Many Still Believe That Saddam Hussein Was Behind 9/11, and Now We Have Some Idea Why
Of 49 people included in the study who believed in such a connection, only one shed the certainty when presented with prevailing evidence that it wasn't true.
The rest came up with an array of justifications for ignoring, discounting or simply disagreeing with contrary evidence — even when it came from President Bush himself.
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My own personal discipline is to access a wide variety of news sources, with a special emphasis on those sources that I find uncomfortable, even painful, to listen to, watch or read. Mostly these are on the far left and the far right, with a smattering of sources that are considered "balanced." I have concluded that the most dangerous sources may be those that pretend impartiality, because they encourage uncritical consumption--here I am thinking NPR, with its even tones and studied "reasonableness."