Local TV Anchor Who Delivered Blistering Piers Morgan Gun Control Fact Check Tells TheBlaze Why He Did It
Ben Swann, a local Fox anchor for WXIX-TV (Photo Credit: Ben Swann)
Ben Swann, a local Fox anchor for WXIX-TV in Cincinnati, recently delivered an excoriating fact-check of CNN’s Piers Morgan and his anti-gun claims. Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook, many media outlets have essentially remained silent, while taking gun control advocates’ talking points at face value.
However, Swann has embraced a very different approach. Last Wednesday, he delved deeply into the debate, intensely fact-checking — in an on-air bit — many of the statistics and statements that the CNN host has most-recently spouted. The segment quickly went viral, raising eyebrows and interest across the blogosphere. On Monday, the local journalist spoke with TheBlaze in detail about the segment.
For Swann, 34, this is nothing new. The journalist regularly does fact checks on statements and scenarios surrounding prominent national issues through WXIX’s “Reality Check” segment (an undertaking that the anchor writes, produces and hosts). While his Morgan followed the same mold in terms of on-air practices at the station, it has gained the most national attention when compared to past clips.
“The segment that we do called ‘Reality Check’ — we do this three times per week,” he told TheBlaze. “We take things that are going on in the media…and we look to eliminate the bias and opinion out of them. We focus specifically on the facts of the story.”
When it comes to Morgan’s most recent on-air statements about firearms and gun violence, Swann said that he noticed that the CNN host had been “making a lot of statements that are not quite right.” So, he set out to examine the facts, which led to the now-infamous, viral fact-check.
Swann said that he received a few negative e-mails about the segment and that the reaction among individuals who would likely advocate for increased gun control was “much more visceral.” These individuals claimed that Swann’s facts were wrong and that the segment he produced was incorrect at its core.
“There was a real hatefulness of people who opposed [the Morgan segment] as opposed to people [who stood in opposition to "Reality Check" segments] in the past,” he noted.
The local reporter defended his facts and said that assembling the segment took three days of informational gathering. After reviewing critique and the material that followed its initial airing, he did note that there was one indicator that he mentioned that needs to be revisited — so he’s planning to do yet another fact check this week — one that clarifies statistics on violent crime.
After the original segment aired, some British viewers informed Swann that the United Kingdom figures violent crime differently than the U.S. So, he’s reproaching the numbers “to make more of an apples to apples comparison” to American crime data. In his discussion with TheBlaze, the anchor stressed the importance of being fair and he even advocated that the public fact-check him, too, along the way (which is why he’s re-approaching these violent crime numbers).
Photo Credit: Ben Swann
In the original segment, while exploring the United Kingdom’s numbers (Great Britain is part of the UK), Swann noted that the UK has the second-highest overall crime rate in the European Union (EU); the EU has also named Britain the most violent country in the union.
“In the UK, there are 2,034 violent crimes per 100,000 people,” Swann said in the original clip, showcasing that fewer guns is certainly not indicative of a lower crime rate (the rate in the U.S. is 466 per 100,000 residents).
Even in re-approaching these numbers, the anchor claims that the U.S. still comes out with a more favorable rate. He will release his clarified results during one of this week’s “Reality Checks.”
“There’s a disingenuous argument when you say this is about assault rifles,” Swann said of the overarching debate. “For us, it’s really an issue of getting into factual numbers so we can have an honest debate.”
As for Morgan, Swann said that CNN producers have not yet contacted him, but he assumes they are more than aware of the segment. When asked to weigh in on Morgan’s motivations for being so overt about his gun control views, Swann said that there are likely two issues at play. While Morgan seems to be genuine in his push to rid America of assault weapons or high-capacity magazines, there may also be some business elements at play, the journalist contends.
“From a business standpoint, it’s an issue that could bring his numbers up — that’s not an attack,” Swann said. “I also think that he’s making a decision to go after people in a way that’s not so much about finding solutions to problems, but argue with people about the issue.”
