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Title: Join the Newsbud Team: From Petro Dollar to Russia vs NATO & North Korea Escalation
Published: 2017-05-07
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7dWwGNlnIQ
Title: Join the Newsbud Team: From Petro Dollar to Russia vs NATO & North Korea Escalation
Published: 2017-05-07
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7dWwGNlnIQ
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All right, we are live here. I'm Spiro Scores with newsbud.com. And joining us today, we have quite a few members of the newsbud team. Joining us, we have Sibel Edmonds, who is the founder and editor of Newsbud. We're also joined by Peter Lee, Professor Philip Kovacovich, Pai-E-N, and Eric Moshe. Today, we're going to be doing a roundup of some of the hottest topics that happened in2/299
the past week geopolitically, and maybe some of the topics that slipped through the cracks. So, but first, we'd like to give you an update on our current phase three Kickstarter program that is currently up and running on Kickstarter. Sibel? Yeah. Well, week one is over. Today, we started our week two, and we have been doing very good, not good enough, but very good. We are 10%3/299
there in terms of the amount of dollars we have to raise for this phase three Kickstarter for Newsbud. And we would like for this rate of accomplishing this goal to increase. I know there are a lot of people. It's some kind of a psychological factor. You know, people are like, oh, this is great. I'm definitely going to do that later. Or I'll see how it goes,4/299
and I will step in and do it later. And we, first of all, we want to thank all of you, every single one of the donors who came and pledged to this phase three Kickstarter. Same goes for the previous Kickstarter. We really want to thank you. This is a community news organization. Let me put it this way. It is basically us, the Newsbud team, and together5/299
with all our supporters, these are our subscribers, people who have been generous and donating to us through our donation button at our website. But also all of you who have come, stepped in, and have made this a dream. Because it used to be this thing that everybody considered a dream to have a news organization that is 100% people funded with no advertisement, with no foundation grants,6/299
with no partisan affiliation, which we have none. And we have shown the world, not only here in the US. We are based in the United States, our news organization. But I have to put this statistics out here for people because it's very interesting. For 50% of our subscribers, our generous donors, are international. In fact, to just give you an example, we have been signing up for7/299
the first newsbud Academy course offered by Professor Philip Kovacovich, the great. And when we are looking at it, 10% of the people who have registered, and we have dozens of people who have registered, come from the United States. We have several from the United Kingdom. We have two from Denmark. We have two or three from Sweden, Germany, France, Switzerland. We had one person who registered, and8/299
he is an Iran, he or she, I don't know. But people from Turkey, so we have international supporters because our coverage is international. Anyhow, what I was saying was that don't wait. Do it now because be the one who shows that this is the time to do it. And we want to wrap this thing up, the Kickstarter, even though it's going to go for 45 days,9/299
we only have 38 days left. We want to wrap it up because it is energy and time consuming. And all of us rather concentrate on our productions and all the analysis that we are putting forward and our investigative stories, some of them have been placed on hold because we are in the midst of this Kickstarter. So we are asking our audience to please do it today.10/299
Do it now as you're watching us. If you have your iPhone and you have a laptop there, go to our Kickstarter link. We have the link for you here. And do whatever you can. If what you can is $20, please do that. No amount is small or too small. If you can do $500, please do so and God bless you. And with that, I know we11/299
have some interesting topics today about every one of us talking about the hottest, the most significant, the most important development this week. It can be national or international. So I'm going to have everyone get ready and start chiming in with what they consider, each one of you consider the hottest, most important development, Spiro. Well, that's right. We put together a fantastic team here at NewsBud. A12/299
team that I'm very proud to be a part of and we have the panel here today joining us live. I'm very excited about this broadcast here today. We're also going to be taking questions from you guys in the comment section in the live chat that's taking place right now. And so, as you were mentioning, the Kickstarter, I provided the link there in the live chat, as13/299
well as the link to the NewsBud Academy, that Professor Kovacovitch is going to be presenting. That's going to be awesome. He's going to be here in studio. I'm looking forward to that. But we, one of the first questions that we have here is from Kristen Short. She's a great supporter of ours. She runs our, she's a volunteer supporter. And she runs our Instagram page for us.14/299
