Replay | The Early Internet & 9/11 Conspiracies | Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy

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Comedy Central

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4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Jordan Klepper has heard a lot of 9/11 conspiracy theories, including this shiny emerald: Osama bin Laden was a CIA operative named Tim Ossman. Together with Dr. Joan Donovan, research director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Jordan unpacks how the early days of the internet and social media have shaped 9/11 conspiracy theories that are still appearing two decades later. They are joined by veteran and filmmaker Korey Rowe, who co-produced “Loose Change,” one of the first viral conspiracy theory films on 9/11. They discuss the legacy of the film, how the right has weaponized conspiracy theories for political gain, and what conversations we should be having about the role of the media. Originally aired in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:06.4	Think back 20 years.
0:08.2	Maybe you're in school or college.
0:09.9	A friend comes up to you with the $20 bill.
0:11.6	They say, check this out.
0:12.9	And they start folding it in a kind of weird way.
0:15.6	Kind of in half.
0:16.7	Then it comes to a point.
0:18.2	Then you realize it's the shape of the Pentagon.
0:20.4	And the image on the bill is now the Twin Towers with smoke coming out of them.
0:23.5	What did the government know about 9-11 before it happened?
0:26.5	If you ever experienced that or if you ever had that thought, then congrats Alex Jones,
0:31.3	you're a 9-11 conspiracy theorist.
0:34.1	This is Jordan Klepper Fingers, The Conspiracy.
0:36.9	September 11th really was the ground zero of conspiracy theories.
0:41.7	Chances are you can name one.
0:43.3	Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.
0:45.5	George Bush did it.
0:46.7	What about building 7?
0:48.0	Osama bin Laden is a CIA operative named Tim.
0:51.4	What's that you don't know about that one?
0:53.1	Well, someone told it to me just a few
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