Swann also noted that it’s important for media and the public, alike, to question and explore the many issues surrounding gun violence. He noted that it’s not just a firearms problem that society faces. Families, prescriptions drugs, fatherlessness and numerous related issues have been raised as problematic by some critics. While it’s not his job, as a journalist, to definitively determine which issues are at play, Swann said that it’s important for media to question “the bigger picture” and to facilitate an exploration.
We’ll leave you with Swann’s original fact-check clip, below:
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Comments (105)
greenongreen1
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:34pmWatch this for at least 5-10 minutes, and then decide whether or not you want to watch the rest of it. It’s hard to argue with you if you refuse to resort to feelings and bias –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9GxXYKx_8
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LetUsReason
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:42pmWatched it….unbelievable. So, if believing Obama is not an American citizen makes a birther, and believing that 9/11 was orchestrated by (or in conjunction with) the US government makes me a truther, does finding the killings at Sandy Hook highly suspicious make a….******?
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shorelineliz
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:45pmGreat Britain has disarmed their citizens and their Home Invasion rate has skyrocketed. You are 10 times more likely to get STABBED to death in your own home in Great Britain than shot in the United States. This guy on Reality Check rocks the numbers and I am so glad he is getting the correct information out there! 2,000+ violent crimes per 100,000 citizens in the UK is HUGE compared to 497 per 100,000 citizens in the United States. Booya! Take that Piers Morgan! Chump!
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LetUsReason
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 3:50pmNice, Blaze. I guess the word “h00k3r” is unacceptable on here. My apologies. Now how about posting more of your stories about p0rn stars, se+ting, gang rapes, etc. You’re right. My above comment crossed the line.
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000degrees
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 3:58pmSome of this could be disputed….it does have me wondering as I have now heard about three different versions of the story about the guy finding kids at the end of his driveway. No way six kids show up like that and are not accounted for somewhere at the school. My bride has been a teacher for 13 years and keeping track of the kids is first priority in ANY situation…….I think it smells a bit…
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ArchaicSEAL
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:07pmCommon ploy by liberals at this point is to start changing the numbers.. in the old research stats (as far as they can get away with it) and making up new numbers in future research and polls. So get ready to start seeing that happening. Way they see it, they get away with it constantly on unemployment figures as well as CBO figures… why not the rest?
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Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:12pm.
As a responsible gun owner, I found the Blaze picture disturbing.
First, you never put your finger on the trigger until you’re ready to fire.
The safety is off.
Yeah, the gun’s probably not loaded, but the first thing you learn is
every gun is treated as loaded.
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Silvertruth
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:31pmIt’s a picture guys, posed and taken. You have no idea if that firearm is real or a prop. As far as any of us know, that handgun has a locked mechanism and a blocked barrel. It could also be a highly accurate replica that does not fire.
The intent of the image is to make you think of what you put into it. I’m happy that some folks see safety issues but I can pretty much guess that wasn’t the intent of the image…
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TomFerrari
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:38pmHere’s what I tell the many, many Brits on Twitter who feel compelled to tell Americans how to live…
We made you #REDCOATS mind your own business once… Need a reminder?
There are also a disproportionate number of communist / muslim activists attacking America from Canada. What’s going on up there? Tired of mooching off American military protection? Seeking revenge for American exceptional-ism? **** OUT !
Seriously, I think they’re tired of living in the shadow of America, and, instead of pulling THEMSELVES up by their bootstraps, they are socialist-trained to seek the downfall and destruction of others rather than the efforts and adversity of self-improvement.
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loriann12
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:43pmI showed more emotion the following Sunday when I asked for prayers for the families of the victims. I broke down in tears, and I’m in Texas, with no connection to anyone there.
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ares338
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:45pmIt does not matter if that picture is posed or not it sends a bad message to new gun owners. You never keep your finger on the trigger even with a dummy gun. That’s how unintentional discharges happen!
