Conspiracy theories-ists being hit hard by mainstream media in Australia

I guess people love getting their information from alternative media.

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Loony landing

* June 7, 2009 - 10:05AM
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Forty years after man went to the moon, conspiracy theorists still insist it was all a fake. It's a pattern with all the great events of history, writes John Huxley.

"If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon, If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool ... " - from Man On The Moon by R.E.M.

Forty years on it remains one of mankind's crowning achievements; a moment in time and space etched forever in the memories of those old enough to have watched it happen live on murky, monochrome television pictures bounced round the world via a NSW bush tracking station.

At least, that's the official version of the Apollo moon landing on July 21, 1969, Sydney time. But Glen Nagle, the education manager for the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex, is constantly confronted with a different perspective: that the man on the moon is no more than pie in the sky.

"The question of conspiracy theories crops up here every other day. Members of the public come in, and yeah, yeah, they know we're exploring the universe. But, nah, they don't believe man landed on the moon. Fifty per cent who come through have their doubts."

More disturbing is the level of disbelief among children. "I often do a quick hands-up with school groups that come through. 'Who here thinks we didn't land on the moon?' Again, about half the hands go up."

Nagle attributes such scepticism to naivety, stupidity or, more likely, misinformation. "They've probably been told to do a project on the moon landing, got on the internet and found all this conspiracy stuff pop up."

Thousands of sites - some sophisticated, some merely scatterbrained - argue the landing was a complete or partial hoax. One leading sceptic argues that man did walk on the moon, but pictures were faked to prevent the Soviet Union drawing detailed information from the real photographs.

There is no shortage of tell-tale signs that the landing was rigged, probably in a Hollywood studio. No stars can be seen. Pictures taken miles apart have the same background. The United States flag flies in the still moon air. A Perth resident even claims to have spotted a soft drink bottle in one frame.

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A global currency? The conspiracy theorists will love it
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
April 4, 2009

THE world is a step closer to a global currency, backed by a central bank, running monetary policy for all humanity.

A single clause in point 19 of the communique issued by the G20 leaders amounts to revolution in the financial order: "We have agreed to support a general SDR (special drawing rights) allocation which will inject $US250 billion ($A353.5 billion) into the world economy and increase global liquidity." This refers to a synthetic paper currency issued by the International Monetary Fund that has lain dormant for half a century.

In effect, the G20 leaders have activated the IMF's power to create money and begin global "quantitative easing".

In doing so, they are putting a de facto world currency into play. It is outside the control of any sovereign body. Conspiracy theorists will love it.