tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790638379998933728.post7031361139568844810..comments2024-03-24T19:02:43.771-07:00Comments on Black Horizon: Area 51 book author Annie Jacobsen's lack of credibility ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790638379998933728.post-83976332479838141722011-08-16T22:05:12.424-07:002011-08-16T22:05:12.424-07:00Steve,
The book is a trip. As I see it there are ...Steve,<br /><br />The book is a trip. As I see it there are two ways to perceive it. <br /><br /># One, from the viewpoint of an Area 51 insider. In which case the book is highly objectionable and quite a disappointment. Why? because most if not all of those insiders had preconceived notions about the book. Many of the Area 51 folks had gained confidence in Jacobsen and had trusted her to tell their story representative of the highlights of their lives and careers.<br /><br />They expected the book to be centralized about them and their heroic work at Area 51. Their biggest mistake was in not realizing that Jacobsen is a media news reporter who's primary function in life is to sensationalize for profit. She has a responsibility to her bosses to produce a product that sells.<br /><br /># Two, from the viewpoint of an outsider, the book stands as a conglomeration of facts describing in detail the horrendous environmental crimes committed toward the achievement of World domination. She makes very clear that her writing are based on the interviews of elderly Area 51 workers whom in some cases, memories have faded and or changed over the decades. And she also points out that some of the accounts may actually be disinformation and that she felt she had an ethical duty to include it anyway. She makes it clear that these are not her point of view but rather the account of the interviewees.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~<br /><br />I myself see both sides of the story, having worked many years on Area 51 aircraft and very closely to Area 51 workers and also working many years in the high profile media complex. I know how they think. <br /><br />The sensationalism created by the last chapter of the book killed two birds with one stone. It sold more books and it spread the word about the heroic achievements of those Area 51 workers to many people who would otherwise never know they existed.<br /><br />It was really too bad that the Area 51 worker felt disappointed and disrespected by it. But I must say it seems they couldn't see the forest for the trees. Jacobsen not only had to tell their story, she also had an ethical responsibility as a journalist to point out what she perceived as criminal activity, environmental ills, and also the hazardous materials that many of those veterans may have unknowingly been exposed to.<br /><br />Now of course she is no expert on many of those subjects and perhaps she had no business writing the book in the first place. But she did step up to the plate and wrote it. Am I'm willing to bet if any of the top experts of the subject wrote such a book it would not be competitive as far as sales go.<br />Yes, the book is full of technical errors as many do, especially in their first editions, but to point them out is against the code of ethics in journalism.<br /><br />As far as my perception on that last chapter. I see it simply as disinformation. Maybe perhaps a tiny portion of truth exist in that story, but most of all it omits any reference to the silly space alien theories. I see it as perhaps an introduction to the truth about Roswell, relating some past known horrors to some very secret realities.<br /><br />Thanks, and keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790638379998933728.post-66366570016403512572011-06-01T19:58:03.382-07:002011-06-01T19:58:03.382-07:00You get a kick out of this Nightline report about ...You get a kick out of this Nightline report about the book. The interview between Bill Weir and Annie Jacobsen is very telling.<br /><br />http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/questioning-area-51s-author-13699901Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790638379998933728.post-9538672798638150382011-05-19T21:35:11.986-07:002011-05-19T21:35:11.986-07:00She failed to do basic research - a Freedom of Inf...She failed to do basic research - a Freedom of Information Act request would have helped her enormously. A few years back the History Channel did a program where they went to the National Archives and looked through the declassified Roswell files. They dealt with all sorts of interesting programs, including Project Mogul.Mario Mirarchihttp://www.rsl-dc.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com