Ben Swann completely scrubbed from the internet, and this is supposedly a good or planned thing by him?
431 2017-02-01 by Orangutan
What's the motive if he is alive and well for doing this?
Facebook page gone: can't link to Facebook pages on this subreddit for some reason
YouTube gone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5AxV1SrTkE
CBS video gone: http://www.cbs46.com/category/306621/reality-check-with-ben-swann
Twitter gone: https://twitter.com/benswann_
Website gone: http://truthinmedia.com/
Instagram still up: https://www.instagram.com/benswann_/
I think a major move is going on. My facebook post where I shared his facebook video also disappeared along with the comments under it. Sessions approval is held up? Anyone have any other news or speculation as to what is going on regarding this?
116 comments
n/a Ninjakick666 2017-02-01
He's prolly doing a little showmanship to keep people thinking of him while he is under NDA... Once DOJ is clean and FBI is ready to move he will be back with an exclusive on what has been going on... well not exactly exclusive... I think Milo and Alex Jones will have the same inside track.
n/a MarlboroMundo 2017-02-01
I don't have a link to the post here, but some other users were speculating that this was all to promote a documentary he has been working on. Furthermore, this documentary was the project that was supposedly cancelled after 5 years of work. The pizzagate coverage was simply to get traction on his channel before he released the trailer. The reason all of his SM outlets went black is due to the potential conflict of interest. Ben Swann, employee of CBS, uses CBS news time and viewers to gain traction for his documentary. And if there was an NDA clause in his contract....he has to keep his mouth shut.
Though I am skeptical of this theory because he already had almost 500k followers on his FB which is now gone. I don't know why you would risk throwing that away to promote a movie that is already going to get pretty good exposure to his fan base.
n/a ASCAdmin 2017-02-01
Ben Swann is somebody that put his neck on the line to do his truther series and that pizza gate thing that got shat on by virtually everyone in the MSM.
He cancelled his project and refunded everyone their money. I doubt he has any nefarious plans going on in his head.
Not sure what the hell he's thinking erasing himself from the net like that, I hope he's fine and will return soon.
n/a MarlboroMundo 2017-02-01
Yeah I really want to agree with that and I almost do, but the whole NDA clause possibility with him going black on SM convinces me otherwise.
n/a throwawaa_ 2017-02-01
Isn't it entirely possible that someone said "we'll pay you some huge amount of money to completely disappear and tell your followers to trust you. If you refuse, watch out." ?
I don't see how it's a good thing for him to disappear and delete all of his content including videos going way back exposing the scandals of Iraq etc.
n/a ASCAdmin 2017-02-01
It's quite possible actually.
n/a BigPharmaSucks 2017-02-01
The documentary has been cancelled and all donations have been refunded.
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/5qd60j/ben_swann_on_twitter_ty_everyone_who_contributed/
n/a CertainlyNotAShark 2017-02-01
Unless he simply secured full private funding?
n/a tudda 2017-02-01
or realized there was a much bigger story in the works...
n/a hot_IT_chick 2017-02-01
There could be more than one documentary
n/a BigPharmaSucks 2017-02-01
Could be, if so, it hasn't been announced.
n/a thakiddd 2017-02-01
He said Feb 1st no?
n/a CivilianConsumer 2017-02-01
Yes
n/a GhostyBoy 2017-02-01
WTF this makes NO SENSE. It looks suspicious as fuck that he does a pizzagate video and then just blacks himself out of existence...
Bad hombres silencing? Such a heatscore...Good guys setting a trap? How does this even help?
n/a DawnPendraig 2017-02-01
Anyone notice he says Tuesday Feb 1st but that's a Monday? And someone said the original tweet spelled Tuesday wrong. Tzu which has advice to go dark and come down on enemies like a thunderstorm or something to that effect.
Praying for him. I have been an admirer for years and I am sick with worry for him. I watched him get canned once before for reporting on Ron Paul 2012 campaign and outing the RNC fraud and I knew he took a huge huge risk with his brilliant PG report.
