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The Washington Post Falsely Wrote Public Enemy Said 9/11 Is A Joke

Written by Casey Gane-McCalla, Lead Blogger on December 7, 2009 11:39 am

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The Washington Post is one of the most esteemed newspapers in our country. But like all journalistic operations, they make mistakes. They recently wrote a piece about the rap group, Public Enemy, in which they claimed the Public Enemy said that 9/11 was a joke(meaning the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001). The song they were referring to was “911 Is A Joke,” which came out in 1990 and referred to the 911 emergency phone number service. Here’s their retraction.

A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    well even though PE were the predecessors in thought… they actually have some validity into both, I must say

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jahz_Lynx1/ Jahz_Lynx1

    I have to agree. The 911 Commission was definately a hoax. The implosion of the 3 buildings that went down at free fall speed is yet to be explained.
    I don’t understand how the detainees are going to get a fair trial if we’re unwilling to look at the evidence from the implosions.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gods_chosenman/ Gods_chosenman

    lol@I was waiting to hear someone say something about the 9/11 conspiracy theory. Idiot…your loan has been denied. I cant believe so many people believe such crap…its something like 50% of the country…and the rest of the world wonders why were the dumbest developed country in the world.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    remember how the Boston Tea Party was blamed on the ”Indians” ???

    the Gov’t tried to blow up some boats, trying to get JFK to make war with Cuba…

    Al-CIAda and USAma Bin-Laden were partly created by the CIA, so the Russians would have a Vietnam type of situation in Afghanistan, back during the Cold War Era.

    your boy Barry, i mean Barack Obama….his big homie Zbigniew Brezinski was kool with BinLaden…. its not hard to find pics of them hanging out togther (Brezinski & BinLaden)

    they pray to the ghost of Adolf Hitler in the Pentagon

    if yall really think these wars are about ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ yall need to stop drinkin that flouride-water…..

    we not even a damn Democracy, we a Republic but I digress lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NOWHITEIN/ NOWHITEIN

    THE WASHINGTON POST MUST HAVE SOME WHITE KKK MEMBERS WORKING THERE TO MAKE THAT STUPID STATEMENT! LOL

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    Another quality post from SoularFlarez

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    How dumb can they get? This is news? They should get sued.

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    Hey Soular, lets not forget the Gulf of Tonkin incident that led to the Vietnam conflict.

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