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ART BELL

IN HIS OWN WORDS

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"It comes under the category of telling you the truth. Something I'm really big on."

-- Art Bell, April 17, 2001

 

"So what? Controversy is good for ratings."

-- Reported to have been said by Art Bell to Linda Howe after being informed Hale-Bopp Companion was a fraud.

 

"These are original Kodak photographs of an alien encounter."

-- Art Bell, Nov 11, 1998 endorsing the bogus Jonathan Reed Alien Hoax

 

"I'm still a reporter. ."

-- Art Bell, March 5, 1999, appearing on Larry King Live when asked if he was a believer or a reporter.

 

"I'm not a reporter. I'm a talk show host..."

-- Art Bell, March 5, 1999, on the same Larry King Live show where he earlier said he was a reporter.

 

 

"I had a lot to go on, Larry, and so I broke the story..."

-- Art Bell, March 5, 1999, to Larry King regarding the bogus Hale-Bopp Companion saga. Wait, don't reporters break stories?

 

 

The veracity of Reed's claim, says Bell, is unimportant, though he admits he wouldn't feature a guest who was a proven fraud. "It's a fascinating story--you don't get many like Jonathan Reed's, with pictures," says Bell.

-- Article on the Jonathan Reed UFO Hoax that appeared May 26, 2001 in the Seattle Weekly.

 

 

" I wouldn't want the listeners to think it wasn't real."

-- Art Bell reportedly to Russel Dowden of SETLAB after Dowden told Bell a picture of an alien was hoaxed by an FX team and he could prove it.

 

 

"Ratings equal money, I should know."

-- Art Bell

 

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