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Old 13-November-2004, 10:13 AM
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Default German Journalist writes Pro-Moonhoax-Book

The German journalist Gerhard Wisnewski currently writes a book that also seems to include some pro-moonhoax-parts. Its name will be "Lies in Space: From the Lunar Landings to World Domination" (attention Humphrey! :-))
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/342677755X/
A few years ago, Wisnewski produced a "documentary" about the moon hoax, "Die Akte Apollo", "The Apollo File". Though he also gave some contra-arguments, he way too much gave room for the pro-nuts.
Thankfully, Wisnewski provided a forum on the subject, asking some questions which are partly pretty silly for someone who is writing a book on the subject (e.g. he asks how the cryogenical fuel of the LM was handled in the lunar heat. The LM had no cryogenics.)
The forum is at http://p079.ezboard.com/fphantome71967frm5 and if you're in some command of German, you may have some fun there.

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[edited to add name of "documentary"]
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Why are they always journalists?? #-o
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Journalists are scum.
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In addition, as there are a brand of cigarettes called "HB" here in Germany, I wonder if the aforementioned journo smokes them? :-?
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Wow 24 Threads with basic Questions by Mr. Wisnewski.
Just one single Thread where he posted a second time.
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Wow 24 Threads with basic Questions by Mr. Wisnewski.
Just one single Thread where he posted a second time.
I'm afraid I scared him away :-) And I expected so much fun to have there...

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Wow 24 Threads with basic Questions by Mr. Wisnewski.
Just one single Thread where he posted a second time.
I'm afraid I scared him away :-) And I expected so much fun to have there...

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Am I corrrect in concluding that Herr Wisnewski promotes the notion that:

1. There were no people in those planes that crashed into the WTC - the aircraft were radio-contolled;
2. No plane crashed into the ground in Pennsylvania that same day;
3. No plane crashed into the Pentagon;
4. The German Federal intelligence service actually works for the American government;
5. The gassing of Iraqi Kurds was actually a joint CIA-Iranian operation;
6. The Moscow theater hostage crisis was orchestrated by Americans;
7. and more?

or is this article just bashing him for no good reason?

He claims here:

"My personal motivation is this: I hate being lied to. This has been with me all my life. At some point in my childhood I understood what it is to be lied to. I find it degrading to be lied to, be it in family, business or the political sphere. And it was always my purpose, my aspiration as a journalist, to unearth lies or to get closer to the truth than anyone else. And it is actually this, that actually guides me in my work."

Lofty ideals. It must be stressful to see lies in so many places where no one else does.

In short, he is a professional conspiracy theorist of the same, errr, calibre, as our familiar North American ones.

That forum is a rather interesting way to do his "research".

And they give this man airtime on the state television network? Meine Güte!
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