Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories and Whoopi Goldberg
Moon Hoax Mania Has First Hollywood Spokesperson
"But you knew that some celebrity would use the TV airwaves to put forth the loony conspiracy theories that it never happened. And, predictably, that loon is Whoopi Goldberg, resident Communist of ABC's "The View," who revealed herself a Moon Landing Truther on this morning's show of the hour-long waste of TV air. Yup, she's an Apollo 11 Truther."
It seems that Whoopi Goldberg actually cited the film Capricorn One, which depicted the faking of the first Mars landing, to buttress her belief. Oddly enough, Barbara Walters and not Elisabeth Hasselbeck was obliged to step in and inform Whoopi Goldberg of the error of her thinking.
Whoopi Goldberg must have also been thinking of her stint as an alien on the series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
It seems rather tiresome to even have to refute this kind of demented nonsense, but since Whoopi Goldberg is now the first Hollywood celebrity spokesperson for the We Never Went to the Moon movement, it seems like a good time to approach the matter from a Hollywood film making perspective.
Neil Armstrong, who knows certainly that we went to the Moon because he was there, said it best when he suggested that in the 1960s it would have been far more difficult to fake a Moon landing (six times!) than it would have been to actually do it. There was no computer graphic technology available at the time to make the "fake" Moon walks seem real.
A special effects expert for the HBO miniseries From Earth to the Moon was posed the same question. He also suggested that the technology was just not there in 1969 to fake a moon landing. He was an expert in faking moon landings, having done it for the miniseries.
Two former special effects artists, now known as the Mythbusters, devoted an entire episode of their iconic show to debunk the Moon landing hoax theory. One of them, Adam Savage, was once asked whether Mythbusters would be on for a while. He replied that yes it would be so long as people persisted in "believing stupid sh-t."
It is sad when people believe stupid-er-stuff. It is irritating when that person has a platform to express their stupidity by virtue of their ability to act, sing, dance, and/or tell jokes. None of those skills gives one the ability to discern reality from fantasy, unfortunately.
Source: You Knew This Was Coming: ABC "View"'s Whoopi Goldberg is Moon Landing/Apollo 11 Truther, Debbie Schlussel, DebbieSchlussel.Com, July 20th, 2009
Published by Mark Whittington
Mark R. Whittington is a writer residing in Houston, Texas. He is the author of The Last Moonwalker, Children of Apollo, Dark Sanction, and Nocturne. He has written numerous articles, some for the Washington... View profile
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10 Comments
Post a CommentYeah right! Whoopi Goldberg,Isn.t she the one that also believes that DRUGGING AND RAPING A 13 year old girl is LEGAL if youre rich or famous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You repubs are desperate now huh....
you are a joke
I watched that show, whoopi did not say that she didn't believe the moon landing. She only said she likes listening to conspiracy theories... You're making a mountain out of a mole hill.
I'll sit back and watch you guys freak out on this:
The inconsistancies in 9/11 actually make the moon landing more believable. Most (all?) of the moon landing theories have been debunked, and pretty well. 9/11's theories only get the responses "you're stupid, you hate america, you can't think logically." Not any proof, not any debunking. Only discrediting and hate speech.
Well, with a name like WHOOPI (whoopeeeee I'm an idiot!)...what do you expect? She probably believes in Anthropogenic Global Warming too; not to mention being politically nonsensical too (being an Obama supporter).
Get the facts prior to print you noob. She said she liked conspiracy theories. Never said she disbelieved the lunar landings. Who's the whack job Mr/Ms Blogger?
NASA caught out Photoshopping moon pics here:
http://moon.eu-tube.com
I knew this one would be one of yours when I saw it on Google Trends. I am surprised- I thought Whoopi Goldberg was more balanced than to believe in such nonsense.
She's not necessarily the first celebrity to reveal themselves as a "Moon Landing Truther"... you're also forgetting Joe Rogan and his love for all things conspiracy-related.
Loved the line about her being Guinan on Star Trek! Why does everyone think everything is Wag the Dogged? I think that we did make it to the moon.