“We got an email the other day from a college student in Louisiana who supports the current project, but in the course of emails back and forth it became obvious that he was building upon a host of false assumptions that were easily set straight — but that is the media’s job.
“People are angry about the mosque and healthcare and dishonest politicians, but the greatest threat by far to our democracy is an irresponsible press. The way to tie all of these and other national concerns together for people across the political spectrum is to help them to realize that our troubles are all rooted in the same nasty muck – a fundamentally corrupt media. ‘Garbage in, garbage out’ — media mendacity is trashing our country.
“Insisting that officials fix their mess at Ground Zero by rebuilding the Towers would put the rogues in the media — and elsewhere — on notice that the American people are not the fools they think we are. Politicians and journalists are either public servants or public enemies — there’s nothing in between. Officials have immunity from prosecution, but journalists do not.
“There are some very fine voices in journalism, but they are at the mercy of editors and publishers who have an agenda – and that agenda is not in support of what is best in America. That is why, when the Towers are returned to their rightful place, they will be a monument to the health of our nation and our readiness to tackle all of our other challenges.
“We don’t expect the current Attorney General to go after the media in an election year, but we hope his successor will, because a corrupt media can do even more damage than corrupt banks and brokers. This is not a First Amendment issue – it is a homeland security issue in the truest sense of the term.
“The way information on rebuilding the World Trade Center was suppressed in the press is clearly corrupt. It would be a very easy case for a prosecutor to make before a grand jury. But we can’t wait for that. We believe that we have a case today that Attorney General Cuomo will find compelling. We hope to get it to him this week and will then post it on the TTA home page.
“Thank you, Steven, for shining such a steady, white-hot light on what has been called “the hole in the skyline and the hole in our hearts.”
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