Real journalists like him are going extinct.
n/a TheBrit90 2017-02-01
Praying? because praying really helps people, right?
n/a aspiellama 2017-02-01
It can't hurt, you asshole.
n/a mycatmako 2017-02-01
It apparently helped the Native Americans stop DAPL for a month, if you ask them.
n/a acosmicbreath 2017-02-01
Praying is essentially manifestation. Manifestation requires belief, unshakeable faith in your intent. For believers I think praying/manifestation does work and could only become more powerful when like-minded people come and "pray" together. For non-believers, their own prayers will not work unless they have a true believer praying along side them. Negativity consumes and often prevails, but it will one day stop winning the battle.
n/a ovamopice 2017-02-01
Bugger off, m8.
n/a AFuckYou 2017-02-01
Dude, the powers that be cannot be any more clear.
Shit the fuck up about them fucking your children or they will snub you out of existence.
You have a short life. Enjoy it.
n/a brettyrocks 2017-02-01
Tzuday, Feb 1, to be exact lol
n/a DawnPendraig 2017-02-01
n/a 2many2Toss 2017-02-01
Is there some correlation between his announcement and that Sun Tzu quote in particular? I've heard this referenced a couple times, not sure what the connection is.
n/a TheWiredWorld 2017-02-01
Use your noggin.
n/a SQUID_FUCKER 2017-02-01
His question is, why this passage in particular. There are plenty of quotes that could apply equally.
n/a MoeOverload 2017-02-01
"Tzuday"
"Sun Tzu"
n/a _C0bb_ 2017-02-01
Wow...I'm always baffled how I miss such obvious things.
n/a TRUMPIZARD 2017-02-01
I took that as Sunday.
n/a acosmicbreath 2017-02-01
Well, this is an interesting turn of events.
n/a FakeNews1984 2017-02-01
He probably just ran into some Wet Works at a Pool Party on a ranch somewhere...
n/a mesqueunclubsandwich 2017-02-01
Thought he was looking for his pizza hankerchief to find out if there will be kids for his entertainment
n/a dano4201 2017-02-01
or maybe, just maybe he is enjoying some walnut sauce at his hot dog stand in Hawaii
n/a mesqueunclubsandwich 2017-02-01
You think he'd domino better on pizza or pasta?
n/a HarryParatesties 2017-02-01
He should sacrifice a chicken in the backyard to Moloch.
n/a mesqueunclubsandwich 2017-02-01
For art amirite
n/a cheapbastardo 2017-02-01
"The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time . . . It is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine" - Richard Nixon
n/a Chill_Confirmed 2017-02-01
RIP Scalia
n/a ParanoidFactoid 2017-02-01
Contact Swan and ask him for a quote. Best option would be to call him at his news desk. Call the main number at his Atlanta station and ask for him. If he's unavailable, ask to speak with with the news department. Be polite. Formally request a quote. If they refuse one, take down what they did say.
Keep detailed notes.
n/a Pdelic1 2017-02-01
Would you be able to do this and post the response?
n/a TitledTitan 2017-02-01
he asked you first
n/a Yhellow 2017-02-01
I would be happy to do this but, I'm outside the US :-(
n/a Girl_Drama 2017-02-01
phones work all over the world
n/a bloody_duck 2017-02-01
Big if true
n/a quantumcipher 2017-02-01
As I speculated in another thread:
Either way, the deletion of his social media accounts and websites doesn't look good for Ben, unfortunately. Hope he's alright, and still has a career after this.
n/a honkimon 2017-02-01
I'd say the scales are more tipped to him 'reevaluating' his stance on #PG if the blackout actually has anything to do with it. I'm sure even Mr. Swann isn't immune to weightlifting accidents or suicide my shooting oneself in the back of the head, twice.
n/a rockthe40__oz 2017-02-01
I hope he stays away from gyms
n/a transcendReality 2017-02-01
Instangram:
"benswann_Hey guys, everyone is asking if things are OK. They are. I will be heading back to CBS46 on Monday but there are going to be some changes. The biggest one will be that this social page will go dark f/n on Tuesday, Feb 1. We've been building this project for 6 years and those who have come to know me.. i hope you have also come to trust me."