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666Sucks
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:53pmThe Birth Certificate so terrified Glenn that he blatantly decried, Question the very existence of God, but whatever you do, don’t question a proven fraud like Obama! This story will probably scare him into the witness protection Program! He won’t touch this! But if he wants a great reality show, start one about Conspiracy Theories, Fact or Fiction, and put a team on them to prove or found or unfound them. Don’t hold your breath, he doesn’t have the courage!
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3-Blue
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 8:35pmConcerned about your natural born gun rights being stolen along with your other freedoms? Be at your local state capitol on January 19th @ high noon! It’s a country wide protest aimed at sending the corrupt powers that be a message that we will not allow our rights and our guns to be taken from us in any way whatsoever!!!
It’s a family affair. Bring everybody! The more the better! Bring your signs, be respectful, dress well and don’t give the Socialist media anything they can use for their propaganda. Because they will if they can! This is war people! It ain’t hot yet and we need to prevent it from becoming so by retaining our God given freedom and rights! Strength is the best deterrent! FLOOD THE CAPITOLS so they can’t ignore us!
Organizer: http://www.guncontrolmorecrime.com/
More information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUAfft7l4wQ
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Bub47
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 9:04pmShorelineliz: Several years ago before his death George Harrison was attacked and injured in a home invasion.
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DRSAVAGE24
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 6:14amAh yes, Glenn…question with boldness…..except when it comes to Building 7, Obama’s birth certificate, college records, etc. Pretty desperate to demand that we NOT question a number of suspicious things all while lecturing us about questioning with boldness. He’s a charlatan and I would not be surprised if he’s a part of what is going on and is telling us enough to gain credibility so that he can use that credibility to get us to censor ourselves. He uses Alinsky tactics in doing this, too, in case you haven’t noticed. He endlessly ridicules anyone who dares to ask questions about 9/11 or Obama’s roots. He opened the door for Rick Perry to be re-elected as governor by eviscerating one of his opponents who had questions about 9/11. He helped get John McCain re-elected by eviscerating JD Hayworth over a commercial Mr. Hayworth ran several years ago. He preferred John McCain and his TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE voting record over a guy who ran a questionable commercial about government benefits.
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paperpushermj
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:24pmThe rub here is the AR15 that is given reason for these responses from out Fearless leader was found in the car truck of the Newtown shooter …UNFIRED. Bet you didn’t know that did you? Thank you MSM
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greenongreen1
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:32pmWatch this for at least 5-10 minutes, and then decide whether or not you want to watch the rest of it. It’s hard to argue with you if you refuse to resort to feelings and bias – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9GxXYKx_8
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gperky
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:35pmOf course they won’t say that in public! That would kill the assault on assault weapons!
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bharris0
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:53pmIt wasn’t an AR15, it was a Saiga shotgun.
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zatzaowe
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:54pmI heard the same thing did the shooter use a AR 15 or a pistol?
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paperpushermj
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:10pm4 handguns where found inside the school the AR15 was found in the Car Trunk unfired.
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IBQuick
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:54pmIf this is true. Why do we not get the facts. What are the investigative folks hiding. This always leads to conspiracy theories.
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psychokittis
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:21pmWhat’s even worse is that trhe unfired gun found in the trunk wasn’t an AR-15. It was a shotgun. Watch the footage.
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LonDog
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:15pmThe guy on the home page pic. for this story needs to get his finger off the trigger. Must be a liberal wanna-be guy user.
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power_cord
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:42pm@ Londog – That finger is bent, isn’t it? It must have been freshly removed from the Great One’s bu++. Good catch.
