Serial hoaxer Justin Tribble fessed up to his role in an internet hoax that has had the Youtube "Truther" community in an uproar for months. On Monday, November 11th, Tribble shut down the Dr. Bill H. Weld Youtube page and Facebook accounts.
He modified "Dr. Weld's" blog to reflect the true owner - himself - and used the blog to issue an apology to those he has misled and falsely accused of committing crimes including harassment and physical threats.
This hoax should serve as a warning to those people who search the Internet for Truth: Don't believe everything you hear. It should also serve as a reminder to talk show hosts to properly vet their guests, especially those who make wild claims about leaked government documents or "insider" information.
The Truth Is Viral prides itself on following the Journalist's Code of Ethics and making sure that our guests are who they say they are. This is one reason we go after "Big Name" guests like Dr. Chuck Missler and CIA spies Reza Kahlili and Clare Lopez, this is why we call NATO HQ, the Pentagon, or the Iranian Mission to the U.N. ourselves to get statements, this is why we try to always have some type of tangible evidence to show you - to maintain our standing as the Number One Source for Truthful Alternative Media News coverage since 2008.
God bless and Semper Fi,
Bobby
EDIT 11/12/13 - It seems there is at least one fella that is feeling a little butthurt because he feels he did all of the work taking down Justin Tribble and I got all the credit. He, and one of his buddies, feel that I slighted them because I didn't mention them in either of the two videos I made about Justin Tribble. That would be because I didn't use any of their research when I made my videos. I did my own research, and I didn't use ANY of their material; so why would I mention them or what they did?
Below are screenshots proving that Dr. Bill H Weld never existed - MY screenshots, nobody else's.
This is a screenshot of my initial conversation with Tribble on Facebook in which he promised that he would come clean and tell the truth.
When he didn't, when Tribble came out with yet another Weld video I decided to go after him again; only a little harder this time because the Weld Character made a slanderous, and actionable, statement against me stating that I had physically threatened his girlfriend. I'm not an anonymous Youtube "Truther." I am a legitimate journalist with a sterling reputation and I will not have it sullied by some Internet troll.
Here is our conversation on Youtube in which I finally convince him to come clean.
Anybody that says I didn't put the work in on this story is full of it. So I didn't make a dozen videos comparing speech patterns and making snarky comments, so I didn't conduct my research and communications in public, so what? Wanna know what that proves?
It proves I'm a professional and I can make my point once and be done with it. Just like I'm done with these clowns.
One last thing: I didn't even become aware of these boys until I started making the second video. After I finally did see all of the research they did I was suitably impressed and I was going to give them a huge shoutout along with others who also took part in exposing Tribble/Weld. Notice the "was" in that last sentence.
Now they think they are going to troll me, saying that I "stole" their work. LOL, knock yourselves out kids. This should be funny.
EDIT 11/14 Who is the LIAR again Mr. +thexombiekiller ? Better yet, who is the "phail"? LOL, dude, you were SCOOPED. Live with it and learn. Most importantly, learn not to be such a damn baby.