Ben Swann's Truth in Media Launch is TONIGHT!

[ZakCarter]

"Friends,

Last night at midnight our Kickstarter project officially came to an end. Today, the Truth in Media Project officially begins!

I want to invite you to be a part of our FREE livestream event tonight via Ustream which you can view here, http://benswann.com/ben-swann-live-events/ The event will run from 7:00PM EDT until 10:00PM EDT

We have an amazing lineup of speakers including Tyrel Ventura, Amber Lyon, Judge Jim Gray, Josh Tolley, G. Edward Griffin and a Truth in Media Panel. At the end of the evening, I will have the opportunity to share with you the full vision of what this project is all about, plus we will have exciting announcements throughout the evening.

Please take the time this evening to watch the live stream. This moment is too important, the risk is too great... together, everything is about to change!" - Ben Swann

Liberty IS Rising! And Tatiana Moroz just rolled into Concord!:)

[donnay]

Excellent. I am excited to see this!!

[Keith and stuff]

Awesome! I'm sure many great people will be at this event. Many other great people will watch it online.

[fr33]

Aww I'll probably be getting home right when it's over.

[DamianTV]

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[parocks]

Ben Swann is going to be in Lewiston, ME between 1-4pm tomorrow Saturday July 27 at the DOLPAC event. Dolpac is the PAC run by the people who brought the Ron Paul victory in Maine.

http://defenseoflibertypac.com/uncategorized/2nd-annual-defense-of-liberty-bbq-w-ben-swann/

[Carlybee]

bump

[Lucille]

Watching now. Not enough viewers!

http://benswann.com/ben-swann-live-events/

[jkr]

any other feeds!?!
the main one keeps getting interrupted by crap

[donnay]

~Bump~

[Lucille]

The audience has only been about 325. That's a pretty sad turnout.

[donnay]

The audio is really low as well as the video clarity. :(

[Lucille]

It is terrible, donnay. We need to get than man his cool mil.

Wow. Radio stations are cheap. 100K for one in Alabama. But the FCC wants its bigass cut.

[donnay]

Was that it?

[Lucille]

I thought it was supposed to last until 10 EST!

I donated $25.

[July]

I think they were just taking a break? looks like they are setting some video up.

[Lucille]

any other feeds!?!
the main one keeps getting interrupted by crap

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ben-swann-fd

[Lucille]

It's back.

[donnay]

I love G. Edward Griffin! He was the one that woke me up about the Federal Reserve and Cancer cures.

[presence]

Disappointed in the Audio Video. Adam vs The Man is clearer. Keeps breaking up; loss of audio.

[donnay]

Disappointed in the Audio Video. Adam vs The Man is clearer. Keeps breaking up; loss of audio.


I know. *SIGH* I have my volume on max and they sound muffled.

[kcchiefs6465]

A good point G. Edward Griffin made is to open people's eyes slowly but surely. Don't overwhelm them with too much information at once.

[Sentinelrv]

So what exactly is going on with this project now that the Kickstarter goal was not reached? I heard a couple days ago he raised some money for about four episodes of his show, but is that it? What exactly is launching if there is not enough money to produce lots of episodes? I'm at work, can't watch the stream, so please tell us what happened.

[donnay]

A good point G. Edward Griffin made is to open people's eyes slowly but surely. Don't overwhelm them with too much information at once.

Sage advice indeed.

[Champ]

Where is everyone? Have roughly ~275 people for the last few hours. That's really all we can muster?

To watch:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ben-swann-fd

OR

http://benswann.com/ben-swann-live-events/

[July]

Ben is on now.

[Tod]

Just tuned in....donated $20 (will donate more later after I recharge my Paypal acct)

[kcchiefs6465]

Ben Swann roasted Piers Morgan.

"Isn't this the Daily Mirror phone tapping guy on CNN that gets fifteen viewers a night?"

In response to Piers Morgan claim of "I'm a journalist, I've been a journalist for 20 years"

[ClydeCoulter]

Yep, Ben, we have to speak while we can without being arrested.

[Carlybee]

Ben Swann "Truth in Media Project"

Total Amount: $20.00 USD

[Carlybee]

Thank God Ben is so engaging because this "production" is pretty sad.
Suryafish's webcam was better than this camera guy. No offense.

