TOW #9 One Conspiracy That Could Be True by Thom Patterson

            On November 22, 1963 the States of America was rocked with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The events of the shooting that took place by that grassy knoll have never been clear to the American public and has led way to many conspiracy theories ranging from realistic to all out crazy. Thom

Patterson from CNN wrote the article One Conspiracy Theory That Could Be True to review several conspiracy theories that have turned up over time with opinions from Dave Perry; 70-year-old retired man who has dedicated a large portion of his life to looking into the events surrounding the assassination. The purpose of the article is to revisit and debunk some of the most popular conspiracy theories while speculating that the CIA conspiracy theory may hold ground. Patterson wrote this article to appeal to the people who have an interest in the assassination, but have no firm belief in any theories themselves. The organization that Patterson uses assists in achieving the purpose. It has been nearly fifty years since the assassination, so it has been a while since the story has made headlines so Patterson first writes a brief explanation of what theories have come up since the shooting. Patterson introduces his main source, Dave Perry, who makes the whole article more credible since Patterson himself does not have much of a background in the assassination. The article ends with enumerating top conspiracy theories and having Perry way in on each. The last point being the CIA may have had something to do with the killing, Perry states that during his research he has not found anything to show that this conspiracy is false while supplying evidence that all the others do not have much truth to them, The whole article is easy to follow and for this reason I believe that the purpose was achieved. I fall into the intended audience for this article. I came in with background information, but have not spent much time theorizing what may have happened. After the article I was left with some new information about the assassination, but despite all the realistic points we, as an American public, still have no one answer as to what happened nearly fifty years ago.