Edited sentence: Criticizing Said in reference to another of his books, Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World, author Martin Kramer notes that the revised edition of that book includes a contemptuous reference by Said to media “speculations about the latest conspiracy to blow up buildings, sabotage commercial airliners, and poison water supplies.” However when commercial airliners were used to blow up the World Trade Center four years later, Said withdrew from public view and declined to answer his phone