[Silas]

Hey idiot did you know that the initial news reports (prior to the spin control and hero making) stated that US military planes shot down Flight 93? Did you know that?

[TomB]

Hey idiot did you know that the initial news reports (prior to the spin control and hero making) stated that US military planes shot down Flight 93? Did you know that?

I live 20 miles from the impact site, and I know people who saw the intact plane go down, nobody saw it shot down.

[Pukka Puck]

I listened to the original news reports live on 9/11 and they never reported that the plane was shot down. There certainly was a lot of confusion those first few hours. The plane was not shot down. The passengers may or may not have entered the cockpit, but their attempt to take back the plane undoubtedly resulted in the plane crashing into an empty field instead of a significant target as was planned.

I hope this helps.

[sinkspur]

Hey idiot did you know that the initial news reports (prior to the spin control and hero making) stated that US military planes shot down Flight 93?

No they didn't.

[MattAMiller]

Initial news reports are often inaccurate. In fact they are to be taken with very large grains of salt. Remember the initial reports that Regan hadn't been shot?

[steve-b]

Hey idiot did you know that the initial news reports (prior to the spin control and hero making) stated that US military planes shot down Flight 93?

Postings on the www.conspiracyloon.com chat board don't count as "initial news reports".

[DBrow]

Silas-

A fighter pilot spends 5 hours chasing around New York and Washington asking planes to land and looking for bogies. Nobody knows what's going on, no real details, but lots of rumors and scuttlebut. Information flow is chaotic and contradictory. Some people like sensationalism, some people are venting frustration and fear. He lands, and speaks to other pilots and ground crew who know that authorization to shoot has been given, and that Flight 93 has augered in in PA. Someone says, "I heard it was shot down".

The pilot is interviewed and he says, "I heard from someone the Pennsylvania plane was shot down."

This "news" based on tired, frightened people who just do not KNOW what the heck is going on, gets reported as "news" worldwide in two hours.

Later on, we find that ther just were no planes with live ammo nearby. The "fighter jet" eyewitnesses saw turns out to be a white Lear or Cessna twin jet. The debris field is actually a bit smaller than initially reported, and it looks like the plane broke up a bit before crashing. We have all learned a bit since those first 12 or 20 hours, and the story pieces together a little differently.

Because of the Web, the first confused stories filed by people who did not have all the facts (but were still reporting what they honestly heard) are still out there, for us to read.