Yesterday, NewsBusters executive editor Matthew Sheffield passed along how bloggers had picked up on Virgin Airlines screening the 9/11 conspiracy documentary "Loose Change" as an in-flight movie selection.
Ace notes the development here. Ericka Andersen of Human Events and Bryan of Hot Air also covered the story.
Thanks to radio host Andrew Wilkow's Sirius radio program, Virgin has decided to pull the selection from its cinematic library.
Andersen reminds her readers that "one simple phone call" can make all the difference, as was the case with Wilkow's producer complaining to Virgin. I suspect, however, that a large, irate blog readership also had a role to play. Over 15,000 hits came up for my "loose change" search on Technorati, while over 600 hits came up when I looked for "Virgin Airlines" on the blog search site.
Hundreds of thousands of potential airline passengers are not worth messing with, after all.




















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Hip-Hip-Hooray!Thank you News
May 3, 2007 - 15:09 ET by bigtimerHip-Hip-Hooray!
Thank you Newsbusters and Matthew S. for bringing this to our attention, I know I was angry and said I hoped that people flying on that airline would have a way to show their anger....paraphrasing here.
Thanks Ken S. for letting us know this latest information very much.
Boy Howdy!
I'm plumbed tickled pink!
Now, on to continue fighting the enemy within...hehehee
I read about this incident on
May 3, 2007 - 17:17 ET by whatajoyI read about this incident on DrudgeReport this morning and was shocked! You don't show biased, conspiracy theories as entertainment on a commercial flight. What is wrong with these people! My gosh! Thanks for posting about this and also letting us know that Virgin Air has since taken this "documentary" off it's list of movies to watch in flight. That's good to hear. When I first went here from Drudge's site, the first movie listed before "the F word" was Loose Change 2, but going there now, it is no longer listed. Wow! That was fast!
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