Memex.

That’s all I have to say about the Daily Mail editor’s decision to publish 9/11 Trutherism the day after the anniversary of the attacks.

I can only presume that it was Paul Dacre’s decision. After all, he has been described thus:

Paul Dacre is the last — or anyway, presently the only — British newspaper editor who stamps himself on his newspaper every morning. Other editors put their mark on papers, and shape them — Dacre beats the words out every night, producing a paper which is his voice, reflects his tastes and views, has his acuities and blind spots, in a way true of no other paper.

The “new book” is by David Ray Griffin. It is entirely natural that Mr Griffin would claim Osama Bin Laden played no part in the murder of over 2,700 people – despite Mr Bin Laden’s frequent boasts to the contrary. Mr Griffin claims that individuals in the United States government played that part instead.

Does Paul Dacre believe these theories? If not, why would he allow their author a sympathetic double-page spread in the widely-read Saturday edition of his newspaper?

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