Ben Swann
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| Born |
Benjamin Swann July 17, 1978 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Residence | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Brigham Young University California State University, Dominguez Hills |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | Truth In Media (2013–2017) WXIX-TV Reality Check (2010–2013) WGCL-TV Reality Check (2015–2017) |
| Television |
KFOX-TV (1999–2007) KTSM-TV (2008–2010) WXIX-TV (2010–2013) Newsmax TV (2014) RT America (2014–2015) WGCL-TV (2015–present) |
Benjamin "Ben" Swann (born July 17, 1978) is an American television news anchor and investigative journalist. He has worked in New Mexico, Texas, Ohio, Washington, D.C., and Georgia. While at Fox affiliate WXIX-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio, he began producing a fact-checking series entitled "Reality Check", which has garnered occasional media attention for questioning widely accepted narratives on high-profile controversies such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, and an alleged link between vaccines and autism. After leaving WXIX-TV in 2013, Swann regularly appeared on RT America, part of the Russian state-owned TV network RT, while independently continuing to produce his show "Reality Check". In June 2015, Swann left RT America to join CBS affiliate WGCL-TV in Atlanta, Georgia as chief evening news anchor.
Swann was homeschooled and earned a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts from Brigham Young University in 1993, at the age of 15, and a master's degree in History from California State University, Dominguez Hills in 1994, at the age of 16.
Early in his career, Swann was bureau chief in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Swann worked for 11 years in the television market in El Paso, Texas. He first worked at Fox affiliate KFOX-TV as an anchor, reporter, managing editor and photographer. In 2008 Swann moved to NBC affiliate KTSM-TV, where he anchored the evening news for almost three years and became one of the top names in the market.
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