Barrie Zwicker is a Canadian alternative media journalist, documentary producer, and political activist. Barrie has specialized in media criticism since 1970, Since the events of 9/11 he has become a leader in the "9/11Truth movement." Millions of people around the world (as proven by reputable international polling firms) question or disbelieve outright the official conspiracy theory about 9/11. Zwicker has combined media criticism and criticism of the official 9/11 conspiracy theory in his book Towers of Deception: The Media Cover-Up of 9/11, which won Gold in the Current Events category of the 2007 Independent Publishers Awards.