Loose Change (film)

Infobox film
name = Loose Change


caption = "Loose Change: 2nd Edition" DVD Cover |
director = Dylan Avery
producer = Korey Rowe
Jason Bermas
Dylan Avery
Tim Sparke
Alex Jones
Jason McGeown
writer = Dylan Avery
music = DJ Skooly
editing = Dylan Avery
distributor = Louder Than Words LLC
released = 13 April 2005
11 December 2005 (2nd Edition)
June 2006 (2nd Edition Recut)
11 November 2007 (Final Cut)
runtime = 82 min.
82 min. (2nd Edition)
89 min. (2nd Edition Recut)
130 min. (Final Cut)
country = United States
language = English
budget = $2,000 (1st Edition)
$6,000 (2nd Edition)
$200,000 (Final Cut)
website = http://www.loosechange911.com/
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0831315

"Loose Change" (2005, 2006, 2007) is a series of documentary films written and directed by Dylan Avery, and produced by Korey Rowe and Jason Bermas and is distributed by MercuryMedia International. The films assert that the September 11, 2001 attacks were planned and conducted by elements within the United States government, and base the claims on perceived anomalies in the historical record of the attacks. The first film, "Loose Change", was originally released through the creators' own company, Louder Than Words, and received widespread attention after "Loose Change 2nd Edition" was featured on a Binghamton, New York local FOX affiliate, WICZ-TV (FOX 40). [ [http://www.nowpublic.com/ny_fox_affiliate_airs_alternative_9_11_theory NY FOX affiliate airs alternative 9/11 theory, "Loose Change"] ]

The film's main claims are considered false by many media outlets, [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2006529,00.html Guardian.co.uk: A 9/11 conspiracy virus is sweeping the world, but it has no basis in fact] by George Monbiot] independent researchers, [ [http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2006/05/19/askthepilot186/ Salon.com: Ask the pilot] by Patrick Smith] [ [http://internetdetectives.biz/case/loose-change internetdetectives.biz] ] and prominent members of the scientific and engineering community. [ [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/11/1345203 DemocracyNow.org] : Loose Change Filmmakers vs. Popular Mechanics Editors of "Debunking 9/11 Myths"]

The original film was edited and re-released as "Loose Change: 2nd Edition", and then subsequently re-edited again for the "2nd Edition Recut", each time to tighten the focus on certain key areas and to remove what the filmmakers have learned to be inaccuracies and copyrighted material. "Loose Change: Final Cut", deemed "the third and final release of this documentary series"cite web |url=http://www.loosechange911.com/lc3.shtml |title=Loose Change 911 | Loose Change: Final Cut |accessdate=2008-04-24 |format= |work=loosechange911.com] was released on DVD and Web-streaming format on November 11, 2007. [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914809/ |title=Loose Change: Final Cut (2007) (V) |accessdate=2007-12-16 |format= |work=imdb.com] This installment is a completely new film; using almost none of the same content appearing in the previous Loose Change versions.

History

"Loose Change" originated as a plan for a fictional film, on the advice that to make a successful film a filmaker must offer the audience something they want to watch, and as the concept advanced through research into footage and resources for the film, the film became a documentary.

In May 2002, Dylan Avery began researching the 9/11 attacks and based on his research he concluded they were not a terrorist attack involving only members of Al Qaeda, but rather that they were an attack orchestrated by members of the United States government.cite web |url=http://www.loosechange911.com/films.shtml |title=Loose Change 911 | Films |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=loosechange911.com]

In April 2005, the first edition of "Loose Change" was made available for free on the Internet and was given a limited DVD release to certain video stores. It cost around $2000 to make, and was made primarily on Avery's laptop computer, featuring a distinctive soundtrack produced by DJ Skooly. Avery's childhood friend, Korey Rowe, left the service of the United States Army in June 2005 to assist with the marketing of the movie.

