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 * link: URL::http://911review.com/pm/markup/
 * title: title::Popular Mechanics' Deceptive Smear Against 9/11 Truth
 * source: site::911review.com
 * author: author::Jim Hoffman
 * when: when posted::2005/02/15
 * responds to: comments on::2011/07/30/0948/link
 * topics: topic::9-11/anomalies/straw men
 * summary: summary::lead paragraph::The March 2005 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine contains a 14-full-page cover article which attacks skepticism about the government and media explanation of the 9/11/01 attack. The primary method of the piece is to build and attack a straw man of myths it claims are "at the root of virtually every 9/11 alternative scenario" embraced by the "growing army of conspiracy theorists." PM selects a combination of 16 valid, erroneous, and inconsequential claims found on websites, implying that they are all endorsed by the "army" of skeptics.