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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Swann
 
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|constitutes=News presenter, Journalist, Activist, 9-11/Dissident  
 
|interests=Sandy Hook, Pizzagate, Vaccines, Autism, COVID-19
 
|interests=Sandy Hook, Pizzagate, Vaccines, Autism, COVID-19
 
|website=http://truthinmedia.com
 
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|description=A US information activist with a background in [[corporate media]]
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|odysee=https://odysee.com/@BenSwann:6
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|description=A US information activist with a background in [[corporate media]].
 
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'''Ben Swann''' is a US television news anchor, political commentator and journalist who runs the ''[https://truthinmedia.com/ Truth in Media]'' news channel. On 18 March 2020, Ben Swann warned that seasonal flu could be twice as deadly as the [[COVID-19]] outbreak. In a ''[[YouTube]]'' video, he suggested taking a look at the numbers from the [[WHO]], and in an “apples to apples” comparison, he showed that the [[COVID-19|Coronavirus Disease]] has half the mortality rate of seasonal flu when it comes to "death to confirmed cases" ratio.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohO8eAwi_po&feature=share "Coronavirus Disease has half the mortality rate of seasonal flu"]''</ref>
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'''Ben Swann''' is a US [[television]] news anchor, political commentator and journalist.
  
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==Activities==
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==Career==
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Ben Swann has worked as a sports producer, news journalist and producer, and managing editor on network affiliates, [[Fox News|FOX]], and [[RT|RT America]] of the Russian state-owned TV network [[RT]]. He received a number of television journalism awards by 2009. Ben Swann created the series ''Reality Check'' to address topics such as [[Pizzagate]], and those surrounding the events at [[Aurora]] and [[Sandy Hook]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131014031118/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jrBYG1Y26A - video is archived as well</ref> as well as [[9-11]]. He has also questioned the [[Douma attack|use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War]], the role of the [[United States]] in developing of [[ISIL]], and the possible [[vaccine]] [[autism]] connection.  
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Ben Swann has worked as a sports producer, news [[journalist]] and producer, and managing editor on network affiliates, [[Fox News|FOX]], and [[RT|RT America]] of the Russian state-owned TV network [[RT]]. He received a number of [[television]] journalism awards by [[2009]]. Ben Swann created the series ''Reality Check'' to address topics such as [[Pizzagate]], and those surrounding the events at [[Aurora]] and [[Sandy Hook]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131014031118/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jrBYG1Y26A - video is archived as well</ref><ref>https://www.mic.com/articles/23449/reporter-ben-swann-smeared-for-questioning-media-s-sandy-hook-narrative saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20160316135535/http://mic.com/articles/23449/reporter-ben-swann-smeared-for-questioning-media-s-sandy-hook-narrative Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.is/ZX59G Archive.is]</ref> as well as [[9-11]]. He has also questioned the [[Douma attack|use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War]], the role of the [[United States]] in developing of [[ISIL]], and the possible [[vaccine]] [[autism]] connection.  
  
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His employer demanded that he take down his internet media channel and most of his social media sites in 2017. He was fired in 2018 from [[CBS]] affiliate ''WGCL-TV'' in Atlanta, Georgia for pursuing his ''Reality Check'' show and continuing to investigate Pizzagate.
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His employer demanded that he take down his internet media channel and most of his [[social media]] sites in [[2017]] after he did a segment about [[Pizzagate]].<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/YZp44w0QyMv6/</ref>
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|text=The story itself was vetted at a higher degree than any other story in the five years that I was working with them, was vetted higher than any other story. Because I chose to self-vet it through the highest levels of editorial control at our station. Which I didn't have to do and I chose to do that because of the sensitivity of the subject matter we were talking about. And so it ran through the highest levels of journalists at that entity, all the way up through news managers, who have had 30-40 years in the business, were looking at it. And when they came back and said was 'yeah this is solid, it's totally solid'. [...] And one thing that I forgot is, there was so much that we couldn't say, so much that we intentionally left out because it was so wild, we couldn't put some of it on TV.
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|subjects=Pizzagate
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|authors=Ben Swann
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|date=Jan 30, 2023
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|source_URL=https://odysee.com/@NaturalistCapitalist:0/episode-281-four-horsemen-22-with-ben:6
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|source_details=ca 13:30
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He was fired in [[2018]] from [[CBS]] affiliate ''WGCL-TV'' in Atlanta, Georgia for pursuing his ''Reality Check'' show.<ref>https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/update-cbs46-fires-anchor-ben-swann-after-he-announces-return-of-reality-check.html saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20220617054556/https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/update-cbs46-fires-anchor-ben-swann-after-he-announces-return-of-reality-check.html Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.is/31iIr Archive.is]</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180130025300/http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national/atlanta-news-anchor-fired-after-secretly-trying-revive-alt-right-based-reports/069ihocOfqVw6iayr96cjK/</ref>
  
