James Swick

A couple of quick and important notes on the sh*tstorm @theblaze initiated today. Please read carefully: 1 - @glennbeck had nothing to do with either my hiring or firing. He hasn’t owned the Blaze for quite some time. In fact, the leadership who fired me are the ones Glenn called “wusses” during a broadcast last year. They are also probably responsible for his near complete separation from the company he founded. 2 - My prohibition from appearing on @blazetv shows had nothing to do with the show hosts. They have all been overwhelmingly gracious and welcoming to me. @SaraGonzalesTX, @SteveDeaceShow, @MattKibbe, @PatUnleashed, @StuDoesAmerica, etc — including their producers, crews, and sidekicks — were the highlight of my time at the Blaze. I wish them nothing but success and prosperity into the future. 3 - Ditto for all the other editors, writers, engineers, video gurus, hair and makeup artists, security team, accountants, and janitors. They all made my time at the Blaze a very special 2.5+ years. I’ll miss them all. The simple fact behind our decision to part ways was a fundamental difference in how the sides felt about how to handle the larger J6 pipe bomb story. I thought we were going to do this amicably and leave doors open for future projects together. Right up until the very eve of my termination, they were still trying to get me to reconsider, stay, and play to their rules. I couldn’t do that. Any other version of events told or to be told is an absolute falsehood.