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPyF5HEDL3l/
n/a TheShadowGovernment 2017-02-01
Originally it said Tzuday, and even had something along the lines of "the Sun will shine again" with the word Sun being capitalized. Must have been too obvious, because he has edited it since.
n/a Treebeezy 2017-02-01
I don't get the relevance to Sun Tzu
n/a junglemonkey47 2017-02-01
It was something about going dark before striking your enemies for full surprise or something like that.
n/a CertainlyNotAShark 2017-02-01
n/a transcendReality 2017-02-01
He took it down last. Sorry, I should have archived it. It was a picture with him and the caption "going dark Feb 1st", and something along the lines of, "trust me".
n/a SuperFatta 2017-02-01
Seriously, didn't you guys embarrass yourselves enough after the WhereIsAssange spectacle?
This sub thrives on hoaxes.
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-02-01
waitin on that proof of life
n/a SuperFatta 2017-02-01
Bro, that film was like totally CGI or somethin'.
n/a IanPhlegming 2017-02-01
Thanks, sis!
n/a cky_stew 2017-02-01
lol did you just come into a sub for conspiracy theories and complain about conspiracy theories?
n/a SuperFatta 2017-02-01
FTFY
n/a cky_stew 2017-02-01
Nice edit up there. I'm responding.
Explain how the Assange thing was a hoax, not just a theory?
n/a citricacidx 2017-02-01
It's a conspiracy sub...
n/a SuperFatta 2017-02-01
No excuse to spread hoaxes.
n/a Cotecozonia 2017-02-01
So everyone has to believe in every conspiracy theory now?
n/a citricacidx 2017-02-01
No, I'm saying complaining about hoaxes and craziness in a conspiracy sub would be like going to /r/The_Donald and complaining about all the Trump supporters. You don't have to agree with it, just know where you are.
n/a WisdomModifier 2017-02-01
I don't think anyone felt embarrassed about the Assange thing.
n/a SuperFatta 2017-02-01
Their delusion caused them to brush off the fact that they believed a hoax. Must be a sexual thing.
Paging Freud....
n/a samout 2017-02-01
LOL WHAT
n/a IanPhlegming 2017-02-01
enjoyed down voting you off the page. :-)
n/a SuperFatta 2017-02-01
Haha, the hoax-believing reactionaries who constantly whine about CTR/BlueShare and whatever, are now getting masterbating to downvoting people.
How delusional. :)
n/a IanPhlegming 2017-02-01
You're a bot, aren't you? Or not an American? Your use of the English language is suspect. I'm glad no one is reading the propaganda you're spewing. :-)
n/a SuperFatta 2017-02-01
Yes, I am a bot, because of a typo in which I included an extra word (getting).
You open-minded, critically thinking geniuses sure are smart.
No wonder you believe in #TortelliniGate.
n/a IanPhlegming 2017-02-01
Not only that, we've got "people" like "you" on the run! Got you pushed right off this page. Nobody's reading this but you and I, which is why I'm getting such a kick about pushing you around, bot.
n/a 18hockey 2017-02-01
nice try at discrediting, didn't work very well did it
n/a TeslasMuse 2017-02-01
another bullshit sensationalized post. his wikipedia and CBS profile are still active and he's been bouncing around from RT to CBS and probably plans to create a new social media presence with a new job. i can't stand the drama queens in this sub who always assume the worst and throw a hissy fit about nothing
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-02-01
he got assange'd
n/a idleno 2017-02-01
Is he over at Fox now? http://www.fox19.com/story/13639959/ben-swann
n/a idleno 2017-02-01
nevermind, he was at fox
n/a santaist 2017-02-01
Russia Today as well, oddly enough.
n/a ParanoidFactoid 2017-02-01
Nothing odd about it. Only so many jobs out there. Take what you can get.
n/a martini-meow 2017-02-01
That's from 2014 or so: http://archive.is/sfBqj
n/a CallThemRussians 2017-02-01
In my honest opinion, I feel that after he ran his PG story he felt a lot of pressure on both sides. While facing mostly silence, I feel he stumbled on, or was led to something big. Something that will happen to break the case, or that something big is happening behind the scenes and he is just waiting to attack.
I am basing this off of his "tzuday" comment in reference to Art of War and the imagery in the post relating to star wars. I think he is planning something, or at worst, covering his ass before they pull a career/total assassination on him.
n/a throwawaa_ 2017-02-01
Who does his disappearance help?
If it leads us to think "oh he's got it under control, he's going to reveal something big, we can relax" then we're playing right into their hands.