Soon after this, Avery decided that "there was new information that needed to be added and improvements made", and so began creating "Loose Change: 2nd Edition". Korey Rowe assumed the role of producer, and Jason Bermas, a graphic designer, worked as production assistant. This edition cost around $6,000. It was originally released in December 2005, but was re-released in June 2006 as "Loose Change: 2nd Edition Recut". Before the release of this edition, Avery, Rowe and Bermas set up an independent movie production company called Louder than Words, an organization that identifies with the 9/11 Truth Movement. [cite web |url=http://www.loosechange911.com/ltw.shtml |title=Loose Change 911 | Louder Than Words |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=loosechange911.com]

The third and final edition of the movie, "Loose Change Final Cut", was released in November 2007. According to the Loose Change website, this edition "is substantially different from Loose Change and Loose Change 2nd Edition Recut in the way it presents the information surrounding 9/11/2001. However, it remains true to the spirit that has made Loose Change what it is today." Professor David Ray Griffin was brought on as script consultant, and radio host Alex Jones and Tim Sparke of Mercury Media served as executive producers. Due to an estimated cost of $200,000, this version is the first not to be available for free online, although it is in fact available for free on Google Video in a lower quality version, currently having amassed nearly 30,000 hits. This edition is also substantially longer than previous versions, at over 2 hours in length.

Presentation

"Loose Change: 2nd Edition Recut" is one hour and 22 minutes in length. The film consists of Dylan Avery narrating over photographs and news footage relating to 9/11, with an underscore of hip hop and other urban style music. Avery does not appear in the video itself, though is shown in the bonus features. Video and still footage used includes considerable video content from CNN, MSNBC NBC, and FOX News, as well as a number of other sources. [ [http://www.loosechange911.com/index.htm LooseChange911.com] ] The end of the film shows a clip from The American Scholar's Symposium that was aired on C-SPAN on June 25, 2006 at the Sheraton Hotel in Los Angeles. Jason Bermas, wearing the signature "Investigate 9/11" t-shirt that he designed, is describing their plans to peacefully demonstrate at Ground Zero on September 11, 2006.

Revisions

Although each version of the film asserts that the events of 9/11 were essentially an "inside job", there were significant revisions between the particular theories that different editions posited. For example:

*The first edition, "Loose Change", suggested that there was an unusual device (which the filmmakers refer to as a "pod") under the fuselage of the plane that struck the South Tower of the World Trade Center. The "pod" was presented as evidence that the planes involved in the attack were replaced with remote-controlled drones. Official flight records were also presented as evidence that the aircraft involved are still in active service, though it is stated that the producers do not know what happened to the passengers of the flights. This information is omitted from all subsequent versions.
*While the first edition asserted that Flight 93 was shot down over Pennsylvania, "Loose Change 2nd Edition" and "Loose Change 2nd Edition Recut" theorise that Flight 93 was actually flown to and landed at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. The third edition states less information about Flight 93, but maintains that it is impossible that it crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
*The first and second editions asserted that a missile hit the Pentagon, but "Loose Change Final Cut" presents two scenarios, saying that "opinions differ" about whether or not Flight 77 hit the Pentagon.

On May 26, 2006, a letter was sent to Dylan Avery regarding copyright and trademark infringement in "Loose Change 2nd Edition" resulting from the use of footage from French filmmakers the Naudet brothers. The letter states that Avery used copyrighted images from the film "9/11" and that those the images violate the Federal Lanham Trademark Act "by suggesting that the Naudet brothers or Mr. Hanlon have endorsed or sponsored the controversial views in your film." The letter concludes: "Accordingly, we hereby demand that you confirm to us within three (3) business days of the receipt of this letter that you have removed all footage taken from our clients' 9/11 film from your Loose Change film, including from the version of your film that can be downloaded on the Internet, the DVD version of your film and anywhere else you have used or are using our clients' footage." [cite web| url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/05/911_documentary_removed/
title=9/11 conspiracy movie taken off the web - Copyright infringement alleged| accessdate=2006-06-09| publisher=The Independent] Dylan Avery announced that the recut version of the 2nd edition would omit some of the infringing material. [ [http://loosechange911.blogspot.com/2006/07/first-quarter-houston-by-five.html Loose Change Blog] - First quarter. Houston by five.]