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BlasberryStrat
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:25pmDoesn’t matter if there is 1 or 1000 facts. The ONLY fact that matters is that P. Moron spews “love and flowers” Liberal views – has that “Davie Jones” British accent – and has a full head of curly thick **** (VS the men in the U.S. who ALL think “bald – gotee – & “Doc Martins makes them “hot”). Every time P. Moron is on the air, it makes women moist – period. If you think that’s sexist, then think about this. If Rush Limbaugh was in P. Moron’s place, stating the exact same agenda as P. Moron, do you truly feel that he would have the same female popularity base?
Now on our side guys: If Nancy Pelosi or any of the other hags were in the chair of S.E. Cupp, wearing the same skirts – nylons – & heels, and stating the exact same agenda as S.E., do you TRULY believe there would be the same male popularity base?
There are thousands of supposed “right wing conservative” women tuning in to P. Moron every night, simply because they can get the chance to be moist for an hour. Sooo….does YOUR wife just happen to base her evening shower time after Moron’s show? If she does – guess what….
I just got done watching a piece done by S.E., so I gotta go…uhh….hmmm…..take a dump….
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Jim in Houston
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:25pmSorry to hear you will be dumping your pathetic little brain.
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normalmom
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:25pmI don’t find him attractive at all, I look deeper at what a man’s personality is like. My husband had curly **** when we met, that is what caught my attention (just for reference).
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PPMStudios
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:58pm@BLASBERRYSTRAT
Wow! You’re a complete moron!
Can’t follow the discussion so you change the topic to some asinine point about your ‘man crush’ on P. Moron…..
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FLCommonSense
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:16pmCharles Krauthammer is probably one of the least attractive men out there but I don’t miss a moment when he talks during Special Report. The man is a genius and he lays it out for the common person to see reason and logic like not many can do.
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Hunrodr
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 3:17pmgawd yur an idiot. or is that sarcasm? i can’t tell.
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KidCharlemagne
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:22pmBen Swann seems to be the last honest, fact-based journalist in America.
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OniKaze
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:44pmI know…. He seems REALLY out of place doesn’t he…
I wonder if he knows that he is not doing his job properly… I mean, how can you push the government agenda if you tell the truth….??
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Jenny Lind
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:05pmFunny, I thought the same thing. He is a real journalist, and that is a dying breed-it’s all about sensationalism and “opinion” versus facts.
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barber2
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:18pmKID: It’s that ” honest, fact based ” business that gets Swan at odds with the Obama MSM….
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KC1
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:15pm@Barber/Blazers
Good for you to finally notice Ben Swann and his unbiased reporting (the liberty movement and TRUE Tea Party folks have been watching for a while).
I suggest all you Neo Cons who voted Obamney should look at Mr Swans reporting on the RNC corruption and lock out of Ron Paul.
Then ask yourself why Beck conveniently forgot to mention it.
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Mutiny
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:41pm@barber
Its interesting you say that about Ben Swann. You should check out the fact checking he did during the primaries and election.
Here is a hint, he leans towards Ron Paul’s ideals.
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wildjoker5
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 8:50amHe is being attacked now for his fact checks by the MSM.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/15/16529522-grandfather-who-comforted-sandy-hook-elementary-kids-says-truthers-are-targeting-him?lite
“Or reporter Ben Swann, who questioned police accounts of the Aurora, Colo., shootings as well as the Sandy Hook massacre in an online program called “Full Disclosure.” Swann, in both instances, latches on to witness accounts reported in the early confusion of the tragedies to question whether more than one gunman was involved. There is “reason to question this whole narrative,” Swann said.”
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stopprintn
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:16pmWatch this Ben Swan video, and then watch some of the Sandy Hook cover-up videos. It realy makes you wonder. There was an awful lot of strange things that went on. The people doing there own investigations are quite compelling. I’m a realist and I’m asking questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZPS7AdgNgE
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truthnstuff
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 10:31amThis regime is capable of anything, no matter how heinous, to destroy us and enslave us. The fuehrer is incapable of telling the truth and is the most evil despicable commie to crawl into the WH.