[RDM]

So what exactly is going on with this project now that the Kickstarter goal was not reached? I heard a couple days ago he raised some money for about four episodes of his show, but is that it? What exactly is launching if there is not enough money to produce lots of episodes? I'm at work, can't watch the stream, so please tell us what happened.
About a week ago, knowing they would not hit the Kickstarter target, Ben and his team sent out messages to either cancel your kickstarter pledge and donate by Paypal or by check. As of tonight, they now accept donations by Bitcoin. As of right now, over $100,000 has been raised by Paypal alone. I believe this is enough to produce about 20 episodes from their goal of over 100 with Kickstarter. The project is on but still needs tremendous financial support to implement their other plans and fund more episodes and reach new medias.

[kcchiefs6465]

Hopefully Ben Swann puts up a tube for people who might have missed it.

One of the best speeches I've heard.. and I've heard a lot.

The camera work is shitty, but it doesn't even matter.

Ben Swann is killing it. If you aren't tuned in, tune in.

ETA: And for God's sake let's keep this funded.

This is a chance for true change, true awakening, and true education.

Glenn Beck gets what, 90 million a year? A damn disgrace all things considered.

[RDM]

Hopefully Ben Swann puts up a tube for people who might have missed it.

One of the best speeches I've heard.. and I've heard a lot.

The camera work is shitty, but it doesn't even matter.



Ben Swann is killing it. If you aren't tuned in, tune in.
I concur. Ben is a very effective speaker and a real asset to the liberty movement. I just hope people don't take him for granted.

[ClydeCoulter]

I like the idea of crowd sourcing ideas (we do some of that here), but I would like to brainstorm with some people about ideas on how to do that. That is, software and process solutions to do it. How to prevent trolling, personal attack sessions, good ideas getting lost/hidden (some ideas don't appear so good until further discussion and problems becoming surfaced), etc...

[parocks]

Hopefully Ben Swann puts up a tube for people who might have missed it.

One of the best speeches I've heard.. and I've heard a lot.

The camera work is shitty, but it doesn't even matter.

Ben Swann is killing it. If you aren't tuned in, tune in.

ETA: And for God's sake let's keep this funded.

This is a chance for true change, true awakening, and true education.

Glenn Beck gets what, 90 million a year? A damn disgrace all things considered.

Ben Swann really did a good job up there. He has some star qualities.

Wouldn't this whole process be easier, though, if there was some sort of businessperson with money involved with this? Those people get together and start a production company to make the show, put it on tv where it makes a profit for the businesspeople involved? If the budgets are going to be that big, and it might be shown on a 60 station affilliate group, it might be logical to think that businesspeople with money, and even experience in the area might be just the thing.

If this isn't going on tv, it doesn't really need that same kind of production quality, and it shouldn't cost that much. People can figure out how to cut costs. I guess what I'm saying is that 1) big budget tv production, on tv, with businesspeople, makes sense. 2) lower budget web production funded by kickstarter makes sense. 3) big budget tv production funded by kickstarter doesn't really make as much sense.

[fr33]

Ben is great but there are also other liberty media people out there trying do their own thing. I've always wished for some magic way to herd these individualists together so they could cooperate and build something big. They are all spending a lot of money on their own projects.

[Keith and stuff]

I just got home 30 minutes ago. I left at 4PM to attend the VIP Dinner. Then got to the event just after it started. We didn't leave the Draft until 11:30ish and there were still people there. So many speeches. I met so many people including a couple of the posters on this forum.

Ben Swann gave by far the best speech at the event. Carla, the President of the Free State Project, gave the 2nd best speech. There was a 10 minute break so that the music could be set-up. I was wondering what was happening on the stream during that time. I guess not very much :(

From the looks of things, some of the people in the audience might have taken better video than the stream. Look for cool YouTube videos to come out of this. Also, sorry folks if the stream wasn't amazing but people did come from other states, such as OH and NJ to attend this event. 4+ hours of cool stuff for $15, with some of the money going to help kids go to private schools. That's a fantastic deal!

[Tinnuhana]

Just got back a couple of hours ago. It was SRO. Venue maybe not the best for streaming, but Andy Sanborn, owner of The Draft, was willing to let us use it. Intimate setting for lots of liberty lovers and freestaters. There were enough people there that I had to park a quarter mile away at a Market Basket.
Afterwards, Ben took the time for anyone wishing to talk with him.
I should have gone to sleep over an hour ago; but I got this big Dunkin' Donuts mocha to keep me awake driving home and now I'm paying for it.

