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Armenian Stark Industries LLC. The themes of the Russian-backed programs would be "the United States and NATO continuing to spread war", "the economic warfare waged by the United States and its allies" and "transgender issues in the United States". Additionally, Axios
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He was suspended in
January 2017 for running a story attempting to revive the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, in which Swann called for an "investigation" into the months-old false claims that a Washington, D.C. pizza restaurant was hiding a child sex trafficking ring in its non-existent basement,
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Swann married his wife in 1999. He lived in
Portland, Oregon, where he was an assistant pastor at a Presbyterian church. After six or 18 months, he moved back to El Paso. Swann and his wife have five children, who have been home-schooled by his wife. He was ordained in 2000 in the
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Russian government in order to produce propaganda TV content for the South America, Indian, and Chinese markets.
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was Ron Paul's presidential campaign, with his goal of providing fairer coverage for Paul than the conservative or liberal national press, including an episode about the racist "
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while on an election campaign stop in Ohio - a rare opportunity for a local news reporter. Swann asked the
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social media platform, named from the ancient Greek meaning "Equality of all in freedom of speech". He later returned to RT America in 2018. In
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noted that it appeared Swann had done no independent reporting on the topic. He was reinstated after he took down his Truth in Media and
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titled "If Assad is
Committing Genocide in Aleppo, Why Are People Celebrating in the Streets?" went viral on Facebook. Ben Collins of
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Atlanta, Georgia where he revived his fact-checking segment under the title
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and received a great deal of media attention. In it, Swann was able to obtain a 7-minute one-on-one interview with
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as "antivaccine-sympathetic" for reporting on "CDC whistleblower" documents from
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said this "mirrors a narrative within several stories written by Kremlin state media outfit RT in the past several weeks".
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in 2018 after he was fired by WGCL-TV. Starting in 2018 he began publishing pieces for the
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which were picked up in national news media and led to Swann making brief appearances on
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2260:"MH17 crash report: Dutch investigators confirm Buk missile hit plane – live updates"
1647:"Meet Ben Swann, the Republican Pizzagate Truther Hosting Atlanta's CBS Nightly News"
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In April 2013, Swann announced he would be leaving WXIX-TV Fox 19 at the end of May.
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2378:"'Why Hasn't Any Investigation Taken Place?' CBS Host Defends Pizzagate Conspiracy"
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2186:"Sandy Hook Hoax Theories Explained: Why Newtown 'Truther' Arguments Don't Hold Up"
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American television news anchor, political commentator and journalist
1327:"Obama campaign brags about its whistleblower persecutions (Update)"
1768:"CBS46's Ben Swann fired after attempt to bring back Reality Check"
1611:"WGCL Anchor Tries to Prove Pizzagate is Real Without Any Evidence"
1296:"Better Than Fact-Checking: An Ohio Reporter Speaks Truth to Power"
246:. He garnered praise for a 2012 in-person interview with President
2025:"Pizzagate promoter tapped for Kremlin-backed propaganda campaign"
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1259:"How a libertarian TV host became the focus of a Bush-Rubio fight"
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in 1993, at the age of 15, and a master's degree in history from
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segment had "often veered into alt-right conspiracy theories".
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a conspiracy theory that shooter did not commit the act alone
377:. He won regional Emmy Awards in 2005 and 2009, as well as a
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conspiracy theory as potentially true, Swann was forced by
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Swann was homeschooled with nine brothers and sisters in
2209:"Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory Video Debunked By Experts"
1853:"How a bulldog TV host turned lapdog in Trump interview"
790:(JIT), who concluded that the airliner was downed by a
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1415:"Fox 19 keeps commitment to break news on IRS scandal"
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2492:"How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem"
1055:"Outstanding New Segment: Breaking News/Single Story"
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without their knowledge and permission. According to
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California State University, Dominguez Hills alumni
1222:"A reporter in Ohio goes on the attack over drones"
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2341:Wemple, Erik; Wemple, Erik (January 18, 2017).
