Ben Swann

Ben Swann
Swann in 2013
Born	Benjamin Swann (1978-07-17) July 17, 1978 (age 46) El Paso, Texas
Alma mater	Brigham Young University California State University, Dominguez Hills
Occupation	Journalist
Television	KDBC-TV El Paso (by 1998) KFOX-TV El Paso (1998–2007) KTSM-TV El Paso (2008–2010) WXIX-TV Newport, KY-Cincinnati (2010–2013) RT America (2014–2015 and 2018–2022) WGCL-TV Atlanta (2015–2018)
Children	5
Website	truthinmedia.com

Benjamin Swann (born July 17, 1978) is an American television news anchor, investigative journalist, and conspiracy theorist. He became a TV sports producer, and later a news journalist and producer, and managing editor on network affiliates, FOX, and RT America of the Russian state-owned TV network RT.

Swann created a news segment called Reality Check in association with Fox 19 in Cincinnati and CBS46 in Atlanta, in which he covered "issues other media is not looking at" and uncritically presented alt-right conspiracy theories. He garnered praise for a 2012 in-person interview with President Barack Obama about the so-called "kill list" which is used to direct drone strikes against American citizens, like Anwar al-Awlaki. Swann reported on conspiracy theories about the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting, questioned the truth of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, presented 9/11 conspiracy theories, and the false claims of a cover-up by the CDC of data related to the MMR vaccine and autism. He has also questioned the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War, whether United States had a role in the development of the Islamic State, and other controversial topics.

In 2017, after his employer, CBS affiliate 46 in Atlanta, aired a Reality Check which presented the false Pizzagate conspiracy theory as potentially true, Swann was forced by WGCL to bring down his Truth in Media website and all of his social media. About a year later, he was fired when WGCL learned that Swann was planning to relaunch Truth in Media.