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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

How We Lost 3,000 Followers in One Night

Say this online: "Israel isn't to blame for Charlie Kirk's assassination."

And watch 4,000 people vanish overnight.

That's exactly what happened this week.

After Charlie's death, our comment sections on Instagram filled with claims that Israel pulled the trigger. A conspiracy with zero evidence. A conspiracy Charlie himself would have laughed at — because he defended Israel until the day he died.

But the lies spread fast. Tucker Carlson. Candace Owens. Influencers who quietly poured fuel on the fire.

We did what we always do: we stepped in to debunk it. We laid out the facts. We dismantled the fake evidence. We showed why the theory didn't make sense. And we weren't afraid to take on bad ideas on both sides of the aisle.

3,500 social media followers gone.

1,500 furious comments.

Readers who once praised our work were suddenly certain we couldn't be trusted.

"You're bought and paid for."

"You can't be trusted."

"We know who you're paid by."

I'm not angry at them. Not one bit.

I'm angry at the media.

Decades of lies and malpractice have left Americans so broken, so distrustful, that obvious truth looks like a cover-up.

That's the tragedy. Not just the loss of trust in one outlet or one story. But what it means for America. The total collapse of trust that leaves regular Americans vulnerable to every hoax, every narrative, every manipulation.

If we don't fight that — head-on, every single day — America doesn't stand a chance. That's why Upward News exists.

And that's why, at the end of the day, we're not here to be popular. Or to be showered with compliments.

We're here to be true.

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Lately, I've been so focused on our reporting and trying to keep up with this whirlwind year that I lost track of time.

I looked up, and the year is almost over.

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