*The statement that New York's Empire State Building was hit by a B-52 bomber in 1945 was corrected; it was in fact a B-25 Mitchell, which is less than one-third the size of a B-52.
*References to the rumors concerning the amount of gold stored beneath the World Trade Center (such as one claim of $167 billion in gold) were removed, leaving only confirmed statements, including that of the "$230 million in precious metals".
*The implication the film makes that Flight 77 had Pratt & Whitney engines made of steel and titanium alloy, was corrected; in fact the engines of Flight 77 were Rolls-Royce engines.
*Multiple instances of Wikipedia articles being shown as source material were removed and replaced with news articles containing the reported information.
*Throughout the film minor changes in talking points, images and language were made.

Impact

An August 2006 "Vanity Fair" article suggested that "Loose Change" "just might be the first Internet blockbuster" as it became the most watched video on Google Video in May 2006, being viewed at least 40 million times on that site, and with the official Loose Change website receiving over 100,000 hits a day. Millions more have viewed the film via unaffiliated websites. More than one million copies of the DVD have been sold, and many more have been given away. [ [http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/features/2006/08/loosechange200608 "Click Here for Conspiracy"] , Vanity Fair article, by Nancy Jo Sales, August 2006]

According to Broadcast magazine, the video was to have a special screening at the UK Houses of Parliament on June 14, 2006. [cite web| url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcastnowsearchResults.aspx?strSearch=loose+change&x=0&y=0|title=Broadcast website's article excerpt from search for loose change| accessdate=2006-05-30] [cite web| url=http://ukfilm.org/news/screened-for-mps-9-11-conspiracy-film|title=UKFilm.org| accessdate=2006-05-30] [ [http://loosechange911.blogspot.com/2006/05/few-things.html loosechange911.blogspot.com] Producer's website blog] Michael Meacher, the British MP who had considered sponsoring the screening, decided against it. During that same month of June 2006, a former engineer from Microsoft developed a site, www.loose-change-911.com, to stream the movie in seven different languages.

On September 11, 2006 Dylan Avery and Jason Bermas appeared on "Democracy Now! the War and Peace Report", to debate with James Meigs and David Dunbar, [ [http://www.archive.org/details/dn2006-0911_vid archive.org] ] two of the editors of Popular Mechanics and the book "Debunking 9/11 Myths".

Crew

Dylan Avery

Dylan Avery is the writer, director, and editor of the "Loose Change" films, is from Oneonta, New York, and currently lives in San Diego, California. After being denied admission twice by Purchase College's film school, [ [http://timesunion.com/AspStories/storyprint.asp?StoryID=506008 Web movie takes flight] ] Avery planned to make a movie about a group of friends who discover the September 11, 2001 attacks were an "inside job". Along the way Avery himself stated that he had become convinced of this theory.cite news|url=http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/LOSANGELES-CA/KFI-AM/Ziegler7P062306.mp3|publisher=Segment begins at approximately 18:10 |title=Interview in The John Ziegler Show (KFI AM 640, Los Angeles, CA)|date=2006-06-23] [cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200609/s1741646.htm|publisher=ABC News |title=Movie Minutiae: Loose Change (2005)|date=2006-09-15]

Avery appeared on BBC's "9/11 Conspiracy Files" in February 2007.

Korey Rowe

Korey Rowe is a producer of "Loose Change". Rowe was born in Oneonta, New York. He is a former US soldier who served six months in Kandahar, Afghanistan and one year in Kuwait and Iraq. Rowe enlisted in the 101st Airborne Division in August 2001 and left in June 2005, then joining the production of "Loose Change". On July 23, 2007, he was arrested at his home in Oneonta, New York, based on a military warrant charging him with felony desertion. [cite web |url=http://www.thedailystar.com/archivesearch/local_story_211103951.html |title=Movie creator charged |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=The Daily Star] Two days later he was returned to his unit at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, [ [http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/8797352.html Kentucky Based Soldier Arrested] ] although he states that he received an honorable discharge and returned to uniform of his own accord, and that he is attempting to expunge his name completely from the system. [cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290942,00.html |title=FOXNews.com - Producer of 9/11 Conspiracy Film 'Loose Change' Arrested for Deserting the Army |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=foxnews.com]