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==Views on Covid-19==
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On 18 March 2020, Ben Swann warned that seasonal flu could be twice as deadly as the [[COVID-19]] outbreak. In a ''[[YouTube]]'' video, he suggested taking a look at the numbers from the [[WHO]], and in an “apples to apples” comparison, he showed that the [[COVID-19|Coronavirus Disease]] has half the mortality rate of seasonal flu when it comes to "death to confirmed cases" ratio.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohO8eAwi_po&feature=share "Coronavirus Disease has half the mortality rate of seasonal flu"]''</ref>
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==Projects==
 
===''Reality Check''===
 
===''Reality Check''===
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In 2015, he was hired by CBS affiliate WGCL-TV in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>''[http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/06/15/cbs46-management-explains-radical-changes-including-five-new-anchors-june-15/ "CBS46 management explains radical changes including five new anchors"]''</ref> He was suspended in January 2017 for running a story about [[Pizzagate]], reinstated after he took down his ''Truth in Media'' and ''Reality Check'' sites,<ref>''[http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2017/01/27/cbs46s-ben-swann-returning-monday-january-30-after-post-pizzagate-hiatus/ "CBS46's Ben Swann returning Monday January 30 after post-'Pizzagate' hiatus"]''</ref> but then fired in 2018, after which he relaunched ''Reality Check''.<ref>''[https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/ben-swann-reintroduces-his-truth-media-site-and-reality-check-program/hIkYIwokWcarz8T8JLzbPP/ "Ben Swann reintroduces his Truth in Media site and Reality Check program"]''</ref>
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In [[2015]], he was hired by CBS affiliate WGCL-TV in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>''[http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/06/15/cbs46-management-explains-radical-changes-including-five-new-anchors-june-15/ "CBS46 management explains radical changes including five new anchors"]''</ref> He was suspended in January 2017 for running a story about [[Pizzagate]], reinstated after he took down his ''Truth in Media'' and ''Reality Check'' sites,<ref>''[http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2017/01/27/cbs46s-ben-swann-returning-monday-january-30-after-post-pizzagate-hiatus/ "CBS46's Ben Swann returning Monday January 30 after post-'Pizzagate' hiatus"]''</ref> but then fired in 2018, after which he relaunched ''Reality Check''.<ref>''[https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/ben-swann-reintroduces-his-truth-media-site-and-reality-check-program/hIkYIwokWcarz8T8JLzbPP/ "Ben Swann reintroduces his Truth in Media site and Reality Check program"]''</ref>
  
 
===Liberty Nation===
 
===Liberty Nation===
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Swann relaunched ''Truth in Media'' in 2018 after he was fired by WGCL-TV, and began publishing pieces for the ''Liberty Nation'' website.<ref>''[https://www.libertynation.com/author/ben-swann/ "Ben Swann Liberty Nation"]''</ref>
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Swann relaunched ''[https://truthinmedia.com/ Truth in Media]'' in [[2018]] after he was fired by WGCL-TV, and began publishing pieces for the ''Liberty Nation'' website.<ref>''[https://www.libertynation.com/author/ben-swann/ "Ben Swann Liberty Nation"]''</ref>
  
 
===Isegoria===
 
===Isegoria===
 
Ben Swann launched the ''[[Isegoria]]'' social media platform,<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN-rgvdwlpo "Tin Foil Hat With Sam Tripoli #161: Your Reality Check With Ben Swann"]''</ref> named from the ancient Greek meaning "Equality of all in freedom of speech".<ref>''[https://isegoria.com/ "Isegoria"]''</ref>
 
Ben Swann launched the ''[[Isegoria]]'' social media platform,<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN-rgvdwlpo "Tin Foil Hat With Sam Tripoli #161: Your Reality Check With Ben Swann"]''</ref> named from the ancient Greek meaning "Equality of all in freedom of speech".<ref>''[https://isegoria.com/ "Isegoria"]''</ref>
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===Sovren===
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In [[2021]] he started [https://sovren.media/ sovren.media].
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Latest revision as of 13:59, 5 February 2023

Person.png Ben Swann   IMDB Infogalactic Odysee WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(News presenter, Journalist, Activist, 9-11/Dissident)
Ben Swann (9908766706).jpg
Swann in 2013
BornBenjamin Swann
17 July 1978
El Paso, Texas, USA
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrigham Young University, California State University
SpouseJasmine Swann
Interests • Sandy Hook
• Pizzagate
• Vaccines
• Autism
• COVID-19
A US information activist with a background in corporate media.

