When Jon Stewart announced his Rally to Restore Sanity on the Daily Show, he mentioned that 70-80% of people are reasonable and could come up with acceptable solutions to problems, but that solutions are hard to come by because the conversation and process is controlled by the other 20-30%. He gave examples of these other 20-30%. One example was 9/11 Truthers, people who don't believe the official story of 9/11.
How can Stewart say 9/11 Truthers are controlling the conversation and the political process? Television news networks mostly ignore 9/11 Truthers. When the networks talk about Truthers, all they do is ridicule them. I haven't heard a mainstream American journalist question the official story, probably because journalists know they would lose their jobs if they questioned 9/11. Bill Moyers never questioned 9/11. Keith Olbermann never did, either. Matt Taibbi ridiculed Truthers in one of his books. Bill Maher had audience members removed from his show when they questioned 9/11. Moyers, Olbermann, Taibbi, and Maher are considered liberals, people who supposedly hated Bush and wanted him to look bad. These are the people who would be most likely to question the official story, and they won't go anywhere near it. Show me an example of 9/11 Truthers dominating the conversation on cable news, Jon Stewart.
Moving on to Truthers controlling the political process, if Truthers control the political process, why hasn't there been a real investigation of 9/11? Why haven't Bush and Cheney been prosecuted for 9/11? If Truthers controlled the political process, there would have been investigations and prosecutions by now.
The political process is controlled by people who believe the official story. The only member of Congress who questioned the official story was Cynthia McKinney, and she was voted out shortly after her questioning. When Debra Medina ran for governor of Texas, her opponents attacked her by calling her a 9/11 Truther. If Truthers controlled the process, only candidates who question the official story would hold political office, and that's obviously not true.