There is nothing good about him disappearing.
n/a CallThemRussians 2017-02-01
That's a good question and I can't give you a 100% answer on it. If he is doing this on his own will, my theory is that he has something big up his sleeve. Whether it be a check mate in this case or him moving onto something bigger like another news organization or project. I don't know.
To preemptively start scrubbing his accounts/internet presence would lead me to believe that:
A) He has a truth bomb somewhere that he's waiting to drop. Something he knows is going to cause people to try to tear him down at any level and he is trying to prevent a character assassination before he can be publicly discredited.
B) The character assassination has already started and he's being threatened into silence or given a gag order.
C) He isn't in control any longer
n/a throwawaa_ 2017-02-01
How does deleting all of his true and damning critiques of TPTB help prevent a character assassination against him?
I see what you're saying, and I would love it if it's true, but I can't buy it. :)
Keep strong.
n/a qweasdaSda 2017-02-01
Okay. Well, if I was some big money billionaires that loved raping children, what I would do is have him replaced by a double. It may or may not be easy to silence all the people in his life, but if they had to take a couple of weeks to replace...say with a body double, in order to get all the mannerisms right. Get all the personal information mined, I could probably do it.
Be easier maybe to brainwash him with substantially large amounts of drugs and treatment measures. That would require a couple of weeks off. Zoolander makes fun of that shit, but subtle suggestion is pretty easy.
n/a facepalmlife 2017-02-01
The dude went from obscurity to celebrity. Time to rebrand and renegotiate is all...the pizzagate story most likely garnered enough attention for him to be gobbled up and contracted into slavery. Smart move on his part.
n/a VaskatKontoNummer1 2017-02-01
Is there any way of sending him a message?
n/a nottheoretical 2017-02-01
Things are starting to kind of point to an official investigation being done but for some reason i can not shed my sceptisism of the agencies that would be involved. I seriously hope they don't throw a few little guys under the bus and call it good. The big people need to fall and the whole world needs to know these things happened.
n/a wegottagetback 2017-02-01
Between, Ben doing this, David Seaman saying there is an official investigation and everything we see being submitted for another year weiner and epstein in court...it feels like something might actually be under way. If there is even a smidgen of truth to these investigations, it needs to come out
n/a hot_IT_chick 2017-02-01
It would sure help if the demoncrats would approve Trump's cabinet so we can get this show on the road
n/a KarmicJusticeAngel 2017-02-01
Dems are doing everything they possibly can to block Trump's nominees because they know damn well what comes next: the total destruction and implosion of the democratic party! "Irony" is the understatement of the year when it comes to the fact that the liberal media did its absolute damnedest to finagle things such that Trump would be the eventual Republican nominee, foolishly believing that Hillary ought to at least be able to beat him and win the presidency. The old saying "be careful what you wish for ... " ought to be emblazoned on their tombstones because their "brilliant strategy" turned out to be their own undoing. Their strategy is certainly going to be highlighted in the annals of history as one of THE most bone-headed to ever have been conceived. Did they, per chance, evaluate the IQs of their strategists and go with the ideas proposed by their most idiotic member? It sure seems so. No wonder they align themselves with Islamic terrorists! Such camaraderie between the severely mentally challenged is completely logical, and was entirely predictable, because nowhere else can people feel most at home as they do when associating with like-minded folks.
n/a chickyrogue 2017-02-01
Ben wear a scarf if you are in deistress!
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-02-01
radiohead did this too kind of an interesting way to promote by not promoting
n/a trackerbishop3 2017-02-01
Has the video been scrubbed from youtube
n/a ASCAdmin 2017-02-01
Hey, thanks for the update with that new CBS video.
n/a mattmopar 2017-02-01
His Instagram is down now too
n/a pizzagatereality 2017-02-01
Exposing the cucarachas will never end. PIZZAGATE is priority number one..
n/a drewshaver 2017-02-01
Did anyone backup the youtube video?
n/a rudeboyrave 2017-02-01
wow this is insane.
n/a 24lane 2017-02-01
Anyone else get the ad before the video asking for people to send pictures of their baby (under age 2) to win a home security system? Creepy...
n/a dtdroid 2017-02-01
That sounds terrifying.