1031:. El Paso, TX: EPmediagroup.com. Archived from
288:use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War
1946:"Isegoria - Uncensored News and Entertainment"
1182:"Cincinnati anchor goes deep on Paul campaign"
1121:"Ben Swann: KFOX Morning News Anchor/Reporter"
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1449:"Investigations into IRS Scandal Continues"
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951:"FOX19 names Ben Swann as new co-anchor"
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2504:from the original on December 6, 2016
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2415:from the original on December 9, 2016
2141:Haberman, Maggie (January 13, 2016).
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1553:Harper, Jennifer (October 19, 2012).
1458:On the Record with Greta Van Susteren
1384:Mirkinson, Jack (September 6, 2012).
1195:from the original on February 9, 2013
1155:Seitz-Wald, Alex (January 14, 2013).
736:Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
561:Free & Equal Elections Foundation
417:" which contradicted the findings of
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2258:Weaver, Matthew (October 13, 2015).
2184:Stuart, Hunter (February 11, 2013).
227:Swann created a news segment called
204:(born July 17, 1978) is an American
2490:Gillin, Joshua (December 6, 2016).
1272:from the original on April 10, 2019
987:Martinez, Leonard (July 25, 2003).
409:'s positions. One theme of Swann's
2736:Television anchors from Cincinnati
2523:LaCapria, Kim (December 2, 2016).
2465:Ariens, Chris (January 19, 2017).
2240:. October 13, 2015. Archived from
2117:Collins, Ben (December 28, 2016).
2049:Fuchs, Hailey (October 27, 2022).
2023:Markay, Lachlan (August 9, 2022).
1851:Warren, James (January 30, 2018).
1412:Kiesewetter, John (June 2, 2013).
1220:Brown, T. C. (September 7, 2012).
1129:. January 24, 2006. Archived from
912:"Meet Ben Swann, New Fox19 Anchor"
430:In September 2012, one segment of
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2716:Journalists from Washington, D.C.
2542:Alam, Hannah (December 5, 2016).
2434:Peck, Jamie (November 28, 2016).
2405:"Fake news is domestic terrorism"
1917:Tripoli, Sam (January 28, 2019).
1766:Ho, Rodney / (January 29, 2018).
1645:Collins, Ben (January 19, 2017).
1581:Groer, Annie (October 24, 2012).
2613:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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1877:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1830:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1806:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1773:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1747:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1726:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1534:"Anchor Ben Swann to Leave WXIX"
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646:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
446:" which had been used to direct
258:against American citizens, like
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2691:Brigham Young University alumni
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2579:Ho, Rodney (February 1, 2017).
2165:. Snopes.com. December 15, 2012
1870:Ho, Rodney (January 31, 2018).
1799:Ho, Rodney (January 27, 2017).
1740:Ho, Rodney (November 9, 2015).
1609:Eck, Kevin (January 19, 2017).
1490:"Interview with Reince Priebus"
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379:national Edward R. Murrow Award
2436:"What the hell is #Pizzagate?"
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1023:NPT Staff (February 8, 2008).
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286:. He has also questioned the
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1823:Ho, Rodney (July 4, 2018).
1719:Ho, Rodney (June 8, 2015).
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276:9/11 conspiracy theories
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112:Brigham Young University
31:latest accepted revision
2583:. Radio & TV Talk.
1874:. Radio & TV Talk.
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1803:. Radio & TV Talk.
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804:Swann was described by
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362:. In 1998, he moved to
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814:MMR vaccine and autism
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819:He later dedicated a
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1935:@ 1 hour 09 minutes
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1292:Friedersdorf, Conor
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1188:The Washington Post
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957:. November 30, 2010
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1892:"Ben Swann"
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704:TV Novosti
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610:RT America
596:. Swann's
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506:, and the
423:columnist
346:Early work
266:about the
218:RT America
163:RT America
158:Cincinnati
132:Television
126:Journalist
122:Occupation
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2647:Ben Swann
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799:territory
584:, echoes
492:Byron Tau
444:kill list
352:Canutillo
321:Education
303:Pizzagate
252:kill list
241:alt-right
62:Ben Swann
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