People better start waking up.
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h20sue
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:14pmGood! I can’t stand Piers Morgan and wish he’d just return to the UK. We don’t need “his kind” in the USA.
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elrond3737
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:06pmReally good stuff. Put this guy on with morgan
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braddock66
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:49amNever let facts get in your way
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1FreeVoice
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:33pmIf you think the facts are wrong, dig hard and prove it. Double check everything and use the best sources you can so that few will call the sources questionable. Either you will be able to make a public fool of him, or find out that you were wrong about a few things.
Before you stat your research, ask yourself honestly “what if” not everything he said is wrong? What if part of it is right? ( Worse, what if all his facts are right?) Take some time to think it over. Are you certain you are right, even if the facts contradict what you believe? On what basis will you hold your views then? Wrestle with that as honestly as you can in your own heart. No one is listening but you. Be as honest as you can. Then double check his facts. If he is wrong, call him on it in public. If he is right, think it over in private. I don’t expect a public recantation.
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tajloc
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:46amSwann and Stossel
Whatta team!
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Jim S
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:06pm…”Blistering”?…Morgan’s point, I don’t like Morgan BTW, was less gun murders..he never said the UK had less crime, NEVER…but that some how becomes a point he never made…the UK has less gun murders per cap than the US..that is a true statement…Jamaica apparently has a higher rate than the US…so we should????…Morgan said 36 gun murders and it was 56…soooo?..does that make his point less?…did Morgan say Hondorus was safer than the US ?..nope…why is he bringing that up as a fact check when Morgan made no such claim?….I don’t miss his point, that’s the problem he has a point..not fact checking..he would kick Morgan’s rear in a debate..but he’s a reporter..and a straw man argument reflects on him not Morgan
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jblaze
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:05amIt’s it nice to hear some truth! Morgan is a Chamberline in sheep’s clothing! If Churchill was alive today, Morgan would be the one calling Churchill a right wing nut case! History is not kind to Chamberline and history will not be kind to Morgan.
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oneshiner
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:22amThank you Ben. Someone should send that Morgan out of America. We helped the Brits during WWII and the thanks we get is sending idiots like Piers over to our country.
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NoNannyState4me
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:38amHe is also an avid supporter of Ron Paul. How do you like him now?
I love Ben Swann, he is a REAL American and a REAL Journalist.
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Beachmastermax
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:57amFacts don’t mean anything anymore. The father of all lies is making his move. Truth is being shut out and the light is being engulfed by darkness.
2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. 11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, 12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
We did not even require proof of Birth for a presidential candidate. Law enforcement is guilty, not the illegal alien. We watch our government sue states for trying to verify voter eligibility. We send our kids to public propoganda camps. We steal our children blind and no one says a peep in the GOP.
Hell is coming.
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redswhinez
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:06pmI wholeheartedly agree with you BMM. I have been saying for years now that the world is being completely blinded to the truth. Deception, lies, and lack of overall common sense are running rampant. Truth and facts are relative and on a sliding scale, and sadly no one really even WANTS to know the truth, period! We live in a very dark time, and time is indeed very short. Real Truth can only be found in God’s word, the Bible, which has predicted this type of thing for millennia, and with complete accuracy. Makes me very curious as to what the world will say post-Rapture when millions of people disappear “in the blink of an eye!”
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crystalsky
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:51amBy the way does any1 know what the rate is in the Islamic places and what about sharia law what does that and how does that kill.
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beekeeper
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:03pmIslamic/sharia punishments aren’t included in crime statistics – they don’t consider them crimes.
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AmericaMustBeFree
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:47amI love it when the lefts face is rubbed in it! We need the truth to get out to every man and woman in America.. but they will never get it from mainstream media! So it must be left up to us! Copy and paste this article to all your friends and family! Pass it on so everyone knows the truth!
