Episode
Part One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
1:12:52
Published: Tue Jun 25 2019
Description
In Episode 69, Robert is joined by Dan and Jordan from Knowledge Fight Podcast to discuss how Mike Adams got rich spreading death and paranoia online. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
The podcast explores the world of Alex Jones and the people around him, including discussion of a bigger conspiracy.
00:00 - 02:35 (02:35)
Summary
The podcast explores the world of Alex Jones and the people around him, including discussion of a bigger conspiracy.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The host discusses the controversial figure, Mike Adams, and his past, which includes calling David Hogg an anti-gun sociopath and gun control fascist, along with being declared the most dangerous man in America by Adams' website.
02:35 - 09:16 (06:40)
Summary
The host discusses the controversial figure, Mike Adams, and his past, which includes calling David Hogg an anti-gun sociopath and gun control fascist, along with being declared the most dangerous man in America by Adams' website.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Mike turned down numerous scholarship offers from prestigious universities, including MIT, to become an entrepreneur.
09:16 - 13:17 (04:01)
Summary
Mike turned down numerous scholarship offers from prestigious universities, including MIT, to become an entrepreneur. He started a multimillion-dollar company specializing in email technology solutions, and chose to pursue his passion for software instead of attending graduate school.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Scott Richter, known as the "Spam King," made billions of dollars through email marketing in the 90s, but faced lawsuits and legal trouble for his tactics.
13:18 - 19:24 (06:06)
Summary
Scott Richter, known as the "Spam King," made billions of dollars through email marketing in the 90s, but faced lawsuits and legal trouble for his tactics. He was eventually forced to pay millions in fines and penalties and lost his spamming empire.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Mike Adams, founder of Natural News, took advantage of the Y2K scare in the late 1990s and early 2000s to sell subscriptions for his Y2K Newswire site, which included one year basic food units and access to his emailing list for $569.
19:24 - 25:10 (05:45)
Summary
Mike Adams, founder of Natural News, took advantage of the Y2K scare in the late 1990s and early 2000s to sell subscriptions for his Y2K Newswire site, which included one year basic food units and access to his emailing list for $569. He knew enough about computers to scare older individuals who had bought them for their company and saw an opportunity to scam them with his subscriptions and food units.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Mike Adams' post on Y2K Newswire details the government's alleged agenda behind the panic caused by Y2K and how it was a conspiracy to shift the responsibility of preparedness to centralized agencies like FEMA.
25:10 - 32:08 (06:57)
Summary
Mike Adams' post on Y2K Newswire details the government's alleged agenda behind the panic caused by Y2K and how it was a conspiracy to shift the responsibility of preparedness to centralized agencies like FEMA. He moves on to promote alternative medicine and other forms of personal empowerment through his new website ziop.com.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Mike Adams created an alternative fact ecosystem of dozens of websites selling bogus health solutions that claimed to be the work of medical professionals, after he claimed to have cured himself of diabetes and transformed himself into the picture of perfect health and mind, body, and spirit.
32:08 - 34:58 (02:49)
Summary
Mike Adams created an alternative fact ecosystem of dozens of websites selling bogus health solutions that claimed to be the work of medical professionals, after he claimed to have cured himself of diabetes and transformed himself into the picture of perfect health and mind, body, and spirit.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The podcast host criticizes the ash-hole pyramid scheme guy who uses the image of rainforests to make money.
34:58 - 40:43 (05:45)
Summary
The podcast host criticizes the ash-hole pyramid scheme guy who uses the image of rainforests to make money. He uses a solid business plan by building an audience and selling them on MLMs.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Claims that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is developing a vaccine or weaponised flu virus to target undesirable genetic populations is false.
40:43 - 45:27 (04:44)
Summary
Claims that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is developing a vaccine or weaponised flu virus to target undesirable genetic populations is false. A donation of $100,000 was given to researchers developing non-invasive birth control methods.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The Daily Beast reports on the evolution of Natural News, a website that started with hippie food products and evolved into a platform for conspiracy theories, including false claims about the Sandy Hook shooting.
45:29 - 49:47 (04:18)
Summary
The Daily Beast reports on the evolution of Natural News, a website that started with hippie food products and evolved into a platform for conspiracy theories, including false claims about the Sandy Hook shooting.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The authors of a report on the association between psychiatric medication and violence may have unethically used passive reporting system data to make claims, according to David Gorski, while Mike Adams has published numerous conspiracy theories on topics including vaccines and 9/11.
49:47 - 58:41 (08:53)
Summary
The authors of a report on the association between psychiatric medication and violence may have unethically used passive reporting system data to make claims, according to David Gorski, while Mike Adams has published numerous conspiracy theories on topics including vaccines and 9/11.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The discussion centers on the importance of clean water and the differences between mineral and tap water.
58:41 - 1:00:51 (02:09)
Summary
The discussion centers on the importance of clean water and the differences between mineral and tap water.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The hosts discuss the dangers of a viral video that advises people to acquire samples of Ebola and use household objects to conduct experiments, potentially putting themselves, and others, at risk of infection.
1:00:51 - 1:05:21 (04:29)
Summary
The hosts discuss the dangers of a viral video that advises people to acquire samples of Ebola and use household objects to conduct experiments, potentially putting themselves, and others, at risk of infection.
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Osvalo Shin closes out the episode by encouraging listeners to do good deeds, while teasing the ongoing investigation into the radio murders and the potential for a larger conspiracy.
1:05:21 - 1:06:23 (01:02)
Summary
Osvalo Shin closes out the episode by encouraging listeners to do good deeds, while teasing the ongoing investigation into the radio murders and the potential for a larger conspiracy.