{My former friend} Megan Fox is not to be trusted
She recruited two alleged astroturfers to attack me: some {former} friend.
Note: this is another in the What the Hales series. Jeremy “JANON” Hales sued a couple of his neighbors in two dubious lawsuits. He also filed an equally dubious protective order in Ohio, despite he and his neighbors living in Florida. All this he did for lots of YouTube content on his popular channel. {My former friend} Megan Fox became one of his chief propagandists, propping him up while attacking anyone who scrutinized him.
Earlier this week, I did a post about alleged astroturfer Jay “the Hack” Hip. That was behind the paywall, but the conversation continued, and this one is for everyone.
Jay Hip started a YouTube channel about a month ago, and most of it is dedicated to trashing me.
I believe he’s an astroturfer, something he denies, meaning he was recruited to push a pro Hales narrative.
I received a tip earlier today.
It would make sense that Megan is a moderator, since she’s primarily responsible for his marginally sized audience. Megan’s YouTube channel boasts about 50,000 subscribers, thanks largely to her alliance with Hales and his 750,000 subscribers, so a boost from her meant a new channel took off.
Richard Luthmann and I talked more about Jay on The Unknown earlier this week. It’s cued up.
It’s beneath someone with 50,000 subscribers to reduce themselves to moderating chats for a new channel. So, I asked both of them if this was true. {My former friend} Megan doesn’t respond to me anymore. Jay has obviously read How to Win Friends and Influence People. He showed off his knowledge with his response.
Good morning Volmit,
Rosalyn Duke is going to be doing a live stream today on YouTube that I will be appearing on. I will address this mountain of investigative journalism that you must have painstakingly put yourself through. I would give you a simple answer, but Rosalyn deserves the extra view for her "Rosalyn Tells People to Fuck Off Show". It's bound to be a blast to discuss your stupidity. Please pop in (well not pop in, we don't need any unwanted pregnancies) I mean like, watch the whole stream where you will get your answer. I have never watched a career sink to this depth. Hang in there slugger, it'll improve I am sure. You know, you could apologize publicly for being an ass and this will stop, just a suggestion.
All the best,
JJH
Rosalyn Duke is another relatively obscure YouTuber who suddenly got interested in the Hales case around the time Jay did. {My former friend} Megan props her up as well.
As pleasant as Jay’s response was, he didn’t answer my question. I asked again, but Jay used the opportunity to promote his upcoming stream.
Good morning Volmit,
I told you, I will provide you an answer when I appear on the below stream at 1400 CST. Sometimes an investigative journalist needs to work for it a little bit.
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All the best,
JJH
Anyone is welcome to check it out today at 2PM CT. I wasn’t waiting and accused him of being an astroturfer.
I'm not waiting that long. The answer is yes. She promotes you. That's why you have any audience at all. Same with Ms. Duke.
Jay responded with a screenshot from Rosalyn.
Let’s see what my audience thinks.
If they are, that means there’s a well-funded and organized campaign to sue and attack the two defendants in Hales’ lawsuit, John Cook and Michelle Preston, along with their lawyer, Bruce Matzkin, and anyone who criticizes Hales for doing it.
Jay and Rosalyn aren’t important beyond their willingness to be used for a small increase in stature.
{My former friend} Megan isn’t that important either, however, her willingness to use others to attack me is the latest example of bad faith from someone I’ve known for over a decade.
Note: {My former friend} Megan removed most of the livestreams we did together in 2021-2022, but this one remains for now.
None is nastier than starting a narrative that I betrayed her by covering this story.
The post then had a less than flattering photo of Mr. Luthmann. That narrative is bogus, and {my former friend} Megan knows it. She allows pro Hales people to believe I betrayed her because the truth would make her look bad. I have previously shared some of the text messages which ended our friendship, but the whole back and forth paints an opportunistic and despicable person- {my former friend} Megan- who threw out all ethics while trying to manipulate me.
The whole thing started when I was scheduled to go on Miltown’s Best in December 2024. We weren’t going to talk about WTH, but another story, the MacDaddy affair.