n/a LigerRider 2017-02-01
How long was the original documentary? There is a 5:48 minute CBS46 reporting video that is up on YouTube now. I saved the previous YouTube link from a few days or so ago to watch later, then it was gone before I got to see it. I thought I noticed that the original video indicated that it was an hour or so long. Am I incorrect on this? Is the video that is currently back up on YT the same as the previously removed video, or is this current one different and/or heavily edited?
n/a JeffBoucher 2017-02-01
Instagram is gone now.
n/a 911bodysnatchers322 2017-02-01
If he is still alive, then what tends to happen is people strengthen their resolve and redouble their efforts by joining others. They also get gangstalked by JTTF subcontractors, cults, community watchdog groups, infraguard, etc until they go crazy. Unless they know what is going on. If you are candid about these activities in a psych session you are labeled a schizoid, paranoid schizophrenic and they start referring you to med psych and prescribe antipsychotics.
If that happens, get them filled and flush them drown the toilet daily. Because the people who need them most are the local community around you who are given a false revenge motive for harassing g you, and flushed psych meds get into the water supply and groundwater so your helping them actually
n/a Apersonofinterest666 2017-02-01
Corporate brought the Hammer down. Told him he was bringing bad press to the station and told not to use anymore of their videos on his personal pages.
n/a HereForTheJedi 2017-02-01
So, the link you posted goes to a video that has nothing to do with Swann, and his Instagram and the other links are all still down too.
Did I miss something? What happened to him?
n/a NoelTrotsky 2017-02-01
Wow, Swann has covered a bunch of conspiracy topics and never been treated like this so far. Really interesting response to PG.
n/a swampdrainr 2017-02-01
Maybe he has become unpersoned
n/a shadowplanner 2017-02-01
I was able to view Truthinmedia.com on the 30th as I included it in a screenshot on my blog.
However, yesterday the 31st it began showing a login box. I updated my blog accordingly.
I'm waiting to hear more news about what is going on with Ben.
https://steemit.com/benswann/@dwinblood/are-they-trying-to-silence-ben-swann-perhaps-one-of-the-last-true-journalists
n/a sciototrails 2017-02-01
Sometimes you have to respect that Ben Swann knows what he is doing. It would not benefit anyone for him to draw a line in the sand and lose his powerful voice. He appeared live so he is still gainfully employed. He deserves our support and concern. if he is given the opportunity he will explain himself in time.
n/a DoYouEvenBrewBro 2017-02-01
TPTB went back in time and merc'd em. Mandella Effect in full effect.
n/a dominusomnibus 2017-02-01
There he is...http://www.cbs46.com/clip/13068403/president-trump-nominates-neil-gorsuch-to-supreme-court
n/a StonedPigeon 2017-02-01
Uh oh. The government realises through their own CTR and the like bots that we are not so stupid after all, and everything we find out must come with a hint of crazy.
Expect to see weird little references likes 1984 in an email list webpage on WikiLeaks or references to Sun Tzu's art of war. There will be more coming to a) psyche you out and confuse you, to question reality, and b) render any argument you make sound crazy.
People don't want to hear that demented psychopaths run the countries.
n/a Lint007 2017-02-01
Honestly, I think he did this himself to drum up interest. I mean, if you're a person who caters to conspiracy theorists, the absolute best way to get attention is to "disappear" for awhile.
n/a birthdaysuit111 2017-02-01
If that's the case, than fuck him.
n/a birthdaysuit111 2017-02-01
However, the amount of subscribers he had and the backlash he got from pizzagate, makes me believe it wasn't a publicity stunt but blackmail.
n/a baseball8z 2017-02-01
Hey guys idk what is going on with Ben but I have uploaded some of his Reality Check videos I had backed up on my computer you can find them here as long as jewtube doesn't take them down:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzVkMtmwuqbYrfl50daErYA
n/a HublotKingCole 2017-02-01
Instagram deleted
n/a Nymeria75 2017-02-01
That message he put out about going dark may not have even been written by him. If someone had taken or killed him, there are any number of ways they could get into his account and post that message to keep people from looking for him. Seems a message like that should have been done as a video so we know he is alive and well.
n/a junglemonkey47 2017-02-01
It was something about going dark before striking your enemies for full surprise or something like that.
n/a hot_IT_chick 2017-02-01
It would sure help if the demoncrats would approve Trump's cabinet so we can get this show on the road