Rowe was at the end of his active-duty enlistment in the summer of 2005 when he was told his unit would be re-deployed to Iraq. Because of stop-loss policy, soldiers may be kept beyond their normal tour of duty.cite web |url=http://www.thedailystar.com/archivesearch/local_story_218094856.html |title=Rowe returns to Fort Campbell, Ky. |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=The Daily Star] Rowe's unit, the 187th Infantry Regiment, was due to return to Iraq in August 2007, but was eventually granted release.

Jason Bermas

Jason Bermas is a graphic designer and producer of "Loose Change" who went to college in Oneonta, New York and currently lives in Austin, Texas. Jason Bermas also guest hosts The Alex Jones Show on the GCN network. Aside from film making he is also an activist who has demanded a new independent investigation into 9/11.

In 2008, Bermas directed a new film about the 9/11 attacks, entitled "Fabled Enemies". The official website for the film states that "Instead of the focus being on physical anomolies surrounding the attacks, it focuses on a vast intelligence network and how they were able to succeed almost 7 years ago." [http://www.fabledenemies.com/Plot.html Plot of Jason Bermas' "Fabled Enemies"] A low-quality version of film has been released on Google Video. [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2144933190875239407 Google Video of Jason Bermas' "Fabled Enemies"]

Content of 2nd Edition Recut

"Loose Change 2nd Edition Recut" (2006) opens with a brief description of past suspicious and questionable motives in the history of American government. This discussion includes mention of Operation Northwoods, a plan put forward, but never implemented, during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 to create and utilize bogus terrorist attacks against the United States, which were to be blamed on Cuba, as a pretext for invasion of the country. Focus is particularly directed at the previously proposed plans to substitute real commercial airliners with pilotless drone aircraft in order to investigate the plausibility of covertly using them as weapons, whilst maintaining the cover of an accident. [cite web |url=http://emptv.com/research/loose-change#operation-northwoods |title=Operation Northwoods |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=Internet Detectives]

Attention is also given to the "Project for the New American Century", a neo-conservative think-tank, which released a report in 2000 titled "Rebuilding America's Defenses". In particular the film points out a line from that report which states "the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbor" -Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. It also highlights the fact that during the same year the report was released, the Pentagon conducted the first of two training exercises which simulated a Boeing 757 crashing into the building. There is also mention that, from September 6 to September 10 an unusual amount of put options were placed on the stock of American Airlines, Boeing and United Airlines. [cite web |url=http://emptv.com/research/loose-change#put-options |title=Put Options |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=Internet Detectives]

This is followed by an examination of the attacks on the Pentagon. The film opposes the official story of Flight 77 hitting the Pentagon, alleging that the path of destruction does not match that which a 757 would leave. In particular, it points out the size of the hole in the Pentagon caused by the crash, examining a lack of debris and landscape damage seemingly inconsistent with prior airliner crashes. It is also alleged that too few parts were recovered from the crash site to reliably ascertain that they were of a Boeing 757, and a certain flywheel observed at the site seemed too small to have been part of the aircraft's engine turbine. The wheel was officially declared to have been part of the APU but disputed by some experts as not to have come from the APU of a 757 but likely from an E-3 Sentry aircraft. It is also claimed that Hani Hanjour, the hijacker pilot, had difficulty performing basic controls on a small Cessna at a flight school where he rented, and that perhaps not even an experienced pilot could have maneuvered the reflex angle of turn at the airspeed and altitude at which the aircraft approached without going into a high speed stall. Mention is also given to three cameras on nearby buildings that allegedly caught the entire incident at the Pentagon on film, which the government confiscated and has refused to release in full. [cite web |url=http://emptv.com/research/loose-change#surveillance-tapes |title=Surveillance Tapes |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=Internet Detectives]