Her question is, what were the key factors in the success of the previous two NewsBud Kickstarter campaigns? So, Belle? Wow, that's a great question. Thank you, Christina. And thanks for everything you have been doing for our new organization. I say new because we've been operating only for nine months. And I think we have achieved great, great, great accomplishment. But I think this is personal in terms15/299
of my personal opinion, in my opinion, what has contributed to our success. And it's a question that I would like everyone here in this group to take maybe a couple of minutes and answer. I think generally speaking, people have good nose. People can, I know mainstream media and a lot of outlets out there, they keep putting forward how domified people have become and people are dumb16/299
and they can be, you know, they can be easily fooled, but I believe that as an innate bullshit detector, excuse my language, people have a good sense when they see a good thing. And the track record we had before NewsBud as boiling frog's post was one factor because that started in 2009. And it was a very, very small, much, much smaller in much, much smaller scale17/299
news organization that had only maybe two or three people, a couple of podcasts per week. Now, another thing is our team member other than the track record. And these people, our team members make it shine because when we say here is an analysis, we are not putting that forward by, you know, average Joe, not that it is anything wrong with average Joe. And Joe's are good,18/299
fine, but people want to hear from people and from experts that do have the authority to talk about these points. For example, with Professor Philip Kovačevic, when he's talking about the Balkans and the Russian developments from the Russian perspective, you're listening to someone who speaks the language who has lived in the country, who has taught in the country, who has been in touch with the politics19/299
there, who has contact and sources there, who spent his life basically going through the whole educational process in this area. Okay, I'm not saying it's limited to this. Same is true with every other member, whether it's Peter Lee, whether it is Jeff Doreso with technology. So our team members, I think I believe is another major factor. The other thing is I believe people have been hungry.20/299
People have been so thirsty, so hungry to see objective. I mean, I know there is no such a thing as 100% on bias or 100% objective, but with the track record and with our team members, we have shown that there has been no partisanship. We are not into this red pill, blue pill business. And the fact that we have not ever, ever run advertisements from any21/299
corporations on our website, that we have never been connected financially or in any kind of relationship to any foundations. And those foundations, they operate with their own set of agendas. So people have been hungry and thirsty for this. And for the first time, they see a potential and opportunity of having this kind of a medium as a news organization, they took a chance. And finally, the22/299
other part, the beauty of this model is, instead of going for one big capital startup capital to take us through two years, we decided to do this in four phases. Meaning, every five months, we raise funds and you have five months, people have five months to sit back, observe, watch and see what we are accomplishing. In terms of how many shows we are adding, how professionally23/299
they are edited, what kind of programs, what kind of articles, analysts we are adding to our site. And obviously, people have been pleased and happy with what they have been seeing. And I hope that's the case for this phase as well. So that's my take. And with that, I would like for our team members to tell our viewers why they think we have been successful in24/299
the past. Well, don't all jump at once. Well, I want you to go first. What I've seen in NewsBud, whether it's people commenting on the audience or commenting in the comments section on YouTube, whether it's the comment box on NewsBud's official website, I see a lot of support and camaraderie directed towards NewsBud, NewsPredecers, in particular, Phil Kobachovich has a large fan base of people on YouTube,25/299
always complimenting his, the way that he talks, the way that he expresses himself, the little nuances in his physical movements, and the way that he talks about Russia, Peter Lee has a very nice sort sense of humor and it comes through in his reports about China. And people appreciate that. People appreciate the personal touch that people put on their NewsPins. Peter was also the recipient of26/299
a lot of praise as well. He's a very personable face of the NewsBud production team. He has a lot of compliments and comments, I believe recently someone said that Sphero you're a great addition to NewsBud team, I hope they appreciate you. I would consider myself an average Joe who has some interesting articles, a couple of cool videos. Pai Yen is a new addition to the team.27/299
He seems like a very charismatic man. He's very well spoken. I read his article about the economics issue that he covered and that was interesting. And just in general, I think people see NewsBud as the good guys. And that's hard to create if it's not legitimate. And that's my take. Yeah, well actually I got an email from a supporter who actually did sign up and contribute28/299
to the Kickstarter, so I was very happy about that. And one of the things that he said that I liked is he said, Peter, I can't tell if you're a lunchpale carrying Trump idiot or a MTR tote bag carrying liberal. And that's the way I try to present my reports. I try to be as objective as I can and as analytical as I can. And I29/299
