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Neural Gourmet Archives | Feed Your BrainLoose Change, a 9/11 conspiracy theory film made by Dylan Avery and Jason Bermas has been through three incarnations already: the first edition, second edition, an unfinished final cut, before the release of their proclaimed 'Final Cut.'
The film through its various incarnations has made its name through accusing the US Government of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks itself via an "inside job." The information the film creators used to support its arguments included utilising sources from the Far-Right American Free Press, as well as heavy-use of quote-mining and confirmation bias.
Much of the worst-offending disinformation has been dropped in the process, and the Loose Change film has backed away from many of its earlier more outlandish claims (but not all). Loose Change has quietly dropped much of the information sourced from anti-Semitic organisations, due to an outcry by sceptics groups and critics.
Loose Change and its creators are not entirely clear of the links with hate groups. Jason Bermas is promoting LCFC at the "2007 Texas Justice, Peace, and Freedom Conference" (16-18 Nov) run by the 'Freedom Law School' which is anti-tax far-right group with links to anti-Semitic organisations. The 'Freedom Law School' is on the ADL's and Southern Poverty Law Center's watchlist. The conference is sponsored by the fascist American Free Press. The 'Freedom Law School' is supporting the Ron Paul campaign, as are other right-wing and far-right organisations.
You would think that the Loose Change boys would know better than to keep such company. I am not prepared to put this down to naivety or stupidity. Loose Change is after all a financial exercise, and the far-right demographic is reliable when it comes to exploring conspiracist narratives. Such willingness to consume conspiracist narratives as an analytical viewpoint of human affairs makes this demographic financially-rewarding to conspiracy capitalists such as Alex Jones and Dylan Avery.
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