The next section focuses on the destruction of the World Trade Center itself. The film comes out in favor of the controlled demolition theory of the destruction of World Trade Centers 1, 2 and 7. Cited as evidence are eyewitness reports from a janitor, firemen, and other people near the buildings who heard bangs, many of them describing them as explosions, as well as videotapes showing windows far below the burning floors blow out during the collapse and seismograph results recorded during the collapse compared to the collapse of other similar buildings. The film claims that WTC 1, 2 and 7 were the first steel frame buildings in history to collapse due to fire. Another allegation centers on an audio recording in which it is claimed two distinct explosions can be heard at the time of the impact. Also, the film posits that the official story of the collapse violates the laws of physics. [cite web |url=http://emptv.com/research/loose-change#free-fall |title=Free Fall |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=Internet Detectives]

In particular, the video alleges that the fires inside the twin towers were not hot enough to bring the buildings down. An audio tape is presented in which the Captain of Ladder 7 claims that the fires can be brought under control by two lines, and it is mentioned that building 7 had taken only minor damage before its own collapse. These allegations follow a listing of buildings that burned longer than the Twin Towers and did not fall. [cite web |url=http://emptv.com/research/loose-change#skyscraper-fires |title=Skyscraper Fires |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=Internet Detectives]

For Flight 93, the video ignores the more mainstream theory of the plane being crashed by passengers to instead allege it was landed safely at Cleveland Hopkins Airport where it was evacuated by government personnel into an unused NASA research center. Evidence cited included photographs and eyewitness reports of the crash site as evidence, a corresponding evacuation at Cleveland Hopkins Airport and the corresponding reports, oddities in the transcripts of cell-phone calls supposedly placed from the plane during the hijacking, and the sighting of the tail number of Flight 93 on an aircraft in use at a later date. [cite web |url=http://emptv.com/research/loose-change#flight-93-still-exists |title=Flight 93 Still Exists |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=Internet Detectives]

This is then followed by a more miscellaneous listing of allegations. It is claimed that cellular phone calls could not be made from American Airlines flights at the time of the crash, asking why American Airlines had to install a system in their own airplanes to allow the reception of cellular signals within the planes if they could do this regardless on September 11. It is suggested that the calls from passengers and crew were faked using sophisticated voice-morphing technology developed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and that the December 13, 2001 video of Osama Bin Laden claiming responsibility for the attacks was also faked, featuring what appeared to be an overweight lookalike version of Bin Laden. Finally, it is alleged that, of the list of hijackers initially released by the government, many were not in the planes and were alive after September 11, 2001 and may even still be alive. [cite web |url=http://emptv.com/research/loose-change#the-hijackers |title=The Hijackers |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=Internet Detectives]

In the end, the film gives out motives for people who would have benefited from launching the attacks themselves. Mention is first given to financial motives, including those of Larry Silverstein, who stood to receive a substantial insurance payout after the attacks due to a specific anti-terrorism clause as well as other allegations of insider trading and Halliburton's benefiting from the subsequent launch of America's "War on Terror".cite web |url=http://911review.com/motive/index.html |title=9-11 Review: The Motive for the 9-11 Attack |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=911review.com]

Criticism

"Loose Change" has been subject to criticism from a variety of different sources. In March 2007, the United States Department of State published an article called "Loose Change" Debunked" in which it says that the movie makes "sloppy mistakes". The article is highly critical of the evidence cited to support the claim that Flight 77 did not hit the Pentagon, and it criticizes the controlled demolition hypothesis of the World Trade Center claiming that "Demolition professionals say controlled demolition of the Towers that day would have been impossible." The article goes on to say:

"It treats statements made at this time as if they represent reasoned judgments, not impromptu, often poorly thought-through misimpressions and uninformed speculation... In sum, "Loose Change" is researched very shoddily, making numerous mistakes of fact and judgment. Nevertheless, this has not prevented it from becoming extraordinarily popular." [ [http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=pubs-english&y=2007&m=March&x=20070330134723abretnuh0.9919245 Loose Change Debunked] ]

