. John Skilling expressed that if the fuel of airplanes dumped into the building, there might be a huge fire but the building structure would still be there. That is to say, the film persuades its audience to believe that the WTC towers are impossible to destroy by the impact of airplanes. Then the film focuses on the fire to argue that the temperature of fire was not high enough to weaken the building’s structure. Jet fuel burns at the temperature of 800° F to 1500° F, …show more content…
The film proves that Bin Laden didn’t involve in organizing the 9/11 attacks. As can be seen from the film, the video tape of Bin Laden released by US government was unclear and ambiguous. The transcript was finished by American government and the translated text distorted the original meaning. As long as the video tape of Bin Laden was broadcast through different media, no one would doubt the authenticity of the video and the translated text. It is obvious that the government was trying to deceive people and arose American people’s hatred towards the Muslim countries. In 2001, the technology of the government institution was advanced enough to forge a video. When the public is not wise enough to distinguish the authenticity of news, the government could easily divert the public attention by releasing fake evidences. The fact that American government had no hard evidence of Bin Laden’s involvement in 9/11 attacks was not only admitted in a press conference but also confirmed in a government report. In Muckraker Report, the FBI says that “No hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11.” The US Secretary Powell said in a press conference that there was no evidence to prove Bin Laden’s involvement with 9/11. However, he appealed that people should trust the
Professor Jonathan Keeperman
WR 39B
15 March 2015 CRRP
On September 11th, 2001, four terrorist attacks happened in New York City and the Washington D.C. 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger airlines and fly into buildings. The twin towers collapsed within two hours because two Boeing 767 airplanes hit the WTC towers. The third plane was flown into the Pentagon and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The series of four suicide attacks brought huge economic loss and led to extensive deaths among people. The leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin laden, was alleged to be responsible for the September 11 attacks even though he denied his involvement quickly. The documentary film, loose change, proves the existence …show more content…
By using marginalization of opposing views in the film, Director Dylan Avery successfully convinces his audience and proves to people that the collapse of WTC buildings was controlled demolitions, Bin Laden was not involved in organizing the 9/11 attacks, and there was no passenger airlines hit the twin towers or Pentagon.
The first opposing view is that the collapse of WTC buildings was controlled demolitions. The film describes the structure and design of the WTC Towers at first. As we know, the WTC tower was designed with closely spaced columns around its core to strengthen the structure. Due to its redundant design, the building was designed to stand the impact from airlines. John Skilling expressed that if the fuel of airplanes dumped into the building, there might be a huge fire but the building structure would still be there. That is to say, the film persuades its audience to believe that the WTC towers are impossible to destroy by the impact of airplanes. Then the film focuses on the fire to argue that the temperature of fire was not high enough to weaken the building’s structure. Jet fuel burns at the temperature of 800° F to 1500° F, …show more content…
The film proves that Bin Laden didn’t involve in organizing the 9/11 attacks. As can be seen from the film, the video tape of Bin Laden released by US government was unclear and ambiguous. The transcript was finished by American government and the translated text distorted the original meaning. As long as the video tape of Bin Laden was broadcast through different media, no one would doubt the authenticity of the video and the translated text. It is obvious that the government was trying to deceive people and arose American people’s hatred towards the Muslim countries. In 2001, the technology of the government institution was advanced enough to forge a video. When the public is not wise enough to distinguish the authenticity of news, the government could easily divert the public attention by releasing fake evidences. The fact that American government had no hard evidence of Bin Laden’s involvement in 9/11 attacks was not only admitted in a press conference but also confirmed in a government report. In Muckraker Report, the FBI says that “No hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11.” The US Secretary Powell said in a press conference that there was no evidence to prove Bin Laden’s involvement with 9/11. However, he appealed that people should trust the