think people appreciate that. They don't want to feel that I'm coming at them from an angle. And that's a strength of NewsBud's, I think. All of the analysts, we're covering stories that are not covered and we play them straight. And that's pretty rare nowadays. If I could just volunteer now, what attracted me to NewsBud and why I'm proud to be affiliated is because it's not just30/299
alternative news. There's plenty of alternative news out there as our team members, Sibel, Spiro as well as our audience knows whether it's based overseas, whether it's domestic in the US or otherwise. However, NewsBud, as I perceived it, isn't just news so much as it is briefings. It's really like with Professor Kovacovich or with Professor Lee, it's like a sense of bringing information in a capacity that31/299
I'll say it is dangerous is quite frankly, you're not supposed to know this stuff. And hence NewsBud will bring it because practically the entire rest of the mainstream corporate media complex, industrial complex, is tactically deployed to at the very least make the subjects that are discussed on NewsBud, and NewsBud opaque. So to cut through not just the opacity, but to present it in a succinct fashion32/299
as one would within, I'll say it, an intelligence briefing, to treat the audience as if their members of an intelligence or government briefing isn't just a complement to set audience, but is really a reinvention of what journalism is and really what it should have been, especially considering the Himalayan size steaks, geopolitically and macroeconomically out there. So that's really what NewsBud isn't just alternative news, but as33/299
Hong Kong, if you will, I grew up in the late 70s and throughout the 80s, Pomp Rock and the parts of California that I grew up in, was considered definitive ontological revolt against conditioning, be it educational, cultural, familial or otherwise. And it is a four-lack of a more academic phrase as Pomp Rock is a guess with regard to News reporting and analysis. But I would have34/299
to agree, definitely. I just want to point out here a couple of comments that we did have, one from Steve Gets, he just pledged $50 to the Kickstarter campaign. I would like to thank you, Steve, that is fantastic. It all adds up people that pitch in what they can before you know it. If hundreds and hundreds of people do so, we'll be at our goal before35/299
you know it. There is one other good question here that I'd like to present to the NewsBud team here, before we start getting into the news and analysis, and this is from Crystal Ratcliffe. And she asks, do you believe in a clear separation between journalism and activism? I would like to start with that. It's going to be hopefully very brief. But I wanted to say, this36/299
is exactly why you get different perspectives, different people on a team because the answers each one of you provided, we go like, oh yeah, that's a great point. And why did I think of that? And Peter, it's so true and it makes me chuckle because we have, let's say, one video show on, let's say Tuesday. And some people are coming and saying, oh, you must be37/299
Trump lover, you must be a do-total right wing. And then the same person, the producer, has another show two days later. And you have this segment coming and saying, could you be any more liberal and as well? And I love this because that is not about NewsBud, is not about left, right, blue pill, right, red pill. And I'm so glad you brought that point up. And38/299
same thing with you, Pye, because that was an excellent point. And the analogy with the punk rock, and I know Spiro can relate to that because he, I know, he spent his years with punk rock when he was in his early teens and all the way until later, that that's a great analogy. I'm going to frame that and I'm going to remember it for the next39/299
time. And one final thing before I quickly answer the question from Crystal and thank you for the question, Crystal, is Spiro. And Spiro, I don't think there's going to be enough compliments that to go and to be deserved because Spiro started as a producer and he was producing his own show and he has a great production ability. And I know he's been frustrated because he doesn't40/299
even get a chance because he has so many ideas that he wants to produce and he can do all aspects of it from research to delivery to editing and all the stuff. It's because Spiro has been doing so many things and been wearing so many hats because he is in charge of our social media. He is in charge of overseeing our post-production editing team and also41/299
involving post-production editing team. If I were to start listing the number of things he does and he works seven days a week and I'm not exaggerating this and 12 to 14 hours a day and sometimes he's waking up in the middle of the night. But you know how we look at the body and say there is this spinal cord. Well Spiro has been the spinal cord42/299
of news organization. I'm technologically challenged and I have to say we doubt him on my side every single day delivering and getting things done. I don't know what we would have done. So yes, he is a, he may be spending a lot of time in the background but without him and all of us here know because we all put our weight on him and it's like43/299
how do we take care of this Spiro? So that's for that. Crystal, I don't think there is any separation between activism and journalism. If you define and consider true journalism as activism for the truth. So if you have the expertise and your purpose is to expose things and to explain the facts, the facts on the ground and to tell the truth about things because we are44/299
