Additionaly, Reynolds and Wood accuse Jones of failing to credit the work of others on 9 /1 truth, ignoring the fact that "no Boeing 757 went into the Pentagon was proven years ago;' and upholding too many components of the oficial government conspiracy theory. 30 Wood suggests that space-based laser beams perhaps in connection with very large mirrors brought down the WTC .<sup>31</sup> Jones both rejects the "no planes hit the Towers" theory and charges Wood and Reynolds with engaging in ad hominem attacks, in part because they mention his previous work on cold fusion. In a broadcast .in January 2007 of Fetzer's radio show The Dynamic Duo, on which Reynolds and Wood appeared as guests, Fetzer, in what he claims is not an ad hominem, mentions a paper written by Jones wherein Jones uses archaeological evidence to prove the Mormon claim that Jesus �sited the ·Arn.ericas.32 For much of the remaining portion of the show, Fetzer, Jones, and Wood discuss problems in Jones's claims to follow the scientific method and suggest that his work has more in common with pseudoscience.
In yet a more fundamental critique, Gerard Holmgren criticizes the entire community of Scholars for 9 I 11 Truth (including Fetzer and Jones by name) for plagiarizing the earli.er work of Internet researchers. In Holmgren's words: "The scholars make their presence in the media felt not through original research (they haven't done any), nor through quali.ty of presentation (they make frequent factual errors-if indeed they are 'errors'). They make their presence felt purely by swagger in parading that Jones and a number of his associates are professors . . . . Not only do the scholars plagiarize their cresearch' articles, but their press statements are calculated to reinforce the false notion that their work is original, that the revelations are new, and also to play the hero card by claiming personal risk in unveiling these shocking new revelations:'33 On his website, Holmgren explains that the so-called 9 I 11 truth movement is actually controlled by the very people who perpetrated the crimes of September 11. Their control relies on carefully placed disinformation and on the careerism and opportunism of those who want to profit from the 9 I 11 truth industry. 34 Disinformation keeps the myth that planes actually crashed into the Pentagon and World Trade Center alive. Holmgren knows that these are fabrications. American Airlines flights 77 and 11 (the ones alegedly hitting the Pentagon and the North Tower) never existed. The well-known fo�tage of the plane striking the South Tower is an animated cartoon. Holmgren is convinced that the events of 9 I 11 are like a giant snuf film consisting of real explosions and fake planes and hijackers.
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