Ben Swann is a US television news anchor, political commentator and journalist.

Career

Ben Swann has worked as a sports producer, news journalist and producer, and managing editor on network affiliates, FOX, and RT America of the Russian state-owned TV network RT. He received a number of television journalism awards by 2009. Ben Swann created the series Reality Check to address topics such as Pizzagate, and those surrounding the events at Aurora and Sandy Hook[1][2] as well as 9-11. He has also questioned the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War, the role of the United States in developing of ISIL, and the possible vaccine autism connection.

His employer demanded that he take down his internet media channel and most of his social media sites in 2017 after he did a segment about Pizzagate.[3]

“The story itself was vetted at a higher degree than any other story in the five years that I was working with them, was vetted higher than any other story. Because I chose to self-vet it through the highest levels of editorial control at our station. Which I didn't have to do and I chose to do that because of the sensitivity of the subject matter we were talking about. And so it ran through the highest levels of journalists at that entity, all the way up through news managers, who have had 30-40 years in the business, were looking at it. And when they came back and said was 'yeah this is solid, it's totally solid'. [...] And one thing that I forgot is, there was so much that we couldn't say, so much that we intentionally left out because it was so wild, we couldn't put some of it on TV.”
Ben Swann (Jan 30, 2023)  [4]

He was fired in 2018 from CBS affiliate WGCL-TV in Atlanta, Georgia for pursuing his Reality Check show.[5][6]

Views on Covid-19

On 18 March 2020, Ben Swann warned that seasonal flu could be twice as deadly as the COVID-19 outbreak. In a YouTube video, he suggested taking a look at the numbers from the WHO, and in an “apples to apples” comparison, he showed that the Coronavirus Disease has half the mortality rate of seasonal flu when it comes to "death to confirmed cases" ratio.[7]

Projects

Reality Check

In 2015, he was hired by CBS affiliate WGCL-TV in Atlanta, Georgia.[8] He was suspended in January 2017 for running a story about Pizzagate, reinstated after he took down his Truth in Media and Reality Check sites,[9] but then fired in 2018, after which he relaunched Reality Check.[10]

Liberty Nation

Swann relaunched Truth in Media in 2018 after he was fired by WGCL-TV, and began publishing pieces for the Liberty Nation website.[11]

Isegoria

Ben Swann launched the Isegoria social media platform,[12] named from the ancient Greek meaning "Equality of all in freedom of speech".[13]

Sovren

In 2021 he started sovren.media.


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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131014031118/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jrBYG1Y26A - video is archived as well
  2. ↑ https://www.mic.com/articles/23449/reporter-ben-swann-smeared-for-questioning-media-s-sandy-hook-narrative saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
  3. ↑ https://www.bitchute.com/video/YZp44w0QyMv6/
  4. ↑ https://odysee.com/@NaturalistCapitalist:0/episode-281-four-horsemen-22-with-ben:6 ca 13:30
  5. ↑ https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/update-cbs46-fires-anchor-ben-swann-after-he-announces-return-of-reality-check.html saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180130025300/http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national/atlanta-news-anchor-fired-after-secretly-trying-revive-alt-right-based-reports/069ihocOfqVw6iayr96cjK/
  7. ↑ "Coronavirus Disease has half the mortality rate of seasonal flu"
  8. ↑ "CBS46 management explains radical changes including five new anchors"
  9. ↑ "CBS46's Ben Swann returning Monday January 30 after post-'Pizzagate' hiatus"
  10. ↑ "Ben Swann reintroduces his Truth in Media site and Reality Check program"
  11. ↑ "Ben Swann Liberty Nation"
  12. ↑ "Tin Foil Hat With Sam Tripoli #161: Your Reality Check With Ben Swann"
  13. ↑ "Isegoria"
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