It goes on to note that "Loose Change" has also been criticized by other members of the 9/11 Truth Movement, referencing the critique entitled "Sifting Through Loose Change".cite web |url=http://www.911research.wtc7.net/reviews/loose_change/index.html |title=Sifting Through Loose Change |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=911research.wtc7.net] Michael Green, a member of the 9/11 Truth Movement, has analyzed the film and is critical of many of its claims and methods.cite web |url=http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/green/loose_change.html|title="Loose Change" An analysis |accessdate=2008-04-29 |format= |work=] Several independent researchers have also written critiques of the film. The "Loose Change Guide",cite web |url=http://www.LooseChangeGuide.com |title=Loose Change Guide |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=] created by Mark Roberts, features the whole transcript of the show, along with his comments and criticisms. Roberts also compiled a lengthy selection of interview quotes in which the "Loose Change" creators elaborate on the claims made in the film. [ [http://www.911myths.com/LooseChangeCreatorsSpeak.pdf#search=%22Loose%20Change%20Creators%20Speak%22 Loose Change Creators Speak (PDF file)] ]

In May 2006, the blog "Screw Loose Change" was created to criticize the claims in the film.cite web |url=http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com |title=Screw Loose Change |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=] In collaboration with the creators of the blog and drawing upon the work of Mark Roberts, Mark Iradian prepared an edited version of "Loose Change" which he subtitled with criticisms.cite web |url=http://www.lolloosechange.co.nr/ |title=Screw Loose Change video |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=] Another analysis of the film has been created by the "Internet Detectives".cite web |url=http://internetdetectives.biz/case/loose-change |title=Loose Change - Internet Detectives |accessdate=2007-12-10 |format= |work=] Many of the critiques argue that "Loose Change" quote mines, uses unreliable or out-of-date sources, and cherry-picks evidence to claim that there are serious problems with official accounts of the events of September 11. America.gov points out what it deems to be "very sloppy errors" "Loose Change" makes on the Pentagon attack.cite web |url=http://www.america.gov/st/pubs-english/2007/March/20070330134723abretnuh0.9919245.html |title=“Loose Change” Debunked |accessdate=2008-03-26 |format= |work=america.gov]

One of the many aspects focused on by these critiques is "Loose Change's" analysis of the collapse of the World Trade Center. The comparison to other notable high-rise fires which did not lead to collapse ignores differences in building design, significant WTC structural damage and compromised fireproofing;cite web |url=http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm |title=NIST's Investigation of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center Disaster - Frequently Asked Questions |accessdate=2008-03-26 |format= |work=wtc.nist.gov] as most steel loses over half its strength at 600°C (1112°F).cite web |url=http://www.metallurgy.nist.gov/techactv2005/ar2005_safety.html#fire |title=NIST Metallurgy Division Publications - NISTIR 7248 |accessdate=2008-03-26 |format= |work=metallurgy.nist.gov] The Madrid's Windsor Tower comparison fails to note its steel-supported perimeter floors collapsed during the fire.cite web |url=http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/project/research/structures/strucfire/CaseStudy/HistoricFires/BuildingFires/default.htm#top |title=Case Studies: Historical Fires: Windsor Tower Fire |accessdate=2008-03-03 |format= |work=manchester.ac.uk] Kevin Ryan, described by "Loose Change" as an working for Underwriters Laboratories (UL), was actually employed in a water-testing subsidiary. [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/11/1345203 DemocracyNow.org] : 9/11 Debate: Loose Change Filmmakers vs. Popular Mechanics Editors of "Debunking 9/11 Myths"] Furthermore, UL does not certify structural steel, and ASTM E119 certification is not meant to predict performance in real uncontrolled fires.cite web |url=http://cryptome.sabotage.org/wtc-house.htm#Corley |title=House Science Committee Hearing on The Investigation of the World Trade Center Collapse: Findings, Recommendations and Next Steps |accessdate=2008-03-26 |format= |work=cryptome.sabotage.org] The NIST found no evidence of any firm having conducted tests on WTC materials in the past.cite web |url=http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/wtc_fire_resistance_data.htm |title=NIST Tests Provide Fire Resistance Data on World Trade Center Floor Systems |accessdate=2008-03-26 |format= |work=nist.gov] Another expert quoted, Van Romero, has clarified that he was misquoted by the "Albuquerque Journal"; he had actually said that it "looked like" explosives took down the WTC. When the misquote was printed, he felt his "scientific reputation was on the line."cite web |url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html?page=4 |title=Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report - Popular Mechanics |accessdate=2008-03-26 |format= |work=popularmechanics.com]

