In a world currently embroiled with lies and deception, it is not a time to alienate your allies. It is crucial that this feeling be taken by fellow freedom-fighters, realists, critical thinkers, and all others devoted to exposing the tyrannical acts our corrupted officials have inflicted upon us.
This having been said, I believe that Alex Jones made a grave error on September 8, 2009 when his website, Infowars, published an interview that took place between fellow Truther and Activist Charlie Sheen, and the President of the United States Barrack H. Obama. It really only infuriated me when the reality that is wasn’t real became known after a quick Google search half-way through reading it. The headline “Alex Jones posts fake interview” grabbed my attention and then I realized that a real interview of that magnitude would have been making more waves than Hurricane Katrina.
I suddenly felt betrayed. It was as if one of the leaders in the fight against tyranny was now utilizing a methodology more alike to the people he’s fighting. I could not help but to instantly recall the faked Michael Jackson video which “proved” he was alive. It turned out to be a deliberate fake, intended to “prove” how conspiracies and fake news make there way in large circles rather quickly. Unfortunately, it all but did prove it. As journalists, activists, and researchers, we have to be completely devoted to telling real, verified information, and not drumming out some half-heart, bogus nonsense. Because if we don’t, we are going to end up rebuked, and never taken seriously. A journalist or any other commentator is never supposed to tell fake stories. That should be obvious.
Of course, anyone can sit there and tell me that there was a disclaimer at the bottom of the transcript, and indeed there was. But that is not what I, or I’m sure many others who read that article, saw when we clicked open your popular website and out sprung a barrage of links to reports coming from Charlie Sheen.
At this point, you are free to dismiss me as you like, but I beg you please, from a fellow Truther and non-conformist, do not do so without taking a brief, objective look at what us slowly happening to the Movement…because I think your will find what can only be described as a quasi-religion.
Remember, for Freedom’s Sake remember, that all institutions, whether private, governmental, spiritual, educational, or informational, soon become an unregulated behemoth whose only goal is feeding off of whatever it is it wishes to exploit. Sometimes it’s money, other times it’s power, and on other occasions its coercion. The fact remains that all institutions evolve into something other than what they were originally intended for.
Do not lose focus. Our goal (at least my goal) is taking back my Freedom. And in political terminology, that at least means transparency. Eight years have elapsed since that fateful day. And we need to continue to question our officials, if for nothing else, than for sake of Global Awakening. Push back this New World Order, not with sensationalism, but with strong, convincing real information.
Again, I need to emphasize, that although I am extremely disappointed with that article, I will continue to read your site daily, and try to reach out to others. Thank you for all your hard work. I response is welcomed, but not expected.
The Red Wolf