Why are There so Many Fake Stories on Before It’s News?

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This is a common question we get at Before It’s News, with my reply below:

On 08/15/2014 09:00 AM, John (last name removed for privacy) wrote:

You OBVIOUSLY do not the reliability of truth in what you post. You have MANY true posts ie. The Common Sense Show, however, MANY are ridiculously fabricated and stretch the truth and twist the facts. You are damaging the truth movement by not verifying your posts. I’ve heard Alex Jones question the reliability of and I notice Steve Quayle is careful and critical of what you post as well. There is no way GOD is leading you in this, you are being deceived…

John, thanks for taking the time to email us.

Our web site is operated differently than what most people consider to be a regular news site. This is a news and the stories that make it to the front page do so based on popularity. Anyone is welcome to post a story. The door is wide open here at Before It’s News and there’s no other place on the internet I know of where anyone can come in off the street, post a story and get it in front of a huge audience. This concept of a truly doesn’t really exist many places anymore.

We don’t screen ANYTHING on the site, except for Terms of Service violations and when people complain.

It’s You Tube for news. That’s all it is.

Yes, some stories might stretch the truth and some might not even be true. You can say the same thing for mainstream news outlets, can’t you? It’s up to you and our audience to select the good stories.

The purpose of our site is to get people to THINK and figure out for themselves what is true. We know that’s out of fashion….

You also need to keep in mind that if a site had only the hardest hitting stories, that contain leaked information, how long do you think that site would be able to operate? Because we don’t control who posts, we get stories from insiders who know what’s really happening as well as some stories that might be from various as a form of pysops. For example, we got a call 4 hours before the big announcement that Bin Laden was killed. The caller (now deceased) also said that Bin Laden had really been dead for ten years and this was why they weren’t showing the body, etc. You’ll have to read the comments and decide for your self what’s real. Often times, the comments are better than the stories.

We thank you for visiting and sharing your comments

Best,

This explanation is nice, but it is not prominently displayed, so most people don't realize that's what's going on. Free speech and free press is great, but a free-for-all isn't. The problem is, especially in the U.S., is that people are not trained to THINK. They are trained to OBEY AUTHORITY. That's the problem with beforeitsnews.com. People read it and think because it's a "newsite" then it must be "authority" and therefore must be true. And too many of their articles aren't. Plus, it's a convenient breeding ground for the gov't to use to get their DISINFORMATION out to masses of people. And the FEAR MERCHANTS use the FEAR ARTICLES to help sell their products.

Since I stopped doing economy news and reading so many fear articles, fear has taken on a kind of dream-like quality... unreal, out there somewhere ... but it doesn't affect my day-to-day life. Don't get me wrong. I'm still prepared, and preparing for uncertain times, but it's just the same to me as buying insurance... a prudent thing to do. If nothing else, Mother Nature can sling some hard balls. We don't need to keep the fear fires burning under our butts. Just get prepared and then don't worry about it.

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Cheryl Nelson August 16, 2014 at 7:59pm

Yep, yep, and yep.

Vickie said:

I'm sure he knows his site is full of crap but its high in search engine rankings so he gets a lot of traffic and therefore he gets ad money. Yes, we all know how truthful Alex Jones and the rest mentioned are. I guess he needs to justify his fear movement by making all that up.
Cheryl Nelson August 16, 2014 at 7:59pm

Yeah, the mention of Hodges, Jones and Quayles made me roll my eyes.

Byron wilkins said:

When I read the email to the site I broke out in laughter. He said The common sense show, Dave Hodges was OK oh boy is he delusional. Then he used Alex Jones and Steve Quayle to quote that they were suspicious of this site. He thinks he is involved with the truth movement. Really, all he found was professional deceivers.
Byron wilkins August 16, 2014 at 4:59pm

When I read the email to the site I broke out in laughter. He said The common sense show, Dave Hodges was OK oh boy is he delusional. Then he used Alex Jones and Steve Quayle to quote that they were suspicious of this site. He thinks he is involved with the truth movement. Really, all he found was professional deceivers.
Cheryl Nelson August 16, 2014 at 1:13pm

This explanation is nice, but it is not prominently displayed, so most people don't realize that's what's going on. Free speech and free press is great, but a free-for-all isn't. The problem is, especially in the U.S., is that people are not trained to THINK. They are trained to OBEY AUTHORITY. That's the problem with beforeitsnews.com. People read it and think because it's a "newsite" then it must be "authority" and therefore must be true. And too many of their articles aren't. Plus, it's a convenient breeding ground for the gov't to use to get their DISINFORMATION out to masses of people. And the FEAR MERCHANTS use the FEAR ARTICLES to help sell their products.

Since I stopped doing economy news and reading so many fear articles, fear has taken on a kind of dream-like quality... unreal, out there somewhere ... but it doesn't affect my day-to-day life. Don't get me wrong. I'm still prepared, and preparing for uncertain times, but it's just the same to me as buying insurance... a prudent thing to do. If nothing else, Mother Nature can sling some hard balls. We don't need to keep the fear fires burning under our butts. Just get prepared and then don't worry about it.

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