These made no impact. They are widely discounted as propaganda pieces. Several people informed me that one of the nine reporters on the comprehensive Popular Mechanics piece,
Ben Chertoff, is a nephew of DHS honcho, Michael Chertoff. WorldNetDaily: A closer look at 9-11 'inside job' theory
don't know if this is true or the names are just a coincidence, but I do think popular mechanic's piece was really odd - for that publication to even produce it and why would it?