Ben Swann leaving Fox 19 News end of May

[Brian4Liberty]

Wonder why?

Here's why:

Because he was encroaching on his bosses power structures and not been socialized into being a good little media fleeb.

Exactly. There is always this false idea that there are grand conspiracies, with extreme top down control. It's more about hiring like minded people, with the same backgrounds, opinions, perspectives and ideologies. No need for minute by minute control. Now if you step out of line, you can be sure that there will be repercussions. That's where the top down control comes into play.

Great quote, btw.

 

[Mani]

Me too, especially when he split his YouTube account away from the affiliate. New media is a brave new world. Swann might be the guy who restores the concept of honesty in journalism.

I like him in the mainstream media.....he fits the polished anchor look....he's got the looks for TV, and he's able to get his message across without sounding kooky, or a conspiracy theorist, or mayor of crazy town......I don't need another guy preaching to the choir, I want a guy that can reach the masses and let the message infiltrate their brains without them realizing it. I want a guy who can look professional and like a regular mainstream media who the general populace get trust and not instantly tune him out coz...oh he's that crazy Ron Paul guy....that insane Alex jone freak.....etc....

I like Ben in that role.....I don't want to see him on some Internet channel preaching to the same guys surfing rpf and daily Paul, etc. I don't think that gets us anywhere....

I hope if it's a move, it's in a national mainstream media role. I think he can do more good there....IMO.

 

[itshappening]

Exactly. There is always this false idea that there are grand conspiracies, with extreme top down control. It's more about hiring like minded people, with the same backgrounds, opinions, perspectives and ideologies. No need for minute by minute control. Now if you step out of line, you can be sure that there will be repercussions. That's where the top down control comes into play.

Great quote, btw.

I hope he goes national. I mean i'd rather see him on CNN than Candy. I wonder how much she gets paid for working one day a week and asking dumb questions?

 

[ravedown]

i hope he moves up to a cable channel. he'd do well working with stossel or the judge. hope he wont waste his talents at RT and end up an insignificant bright spot among the land of hot chick reporters.

 

[itshappening]

Maybe Al Jazeera? they bought current?

 

[CaptUSA]

I like him in the mainstream media.....he fits the polished anchor look....he's got the looks for TV, and he's able to get his message across without sounding kooky, or a conspiracy theorist, or mayor of crazy town......I don't need another guy preaching to the choir, I want a guy that can reach the masses and let the message infiltrate their brains without them realizing it. I want a guy who can look professional and like a regular mainstream media who the general populace get trust and not instantly tune him out coz...oh he's that crazy Ron Paul guy....that insane Alex jone freak.....etc....

I like Ben in that role.....I don't want to see him on some Internet channel preaching to the same guys surfing rpf and daily Paul, etc. I don't think that gets us anywhere....

I hope if it's a move, it's in a national mainstream media role. I think he can do more good there....IMO.

I agree.

There is certainly good money to be made in the echo chamber, but it doesn't do the movement much good. Here's hoping he's going to find a bigger audience that hasn't awoken yet! He's really good at waking people up.

 

[Koz]

I hope he goes somewhere national, I live in Cincinnati and will miss his brand of journalism sorely.

 

[brushfire]

I expected this to happen eventually, and I think this is a good thing because I'm assuming he's going to take his talents nationwide.

I was shocked he lasted this long, but knew his time was definite when he had to take all his WXIX content down from his tube channel.

As someone else alluded, the same scenario as Judge Nap...

Ben is smart and driven. I really have great expectations for this guy. I too look forward to what he has planned.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

Judge Nap and Ben Swann, Freedom Reality Check, ftw.

Kind of sad to see him go from Fox 19. He's got my support in whatever he chooses. The man who restored my faith in journalism.

 

[TaftFan]

Join FOX.

 

[kathy88]

Please not the Blaze. Please not the Blaze. Please not the Blaze.

 

[WM_in_MO]

Join FOX.

 

[2young2vote]

To be honest I think he is leaving to grow his on brand, like he said. I'm assuming he is going to have his own website and dedicate most of his time to covering news stories, both written and video, only now he won't have any restrictions about what he can say.

I think it will be something like what Peter Schiff did. Once he feels he has reached a certain level of popularity he can start doing these things independently. Peter wouldn't have sold 1/2 the amount of books he did and would have never got a radio show if he didn't pursue his career focused on himself. They are trying to sell themselves as personalities, which is fine, and I think Ben can only do so much while tied down to a job working for others.

 

[TaftFan]

Or MSNBC and be forced to shut up. I'd rather he be able to express his views like Stossel and Judge Nap.

 

[WM_in_MO]

Or MSNBC and be forced to shut up. I'd rather he be able to express his views like Stossel and Judge Nap.

Please, FOX treats them like trained monkeys

 

[emazur]

Give him a show with Judge Nap.

Maybe not with Judge Nap but there is a good opportunity for him in the pipeline if he takes advantage of it. Judge Nap's former producer Austin Peterson recently interviewed a real libertarian (hopefully anyway, not pseudo-libertarian like Beck) that is creating a libertarian news network:
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/t...evoted-to-liberty-jennifer-grossman-says-yes/

Austin: Who are you working with talent-wise for the network? Can you dish us some of the names of people you might choose to star in the network?

Jennifer: John Phillips and Elizabeth Imus (Don Imus’ daughter) have been on board from day one. We’ve got letters of intent from Larry Elder, Hannah Giles, Jake Head, Mark Sisson (leader of the libertarian primal diet crowd) — Gary Johnson has indicated he’s on board. Jack Hunter is someone we’d love to feature, and of course Dr. Paul is someone we’re talking to, in terms of a cable platform, and we’ve kept his folks appraised of our efforts since Day One. We’re continually having new talent reach out to us, and are in talks with some high profile hollywood names who share our vision, we all know what you risk in entertainment when you diverge from the herd.

...

Austin: Who are your personal heroes? Is there anyone whose work you greatly admire?

Jennifer: My father. Ayn Rand. John Mackey. Ron Paul. Rand Paul. Ted Forstmann. RIP.

 

[supermario21]

People have said FOX, and I think that's the best platform. Maybe try and get FOX to launch a new network under their umbrella. It would be much easier than starting as an independent group. Plus the Judge is there to potentially lobby for them.

 

[talkingpointes]

This would of been a big deal 10-15 years ago. But they just gave him extreme credibility status. He should be thanking them. Seriously, the internet lives for shit like this. TYT became more marketable after being fired from MSNBS it's one of his most popular videos to date.

 

[WhistlinDave]

How about a daily talk show on mainstream TV with Stossel, Napolitano, Swann, and Ron Paul? Talk about reshaping the national debate....

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

What about the blonde that opens for Ben? =s. Seems like a nice gal.