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Linda E.'s avatar

Have you ever heard of Jane Burgermeister? She was a german scientist who warned the people against thr Bird flu shots because they had squalene in them and she said it caused a cytokine storm. This was in appx.2011-2013 ish. They did all kinds of things to her to shut her mouth, put her in jail, and they finally killed her. Sad.

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Have you ever wondered who (or what) Sage Hana is?

I went back through her Substack archive which begins in Jan. 2022 and several things struck me as odd. First, not only has she (?) posted daily for over two years, but sometimes as many as 4 or 5 a day. Who has time to write all that, not to mention doing the research and checking sources?

Also, I sampled one post for every 10 that came up and every last one of them was behind a paywall, including the ones from a year ago where I engaged her, which at the time were free. So if I want to go back and check what I wrote, I have to pay to do so? Consider someone who's doing research and would like to use her material as a starting point. They too will have to pay. How does that support journalistic inquiry into the biggest story of the century? How much has *she* paid for the material she presents? She calls out many of the high level CV investigators for *their* paywalls, and yet she has her own? Hypocritical if you ask me.

Another curiosity. On pages where the comments could still be seen, they were all deleted. Why would you do that? Any journalist that sees that will automatically dismiss her as a reliable source since she's tampered with the record, which may have contained a rebuttal to one of her claims.

Then there's the presentation, a rambling stream-of-consciousness diatribe that breaks a basic rule of journalism which states that YOU are not the subject. The cuteness and little emojis were charming at first, but got on my nerves after a while, as did the lack of attribution for many of the quotes she included. So I brought that up, and it wasn't well received. I can't link to that exchange though, because like I said, it's behind a paywall and possibly deleted. I dropped out shortly after that.

Sage Hana is clearly NOT a journalist, although I don't think she ever claimed to be. The impression she leaves is of a concerned citizen fighting back against a corrupt system, but I find that hard to believe as well. After two years of going at it virtually non-stop, most people would have burned out by now, unless they were making a good living off of it.

One thing I've noticed about Substack authors is they tend not to list the number of paid subscribers they have. Personally, I find it hard to trust someone who doesn't state their interests, in fact I find it hard to trust anyone who requires more than voluntary donations because it casts doubt on their motives as well as leaving them open to financial pressure, as we've seen time and time again, especially with YouTube. So how much is Sage Hana making for her theatrical presentation of other people's work? Given what's at stake, is that even ethical? After all she's just an aggregator. It's not like she's doing original work.

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