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





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 check 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 your website 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 hosting website 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 free web site 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 security agencies 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,



The Editor