{My former friend} Megan tried to dictate to me where I could do interviews, and when that didn’t work, she threw a hissy fit.
“Trust me on this. These people are not your friends,” {my former friend} Megan said ironically. So, initially, she tried to convince me that it was bad for me to go on, but her request was absurd. If Dave at Miltown’s Best had ambushed me- AND HE DID NOT- I wouldn’t have participated. Imagine one journalist telling this to another, especially two friends.
The lawsuit she referred to was dismissed and refiled. Richard and I examined the new lawsuit with Ray Bonecrusher, one of the defendants, and found it frivolous.
{My former friend} Megan was trying to insult my intelligence by sending me that frivolous garbage.
When that didn’t work, she threw her hissy fit.
That was the end of our friendship, long before I said anything about WTH.
I did eventually go on Miltown’s Best, where the host, Dave, needed to defend himself from Megan’s defamatory attacks, being called a doxer and harasser.
As he promised, the conversation was primarily about MacDaddy.
Bruce is Bruce Matzkin, and this was not the first time {my former friend} Megan had choice words about him. She was perturbed I interviewed him at all. In September 2024, I first interviewed Bruce about the MacDaddy affair, a story Megan refused to cover.
Once she got wind of it, she threw a hissy fit.
Bruce didn’t threaten to sue her; he promised not to sue her if she stopped attacking his clients. That may be a distinction without a difference, but that’s how he explained it to me.
Despite the interview not bringing her or WTH up, Megan wasn’t done. She continued on her anti-Bruce Matzkin tirade.
Ironically, Megan called Bruce Matzkin a psychopath. That’s ironic because her boss, Jeremy “JANON” Hales, is suing someone for calling him a psychopath.
Based on JANON logic, Megan should be sued. Generally, the term psychopath is considered an opinion and hyperbole, both of which are protected speech.
Still, it was unseemly. She was verbally abusing Bruce Matzkin, the subject of my article, forcing me to defend him.
“Think I should stop pointing out the absurdity of their ridiculous behavior in court because they don’t like it,” {my former friend} Megan stated.
Yes, I do. She was primarily referring to a deposition that Michelle Preston took which is infamous because Hales and his crew have replayed it repeatedly.
Megan once played it while doing yoga; obviously, she’s a serious journalist.
{My former friend} Megan was trying desperately to justify her new career- creating a fake storyline on behalf of a powerful low life YouTuber. She continued.
“He inserted himself into what I was covering in order to get us to talk about him,” {my former friend} Megan said of Bruce Matzkin.
That’s not what he said. He said he inserted himself into this case because he saw poor people being legally bullied with a frivolous lawsuit.
After covering the case for a few months, I believe that most everything JANON files is frivolous.
Post-script
This is the fifth article in the Hales series. Find articles one, two, three, and four. Check out the fundraiser to help me create more articles.
Just for the record, I HAD NO IDEA YOU KNEW THAT LADY! Let alone that you were friends with her and had made content together!
She must REALLY think highly of herself, because my only gripe with her was her doing a nearly three hour stream speculating on a doxxed private message she somehow came into possession of when she could have came to me for a comment, AS ANY REAL NON BIAS JOURNALIST WOULD DO!
The fact that she continues to punch down and mock both an elderly man who served this country and another who is on the spectrum trying to overcome his social shortcomings SPEAKS VOLUMES. As does her promotion of a channel who does the same ..
I was simply interested in Bruce's story and had seen your coverage of it!
I told Bruce how much I enjoyed your interviewing style and he said that interviewing you might be possible!
That dang YOUTUBER had nothing to do with your booking... YOUR INTERVIEWING SKILLS AND TAKE ON THIS JUDGE/CASE DID!
-Supa Dave
MILTOWNSBEST
Megan is a liar. Supa Dave did not harass, dox or defame anyone especially not her. Just Jay and the other one that I've never heard of are so obviously astroturfers, can't get anymore obvious. It's crazy the lengths these people are going to over a neighbor dispute. Oh, that's right, it's not really about the dispute, it's for the content. I can't believe how far Megan has sunk, it's sad.