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He has to know he's a charlatan. I believe some scammers don't think they're doing anything wrong, but this guy went to fucking prison. I don't think even he believes his own bullshit.
It's almost always the former. High profile televangelists / grifters constantly use any recent event to come up with news ways (or recycle old ideas) to increase / maintain their wealth by fleecing their followers. When they do rationalize their behaviour, it's usually to push back any feelings of guilt by convincing themselves that if their followers were going to be scammed by someone it might as well be them doing the scamming.
Some believe and others know they're grifters. Psychics are a really good example of this. Remember the Psychic Friends Network? The one with Miss Cleo (who of course wasn't Jamaican). One of the people that worked there noted that she got the job simply by answering a listing for people that wanted to earn $12 an hour doing readings. She said that she was instructed to keep people on the phone for as long as possible since it was $5 a minute. They were also told to tell people what they wanted to hear in order to make them happy. Those that kept people on the phone the longest would have more calls routed to them. Oh, and they'd call people at home to tell them that Miss Cleo had a new and important message for them, so they needed to call back. But they'd rarely ever get to speak to her. Instead those working there were instructed to tell them that she was on vacation.
This Silver Solution crap is what Bakker initially claimed to be a cure for STDs:
www.lgbtqnation.com
Televangelist Jim Bakker claims his “Silver Solution” STD cure also kills coronavirus
"Totally eliminates it. Kills it. Deactivates it." Side effects may include birth defects, cancer, and reproductive harm.
www.lgbtqnation.com
NY, Missouri attorneys general order companies to stop promoting alleged coronavirus cures
New York State AG Letitia James and Missouri State AG Eric Schmittordered televangelist Jim Bakker and other companies to stop promoting alleged coronavirus elixirs.
abcnews.go.com
New York's attorney general has ordered a prominent televangelist to stop peddling an alleged coronavirus elixir on his show.
Attorney General Letitia James's office sent a cease-and-desist order to Jim Bakker Tuesday ordering him to stop promoting "Silver Solution" as a remedy for the coronavirus.
During a Feb. 12 episode of the "The Jim Bakker Show," guest Sherrill Sellman claimed that Silver Solution was able to eliminate some strains of the coronavirus.
Asked if the Silver Solution would be effective against the COVID-19 coronavirus, Sellman replied, "Let's say it hasn't been tested on this strain of the coronavirus, but it's been tested on other strains of the coronavirus and it has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours."
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"Your show's segment may mislead consumers as to the effectiveness of the Silver Solution product in protecting against the current outbreak," the cease-and-desist order said. "Any representation on the Jim Bakker Show that its Silver Solution products are effective at combating and/or treating the 2019 novel coronavirus violates New York law."
The product is available for purchase on the show's website. The attorney general ordered Bakker to stop promoting the product as a coronavirus cure or treatment and to put a disclaimer on its site that says the product hasn't been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
James' office gave Bakker ten days to show that it complied with the order, or face legal action.
This is all I can think of when anything Bakker comes up. They're his best videos, mostly because of how little he has to edit them.
And he got out in 94' for good behavior, and has been doing this ever since. Damn near 25 years.
Again, good luck prosecuting him.
If someone is a known blatant liar and decides to tell another lie, is it even a lie at that point?
You don't even get snake oil salesmen this time just distilled water.
NY, Missouri attorneys general order companies to stop promoting alleged coronavirus cures
New York State AG Letitia James and Missouri State AG Eric Schmittordered televangelist Jim Bakker and other companies to stop promoting alleged coronavirus elixirs.New York's attorney general has ordered a prominent televangelist to stop peddling an alleged coronavirus elixir on his show.Attorney General Letitia James's office sent a cease-and-desist order to Jim Bakker Tuesday ordering him to stop promoting "Silver Solution" as a remedy for the coronavirus.During a Feb. 12 episode of the "The Jim Bakker Show," guest Sherrill Sellman claimed that Silver Solution was able to eliminate some strains of the coronavirus.Asked if the Silver Solution would be effective against the COVID-19 coronavirus, Sellman replied, "Let's say it hasn't been tested on this strain of the coronavirus, but it's been tested on other strains of the coronavirus and it has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours."--------------------"Your show's segment may mislead consumers as to the effectiveness of the Silver Solution product in protecting against the current outbreak," the cease-and-desist order said. "Any representation on the Jim Bakker Show that its Silver Solution products are effective at combating and/or treating the 2019 novel coronavirus violates New York law."The product is available for purchase on the show's website. The attorney general ordered Bakker to stop promoting the product as a coronavirus cure or treatment and to put a disclaimer on its site that says the product hasn't been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.James' office gave Bakker ten days to show that it complied with the order, or face legal action.
Good...but he should face legal action regardless, not just if he doesn't comply within 10 days.
He's suspended offering Silver Solutions. Still a lot of bullshit in it because he points out that government agencies have said that guest statements on the show give the wrong impressions about what Silver Solutions does, and he completely disagree with the statements being misleading.
How can this be legal?
Televangelist sells $125 'Silver Solution' as cure for Coronavirus
The product contains chemicals known by the state of California to be dangerous, according to Bakker's website.www.newsweek.com
civil war? ehh. not being able to peddle your snake oil? WARFARE
this fuckin snake reading one of the most carefully worded legal statements I've ever witnessed.
found a legal wormhole to wriggle through without acknowledging agency, intent or responsibility and still somehow able to insinuate he's right.
Oh of course he's going to try and lean toward the "government trying to shut me up!" kind of nonsense.
So, it looks like this has left them in some pretty bad financial shape and now they're just straight up begging people for money
He should fucking be in Jail, why the fuck is this shit allowed, how is putting peoples lives at risk not illegal?Televangelist sells $125 'Silver Solution' as cure for Coronavirus
The product contains chemicals known by the state of California to be dangerous, according to Bakker's website.
This would be fantastic news (the fact that he is fucked financially), if I didn't think he was a fucking liar grifter.
oh good to know that the people who work the phones are also good christian grifters
too bad they don't take credit cards! grandmas better mail that blank check instead!
Why do all these extreme grifter televangelists seem to look like they are literal hellspawn wearing human skin