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:38amFact Check, Fact Check, don’t talk to me about Fact Check. FACT CHECK.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:33amIt’s a matter of time before the regime orders Ben to give his swan song and never heard from again. People that tell the truth and have no agenda are a threat to the dictatorial regime we find ourselves under.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:49amYour concerns are certainly noted. I do hope that we hear more from young Mr Swann in the future.
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phunkymunkey
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:20amHow much you wanna bet that this reporter will have some sort of “mysterious disappearance” in the near future?
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IndyGuy
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:27amAn armed society is a polite society
by Robert A. Heinlein
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Runeback
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:14amThe full quote is even better
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
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TickedoffTexan
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:57pmRune, that is a great quote.
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zman61
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:25amfacts don’t matter to the left. They will tell any lie about any subject to convince the public to vote for them or follow their lead. They have no morals( that doesn’t mean religion) they would sell their own child to stay in power. Socialism/Communism is for the people not the Socialist/Communist. meaning do as I say subject not as I do.
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wildjoker5
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:52amThe facts didnt matter to the right either when Ben was showing tons of voter fraud in the GOP primaries.
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GoodStuff
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:49pm@Wild
“Ben was showing tons of voter fraud in the GOP primaries.”
Ehhh, wrong, try again. He was just mad that his boy RuPaul was getting his **** kicked. Next.
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Mutiny
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:57pm@goodstuff
You are right, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uXBVm6dJKg Missouri gop election fraud.
http://ronpaulflix.com/2012/02/ben-swann-gop-scrambles-under-allegations-of-rampant-voter-fraud-in-maine-caucus-feb-14-2012/ Maine gop election fraud.
Yeah, no problems here. Move along, nothing to see.
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walnutportconservative
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:22amBravo to Ben Swan and the truth tellers.
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am123
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:19amBravo Ben! At least there’s one honest journalist in mainstream media.
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barber2
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:19amThe MSM in America is now merely a propaganda arm of the radical Democrats who now OCCUPY the White House – just like life under all totalitarian, Big Brother governments .
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cassandra
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:18amHey Morgan I don’t care about England, this is America WE have the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment, shut your mouth and Go Back to the UK
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Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:41amYou would think that after 1776 and 1812, that that asswhoopin they took should have shut them up…apparently not. I think if Omambo tries to ban Armalite (AR) rifles, there will be a revolution in America. I wonder if there will be a bag limit on libterds?
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LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:12pm@obamasnakeoil
No bag limit on ********…..they are a nuisance animal.
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Lt_Scrounge
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:26pmThe problem is that under the law, Obamao was born an English Subject, Not a natural born US citizen.
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jcldwl
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:17amThis guy is good and a true journalist as he is basing his stories on facts and not emotion. This is what journalism is supposed to be. As Joe Friday said, “Just the facts Ma’am”. Leaving emotions and an agenda out of the story makes it truthful and real.
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Cavallo
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:15amHe won’t be offered any jobs at CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, or MSNBC. I’m surprised he still has a job where he is. Don’t they know that the purpose of news anchors is to back up the central committees talking points? His heresy will not go unnoticed.
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barber2
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:32amCAV: Agree. The Democrat Media Character Assassination Squad now rules the airwaves. That is one of the reasons so many of us despise the MSM mob styled behavior. Americans don’t like bullies – even fellow American bullies.
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Acena
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:42amMost news personalities aren’t journalists now.
Tingles,Toure,Sharpton,JJ,King,Stephanopoulos NBC’s the today show ,are all lawyers,authors of novels,economics majors…….they have no journalistic training. They are nothing more than liberal narcissistic media ho’s.
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65Mustang
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:31pmACENA: You are correct, thanks for saying it. My mother, at 83, watches the local NBC affiliate as that is all she knows. I feel like throwing up every time I’m visiting her house….too old to change.
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justangry
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:13amBen Swann is probably one of the only voices in the media I pay any attention these days. I hope he doesn’t sell his soul like the rest of them.
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