Debunked: The BBC Reported the Collapse of 7 WTC Early

One of the favorite pieces of evidence used by many conspiracy theorists that there was something fishy about the collapse of 7 WTC is that a BBC reporter (Jane Standley) and the BBC network actually reported that the building had collapsed before it actually did. First watch the video, presented and highlighted here by a pro-conspiracy youtube member:

It is a compelling video and a strange and chilling mistake (if that is what you believe it is). But is it proof that there was a conspiracy? To be a conspiracy, that would mean that some media outlet in the United States under the control of the government (or perhaps just some agency of the government itself) sent out a press release of the collapse of 7 WTC (Called "The Salomon Brothers Building" here because the building's main tenant was an investment bank called Saloman Brothers) to the BBC who accidentally read it too early. When Standley realizes her mistake, conspiracy theorists claim, she quickly changes the subject.

The problem with this report as evidence for conspiracy is that it implies that a substantial number of people at BBC News had foreknowledge of and, in some way, were complicit in a conspiracy with the United States Government in the attack of September 11th, 2001. While I have a distaste for leaching news reporters and a distrust for bias corporate media in general, I find it hard to believe that so many people could be involved in this conspiracy of mass murder and not a single one would object morally or whistleblow about what they knew. If there was a conspiracy, in my opinion and that of others here at theRealTruth911, it was played out in the simplest way by the smallest number of people possible. There was no need for the risk of letting the news media in on the secret. Instead I think this is evidence that the news media played their part in any alleged conspiracy (if there was one) exactly how the conspirists would have hoped: with confusion and misinformation that obfuscates the pursuit of the real truth.

So why did they misreport this information? Before taking a stab at an answer for this I also want to point out that this mysterious conspiracy theory and supposed video of a live broadcast appeared several years after 9/11, and I have heard some people question whether or not this video has been doctored. However, I believe it to be genuine and the result of the BBC confusing reports that the fire department had pulled their crews out of 7 WTC (the infamous "I told them to pull it" quote) due to the imminent collapse of the building and reporting the building's actual collapse accidentally. The fact that it was the BBC makes them especially vulnerable to this confusion, as the reporter probably had no idea what building was the Saloman Brothers Building. To me this seems far more likely than involving various news media outlets internationally in the mass murder of nearly 3,000 innocent civilians and risking the conspiracy breaking being exposed.

The BBC made a statement about this swirling theory. You can read it at this link. You can also check out a website dedicated solely to promoting this conspiracy theory here, so that if you truly desire the real truth about 9/11 you can be informed about both sides.