A peek at Fetzer's Wikipedia page will reveal a brevity not seen since 2006:
As recently as May of this year Fetzer's page was a Byzantine labyrinth of lunacy:
James Henry Fetzer (born December 6, 1940) is a philosopher of science and conspiracy theorist. Since the late 1970s, Fetzer has worked on assessing and clarifying the forms and foundations of scientific explanation, probability in science, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of cognitive science, especially artificial intelligence and computer science.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
In the early 1990s Fetzer began promoting John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories,[7] then later 9/11 conspiracy theories and conspiracy theories regarding the 2002 death of Senator Paul Wellstone.[7] He cofounded Scholars for 9/11 Truth in 2005,[7] and claims that the United States government and the Israeli government are involved in these and other conspiracies. Fetzer's allegations and speculations have drawn strong criticism.[7][8][9][10]
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Interested in alleged government conspiracies since the 1963 assassination of US President John F Kennedy,[7] Fetzer researched extensively,[8] published dozens of articles against the Warren Commission's report, became "a familiar and controversial figure in the JFK research community",[19] and has edited three collections of expert assessments.[30] Don "Four Arrows" Jacobs and Fetzer investigated the 2002 airplane crash that killed US Senator Paul Wellstone and alleged it an assassination.[31] Fetzer edited the first book from Scholars for 9/11 Truth, cofounded by Fetzer in 2005.[7] Alleging treason and oath violations, he called for military overthrow of the Bush administration,[32] a position that hurt his mainstream credibility.[7]
In America, he has appeared a number of times on radio and television, as on Jesse Ventura's America, Hannity & Colmes, and The O'Reilly Factor, [18][33][34][35] but alleged American media under "massive control".[36] He is esteemed in Iranian news media,[16][37] where he has claimed "that the US Constitution has been tattered, torn and shredded", while "the United States has become the laughing stock for every serious student of international affairs".[36] He has also appeared on The Truthseeker via RT television network, based in Russia.[38] He is an editor of online magazine Veterans Today, apparently focused on conspiracy theories. In 2013, the University of Minnesota alerted that Fetzer had been suggesting a false association between the university and his conspiracy interests by exhibiting his title as professor emeritus and his university email address.[39]
Fetzer alleged Israeli role in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1992 attack on its Israeli embassy and the 1994 AMIA bombing of that Jewish community center.[40] Atop backing allegations that the 7/7 London bombings in 2005, the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, and the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 were governments' covert terrorism,[41][42] he initially suggested for Sandy Hook a role by Israel's Mossad or in any case, via claimed inconsistencies, a governmental stratagem, perhaps to frighten Americans into further gun restrictions.[43] He later claimed that the Sandy Hook massacre was a sham.[44] He asserted that Osama Bin Laden died some nine years before his reported death in May 2011.[45] Fetzer has claimed evidence that all six lunar landings were faked.[46]
Wikipedia has decided to take out the trash. And Fetzer's not the only one.
Long time cohort Kevin Barrett's page has been edited out of existence:
Kevin Barrett
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaKevin Barrett may refer to:
- Kevin Barrett (cricketer) (born 1975), Welsh cricketer
- Kevin Barrett (rugby union) (born 1980), English rugby union player
- Kevin "Buzz" Barrett, former cast member of Zoom
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Kevin James Barrett is an American former university lecturer and conspiracy theorist.[3] [4] [2] [5] [6] [7] [8]
In the fall of 2006, Barrett taught an introductory class called "Islam: Religion and Culture", an undergraduate course for which he had formerly been a teaching assistant.[9] Before the semester began, it was reported that he planned to devote a week or two of the sixteen-week class to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack and the War on Terrorism. Controversy erupted when it became known Barrett was planning to discuss conspiracy theories in his lectures.[10][11] An internal university review found that "although Mr. Barrett presented a variety of viewpoints, he had not discussed his personal opinions in the classroom" and that the department-approved syllabus, which included a section on the War on Terror, had been followed.[12]
The Anti-Defamation League named Barrett as one of the "key figures" promoting anti-Semitic 9/11 conspiracy theories.[13][14] [15]
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Arrested for alleged domestic abuse [edit]
According to the Wisconsin State Journal and the Associated Press;Barrett was arrested in Madison on September 16, 2008, after police said he violated a Sauk County court order forbidding contact with his family. He reportedly turned himself in and was released from the Dane County Jail after posting $500 cash bail. On September 12, Barrett had been charged with disorderly conduct in Sauk County Circuit Court after being accused of hitting his 13-year-old son at home on the morning of the September 9, 2008, 3rd District Libertarian primary, which he won. His wife, Fatna Bellouchi, had obtained a temporary restraining order against Barrett. [40][41]
In October when Barrett appeared in court on the charges, prosecutors filed additional charges alleging that he had violated a restraining order by sending roses to his wife on her birthday. "When roses are outlawed, only outlaws will send roses," Barrett said. In December Barrett pled not guilty to charges of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and bail jumping. He claims his wife invented the disorderly conduct story as part of a scheme to extort money from him. Barrett's campaign manager, Rolf Lindgren, had earlier declared Bellouchi's story to be a publicity stunt.[42][43]
Many other purveyors of the "truther" fraud have had their pages edited, in some cases all 9/11 conspiracy references removed.
As irritating as this might be from a archival research standpoint, it's a clear win in the realm of measuring credibility. If Wikipedia doesn't find your conspiracy spam notable, it's a good bet it's so badly sourced it's not worth the effort reading.
Sadly for the conspiracy conartists sites like "PressTV" and "Veteran's Today" are NOT considered reliable sources.
This makes me happy.
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