On September 11, 2006, Democracy Now! broadcast a discussion between the Loose Change creators and editors from Popular Mechanics, where they debated various aspects of the documentary. Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone has written that the "9/11 truth movement": "gives supporters of Bush an excuse to dismiss critics of this administration. I have no doubt that every time one of those "Loose Change" dickwads opens his mouth, a Republican somewhere picks up five votes."cite web |last = Taibbi |first = Matt |authorlink = Matt Taibbi |year = 2006 |url = http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11818067/the_low_post_the_hopeless_stupidity_of_911_conspiracies/1
title = The Low Post: I, Left Gatekeeper |work = Politics |publisher = Rolling Stone |accessdate = 2006-09-29]

Chris Farrell, the Director of Investigations & Research at Judicial Watch, warned in an interview that his organization "could be the water carriers for a honey pot operation, in which the government attracts overwhelming attention to the Pentagon issue, making it the cornerstone of the "9/11 truth movement", and then blowing it out of the water by releasing clear footage of Flight 77." [ [http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2006/180506moretapes.htm Judicial Watch Says More Pentagon Tapes To Come] ] He stated, "Let's just call it a baited trap, it draws somebody into a situation in which they're compromised."

According to George Monbiot, "The film's greatest flaw is this: the men who made it are still alive. If the US government is running an all-knowing, all-encompassing conspiracy, why did it not snuff them out long ago? There is only one possible explanation. They are in fact agents of the Bush regime, employed to distract people from its real abuses of power. This, if you are inclined to believe such stories, is surely a more plausible theory than the one proposed in Loose Change." [George Monbiot. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/feb/06/comment.film A 9/11 conspiracy virus is sweeping the world, but it has no basis in fact] , The Guardian, 2007-02-06]

Airings

* September 10, 2006: BNN (Bart News Network) Nederland 3 [cite web |url=http://www.bnn.nl/page/pers2006/47960/BNN%20BRENGT%20DOCUMENTAIRE:%20LOOSE%20CHANGE%202 |title=BNN.NL |accessdate=2007-10-23 |format= |work=] and Portuguese public TV Station RTP aired Loose Change in prime time hours. RTP aired it again on 2: for September 17, 2006. [cite web |url=http://tv.rtp.pt/EPG/tv/epg-dia.php?datai=&dia=17-09-2006&sem=e&canal=8&gen=&time= |title=RTP - Guia TV RTP 2 |accessdate=2007-10-23 |format= |work=]
* September 11, 2006: Australian Pay TV Channel showed it during prime time hours; it also aired on Israeli Science Channel (Channel 8); the Pakistani channel Geo TV, dubbed into Urdu; and Al-Arabiya TV, an affiliate of MBC, dubbed into Arabic.
* January 1, 2008: It was aired on Swedish channel "TV4 Fakta" at 22:00 CET as part of a 9/11 themed programme schedule.
* July 10, 2008 and August 31, 2008: Norwegian TV2 aired it at 23:50 CET under the Norwegian title "Fiksjon eller fakta?", which translates into "Fiction or fact?"
* September 11, 2008 and September 12, 2008: Finnish channel JIM aired the final cut in two parts.

