I try to keep track of what the paranormal community, and I have a few sites that I visit as well as a few blogs that I check into from time to time. Some of these sights are pretty good, others are not. Some carry the latest hype about the newest craze that’s gripped that field of the paranormal, some are carrying articles that reveal what’s going on with the ParaCelebs. Most of these sites are pretty good about standing behind what they publish. But there are a few out there that will publish things and then pull the articles later. These ones seem to be turning into attention whores and are no better than the tabloids that have been on newsstands for decades.

Every time I see sites such that fit the attention whore mold I simply shake my head. From what I’m seeing they are worse than tabloids. At least tabloids keep their stories up, and if necessary, they will later print a retraction, but will keep the original article up. But what I see in the paranormal community are sites that will publish articles and then remove them at the request of people mentioned in the article even though the information has gone public. What kind of reporting is that? I know some will defend their actions by saying, “Well, there are some articles that shouldn’t be published,” but that’s a load of bullflop. If that were the case then it should have been clear from the start that the article shouldn’t be published. Not only that, but the information is already out there. Pulling articles in such a manner is nothing but censorship and is poor journalism. What really seems to be key to these types of articles is the site wants attention and traffic. Some it’s obvious that’s what they seek since they will often have created accounts and make posts on their own site. To me, that’s truly pathetic, and what’s even more pathetic is these sites often go after fraudulent behavior of others.

How can a site expect to maintain any integrity if it allows itself to be censored by those it reports on, and has staff that posts comments on it’s site in order to make it appear busy, or to steer a concept that the site wants people to buy into. They are just as guilty of fraud as those they report on. That being said, how can these sites be trusted to be reporting the truth on anything? When I see a site doing this I immediately put it in the same category as those who create false conventions and such, for they are all liars.