Comments on: Myth Busted: Oprah Winfrey and the 9/11 Ticket Agent “Suicide” http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Tue, 6 Jan 2009 04:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: 18.5 Minute Gap http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-98686 18.5 Minute Gap Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:02:15 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-98686 <p>That isn't the only myth about 9/11. Ever heard the one about the "nineteen hijackers with boxcutters" who were able to make the most expensive Air Force in the world utterly useless, make three skyscrapers "collapse" at freefall rate as if they were falling through air instead of the rest of the skyscraper just like in controlled demolitions, and make the Cheney regime make itself look very guilty with its stonewalling, obstructing and starving of funds of the 9/11 whitewash commission? Ever wonder how "nineteen hijackers" did all that? Short answer: they didn't.</p> That isn’t the only myth about 9/11. Ever heard the one about the “nineteen hijackers with boxcutters” who were able to make the most expensive Air Force in the world utterly useless, make three skyscrapers “collapse” at freefall rate as if they were falling through air instead of the rest of the skyscraper just like in controlled demolitions, and make the Cheney regime make itself look very guilty with its stonewalling, obstructing and starving of funds of the 9/11 whitewash commission? Ever wonder how “nineteen hijackers” did all that? Short answer: they didn’t.

]]> By: dan http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-64631 dan Fri, 11 May 2007 15:59:16 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-64631 <p>"Being the natural skeptic, I checked the headers on the e-mail address, and found no evidence of spoofing — indeed it came from aa.com."</p> <p>You can't tell by the header if it's authentic or not. The only way is to reply to the email and ask for a confirmation (make sure the reply-to address is aa.com). If you get one, you know that it is authentic.</p> “Being the natural skeptic, I checked the headers on the e-mail address, and found no evidence of spoofing — indeed it came from aa.com.”

You can’t tell by the header if it’s authentic or not. The only way is to reply to the email and ask for a confirmation (make sure the reply-to address is aa.com). If you get one, you know that it is authentic.

]]> By: The Oprah Winfrey-9/11 Ticket Agent Suicide Myth? at Blog P.I. http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-18508 The Oprah Winfrey-9/11 Ticket Agent Suicide Myth? at Blog P.I. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:10:56 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-18508 <p>[...] Update, Jan. 2007: Resolved. See: “Myth Busted: Oprah Winfrey and the 9/11 Ticket Agent ‘Suicide.’” [...]</p> [...] Update, Jan. 2007: Resolved. See: “Myth Busted: Oprah Winfrey and the 9/11 Ticket Agent ‘Suicide.’” [...]

]]> By: Suburban Guerrilla » Retraction http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-17754 Suburban Guerrilla » Retraction Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:19:04 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-17754 <p>[...] Some of you likely recall that Susie ran a post on September 12, 2006 about about the ticket agent who checked in Mohammed Atta in Boston on September 11, 2001. The post stated that the ticket agent later killed himself. We learn from William Beutler of Blog P.I. that, quite fortunately, this is not true and that the ticket agent is alive. Earlier today, Beutler received the following email from American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner. William, [...]</p> [...] Some of you likely recall that Susie ran a post on September 12, 2006 about about the ticket agent who checked in Mohammed Atta in Boston on September 11, 2001. The post stated that the ticket agent later killed himself. We learn from William Beutler of Blog P.I. that, quite fortunately, this is not true and that the ticket agent is alive. Earlier today, Beutler received the following email from American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner. William, [...]

]]> By: William Beutler http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-17732 William Beutler Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:53:43 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-17732 <p>U.S. Airways employee -- for one reason why his word isn't worth a lot on this subject. Another is that he admitted in at least one interview that he was told this by an unnamed co-worker -- <i>his</i> proof is only hearsay.</p> <p>And little as I like to impute bad faith to people, it's worth noting that he gave interviews to the press for a couple years -- just Google him -- and yet he only started teling this story in the second half of 2005.</p> <p>Untless the woman is publicly identified there may always be some uncertainty, but with AA now on the record, I believe the burden of proof has shifted.</p> U.S. Airways employee — for one reason why his word isn’t worth a lot on this subject. Another is that he admitted in at least one interview that he was told this by an unnamed co-worker — his proof is only hearsay.

And little as I like to impute bad faith to people, it’s worth noting that he gave interviews to the press for a couple years — just Google him — and yet he only started teling this story in the second half of 2005.

Untless the woman is publicly identified there may always be some uncertainty, but with AA now on the record, I believe the burden of proof has shifted.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-17723 Bryan Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:30:01 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-17723 <p>Who is this Tuohey character, then? Is he an American Airlines employee?</p> Who is this Tuohey character, then? Is he an American Airlines employee?

]]> By: Jim Treacher http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-17682 Jim Treacher Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:30:53 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/myth-busted-oprah-winfrey-and-the-911-ticket-agent-suicide#comment-17682 <p>You have to admit, though, calling somebody a "wanker" really is an argument-ender.</p> You have to admit, though, calling somebody a “wanker” really is an argument-ender.

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