In other media

*George Monbiot, political activist and columnist for the Guardian, wrote an article on the improbability of the conspiracies cited in "Loose Change", and then wrote a follow-up article in response to negative comments from some of his readers. [ [http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/02/12/short-changed/ Short Changed] ]
*"Vanity Fair" wrote an article about "Loose Change" and its creators. [ [http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=13037 informationliberation - Vanity Fair: Click Here For Conspiracy ] ]
* Democracy Now! hosted a debate between the authors of "Loose Change" and the editors of "Popular Mechanics". [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/11/1345203 DemocracyNow.org] – 9/11 Debate: Loose Change Filmmakers vs. Popular Mechanics Editors of "Debunking 9/11 Myths"]
*Dutch Vara television channel's program Zembla, investigated claims made in the documentary.cite web |url=http://www.truveo.com/Dutch-tv-news-show-Zembla-investigates-9-11/id/1109694769 |title=Dutch tv news show Zembla investigates 9 11 theories (English subs) - Truveo Video Search |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-09-27]
* [http://www.freeloosechange.com/ FreeLooseChange.com] is an initiative in Berlin, Germany. 100 shops, galleries, theatres and a daily newspaper office so far distributed 20,000 free DVDs featuring the documentaries Loose Change and Terrorstorm by Alex Jones in German language versions. A homeless newspaper promoted the DVD with free full page ads.Fact|date=July 2007
* The History Channel aired a two-hour episode on August 20, 2007, entitled "The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction?" featuring interviews with the creators of "Loose Change". [ [http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?id=6901627 tvguide.com] ]
* On SModcast Kevin Smith discussed "Loose Change" and other conspiracy videos about aliens and various things. However, he maintains that he enjoys the film purely as entertainment, and does not believe or agree with the theories presented in the film.

ee also

* ""
* Controlled demolition hypothesis for the collapse of the World Trade Center

References

External links

* [http://www.loosechange911.com/ LooseChange911.com] – Official website
* [http://www.loosechangeforums.com/ LooseChangeForums.com] – Official Forums
* [http://www.seeloosechange.com Loose Change 2nd Edition Online Version] (Google Video)
* [http://www.911.thecrims.net.pl Loose Change 2nd Edition Polska wersja]
* [http://revoltage.terapad.com/ Loose Change Online with Viewer Comments]
* [http://www.beyondtheordinary.net/loosechange.shtml Beyond The Ordinary] – Interviews with Loose Change director and producer
* [http://loose-change-911.com View "Loose Change" online in many different languages]
*imdb title|0914809|Loose Change: Final Cut (2007) (V)

Criticism
* [http://www.oilempire.us/loose-change.html Loose Change: Loose with truth]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3214024953129565561 Screw Loose Change - Not Freakin' Again edition] Subtitled critical version of Loose Change
* [http://www.loosechangeguide.com 9-11 Loose Change Second Edition Viewer Guide] – Point-by-point criticism
* [http://911research.wtc7.net/reviews/loose_change/pentagon.html The 9-11Research Companion to "Loose Change 2nd Edition] – An interactive and detailed point-by-point critique of the film using an illustrated transcript
* [http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/green/loose_change.html "Loose Change" An analysis] - By Michael B. Green, Ph. D
* [http://emptv.com/research/loose-change Debunking Loose Change] - By Internet Detectives

Media Coverage
* [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/11/1345203 Democracy Now! Exclusive 9/11 Debate: Loose Change Filmmakers vs. Popular Mechanics Editors of "Debunking 9/11 Myths"] Broadcast on September 11 2006
* [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/05/911_documentary_removed/ 9/11 conspiracy movie taken off the web - June 5 2006] - Naudet brothers allege infringement
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* [http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=956 CBC Interview with Dylan Avery "The Hour: 9/11 Conspiracy Theory" May 17 2006]
* [http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/Issues/2006-04-27/news/Bird.html Loose Change Review: "Goofball Shockumentary"]
* [http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/1227842.html Popular Mechanics on 9/11: Debunking The Myths]
* [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=000DA0E2-1E15-128A-9E1583414B7F0000&colID=13 Scientific American: Fahrenheit 2777]
* [http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2006/05/19/askthepilot186/index.html Salon Article "Ask the Pilot"] : A pilot takes on the 9/11 conspiracy theorists
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2006529,00.html A 9/11 conspiracy virus is sweeping the world, but it has no basis in fact] by George Monbiot
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=340&objectid=10427606 That makes 10,000 sworn to 9/11 silence] by Gwynne Dyer

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