[Keith and stuff]

Ben is great but there are also other liberty media people out there trying do their own thing. I've always wished for some magic way to herd these individualists together so they could cooperate and build something big. They are all spending a lot of money on their own projects.
True. For example, Dave Ridley or the Ridley Report used to also work for a local TV station. He decided to try making it on his own as a reporter and investigative journalist. He is still doing his thing so it seems to have worked for him. If you like Dave's work, consider buying ads on his program. BTW, I mention him because he is a forum member. http://www.youtube.com/ridleyreport I was hoping to see Dave at Ben's event but he wasn't there.

Maybe Ben Swann and Ron Paul can work together on their media projects?

There is also NextNewsNetwork. It's not going strong. From time to time it stops. It is still limping along though. http://nextnewsnetwork.com/

LRN.FM is still happening. However, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be happening without generous donations by the founder. Plus, it's more about commentary then journalism or reporting. http://lrn.fm/

Here is Ben last night.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/999685_498138250262772_1791549635_n.jpg

Here is Free State Project (http://freestateproject.org/fsn10) President, Carla Gericke's speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsPA3-o2Zno

[muzzled dogg]

great times

[tangent4ronpaul]

n/m

-t

[torchbearer]

huh?

[paulbot24]

Doesn't Ben Swann himself know a decent cameraman besides the guy running the webcam that could tape everything for us from last night? I want to see it, but more importantly, I want this event to have been recorded well for youtube and the like.

[Keith and stuff]

Doesn't Ben Swann himself know a decent cameraman besides the guy running the webcam that could tape everything for us from last night? I want to see it, but more importantly, I want this event to have been recorded well for youtube and the like.

Lol. I think the live stream is the version that was taped for us. Maybe that was part of the point, idk. Ben seems, more than almost anyone in the liberty movement, interested in producing very high quality videos. But that costs money. The guy from Chicago spent several minutes explaining that at the event. Maybe use this as a reason to donate to Ben? Starting yesterday, he now takes bitcoin. http://benswann.com/

This best quality video taken at the event might be this low quality video. Here is Free State Project (http://freestateproject.org/fsn10) President, Carla Gericke's speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsPA3-o2Zno

[fr33]

...

Yep you listed many of what I would use as an example. There are also other podcasters and youtubers that could contribute as well.

I guess what we're missing is a very rich boss to hire and fire and manage the dream.

You gotta admit Julie Borowski would make a great news anchor. She already has the required speech "patterns".

[kcchiefs6465]

You can watch Ben Swann's speech here. (http://benswann.com/ben-swann-live-events/) It starts at around 1:07:30 on "Part 2."

Speech is highly recommended.

Check the sig for donate links.

[RDM]

You can watch Ben Swann's speech here. (http://benswann.com/ben-swann-live-events/) It starts at around 1:07:30 on "Part 2."

Speech is highly recommended.

Check the sig for donate links.

@ 1:51 you can listen to Ben Swann talk about "Frothy" (for all you frothy fans).

[parocks]

Doesn't Ben Swann himself know a decent cameraman besides the guy running the webcam that could tape everything for us from last night? I want to see it, but more importantly, I want this event to have been recorded well for youtube and the like.

I have a bunch of great Ben Swann video (1080p) from the day after - at the DOLPAC event in Maine. Got a chance to talk to him for a few minutes. Said he should post here. He gave a shout out to ronpaulforums in his speech.

[muh_roads]

You can watch Ben Swann's speech here. (http://benswann.com/ben-swann-live-events/) It starts at around 1:07:30 on "Part 2."

Speech is highly recommended.

Check the sig for donate links.

Thank you. I wasn't sure what the hell I was looking at when clicking the link. It's like something recorded in somebody's garage.

[Keith and stuff]

Here is a cutout of the UStream. It's just the Truth in Media Panel.


The truth in media panel at Ben Swann's Truth in Media project kickoff in Concord, NH on July 26th, 2013.

Panel members include Kristin Tate, Tony Schonella, Tyrel Ventura, Tony Stiles, Aaron Day and Mark Edge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEkFdbLKz9M

[parocks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKi_JXj3kQ

Here's Ben Swann at the DOLPAC picnic.

Eric Brakey, who was the State Director of the Ron Paul campaign for the Maine Convention that we won, announced he was running for State Senate at this event.