surrounded, surrounded by lies and the seeds and propaganda, then you are engaged in true journalism. For anyone who separates that, I would fight it till the day I die that there is no difference between activism for truth and journalism with the expertise necessary to put out there. I know there are a lot of people who would want to do that but there are certain guidelines that45/299
we have to adhere to but I would define true journalism as activism for truth. And with that, I would let you to provide your take every one of you. Great question by the way, Crystal. Yeah, I have to admit, I've never been an activist in the conventional political sense because I don't run with the crowd. That's probably why I'm here at Newsbud. My priority is to46/299
get beyond political spin and try to put the facts out there and let people decide where we've come from, where we are now and where we're going and allow them to make informed decisions. That's really what I think that my job should be. Right, I think most of Newsbud programs in themselves are not activists related. I think the panel we have before us right now are47/299
an example of the informative type of shows that Newsbud provides. But activism itself is also not a bad thing because if you look at some of the best muk recorders of all time, people who have been given the status of like the first muk recorders, like for example, Ida Tarbel, who was a very fierce opponent towards John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil. I'm sure she had48/299
some spunk to her and if you're going to present News and do journalism, it's good to have a little bit of attitude. So that can be mistaken easily as activism. For example, if Sadell is giving a very passionate speech or a tangent about a corrupt congressman or something like that, that might be perceived as either informative or maybe a little bit of activism attached to it.49/299
But mostly it's just like socially conscious United States citizen who wants to know what's going on and if they see something wrong or something, then they're going to speak up. And if it comes through as a medium, as activism, then I think that's just part of the side effect of having like really effective journalism. Well, we're getting all kinds of activity going on in the chat50/299
here. All kinds of people saying hello. They're very excited about what NewsBud is doing. We have people from all over the world tuning in right now. We have, here's one of the comments greeting from Serbia, Kobachovich Rules. That's a good comment there. So again, we'd like to encourage everyone to visit the Kickstarter page that we are currently running right now. Phase three, if you like what51/299
NewsBud is doing, you like what we're doing and you want us to continue and you want to continue to see what we're doing, then support independent media. We truly are independent people-powered media and I'll put provide the link to the Kickstarter in the show notes. It's all or nothing campaign. I'll provide it in the chat as well. But it's an all or nothing campaign, so that52/299
means if you pledge your donation and we don't succeed our goal by the end of the day, your credit card will not be charged at all. You'll only be charged if and only when we meet or exceed our goal by that deadline. And so there's another point that you brought up earlier. It's a very valid point. I'm glad, yeah, I'm glad you mentioned it because every53/299
time we talk about it, I forget. We picked, we selected Kickstarter for several reasons as the medium for crowdfunding. Kickstarter is the toughest one out there. In terms of their strict policies, you have to submit your organization's taxes status, business registration and they check all that. They check your bank account to make sure that it's registered under your business. So you see a lot of these54/299
crowdfunding platforms that what they do is they don't check. So you have a lot of crooks going in there and saying, you know, I have a daughter who's terminally ill and nobody can verify that. Give me money. I saw this particular guy saying, I'm going through a divorce and my wife is getting the custody. Give me money so I can't. It's like what in the world55/299
is that Kickstarter does professional organizations, mediums and they are strict with their policy. The other beauty of Kickstarter is the fact that it's all or nothing. Because if we are giving that amount, that means we have sharpened our pencil and we have really gone down and said, this is what we need. Meaning, if we get less than that, we won't be able to deliver those goals,56/299
those objectives we are listing there. That's why we are saying this is the minimum amount we have to raise. So even if we fall short, this is 115,000 dollars for this round. And if you are short by 500 dollars, we won't get anything and you won't be charged anything. I know that would be one of the most excruciating things to ever happen. You get to 115,50057/299
dollars and then you're like, I can't get a penny out of that. And with that, the point I wanted to bring was there is one short coming for Kickstarter. Kickstarter only accepts payments, I believe, from 13 countries. And that's, I think most of the Western European countries are their friends, Germany. And there's Australia, New Zealand, UK, US, Mexico, Canada and four others. Now people say, well,