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The following is a new message thread between Stephenson Billings and myself on facebook:
—Claire Snedeker June 3 at 1:33pm
Billings,
Why have you refused to provide your credentials? A real journalist would be happy to not only provide documentation of his/her credentials, but also his/her school and the course(s) he/she took. As a matter of fact, I’m pretty sure that any real news site would require you to show your credentials prior to writing for them. I’ve already told you how to provide them without giving away any personal information, so what are you waiting for?
—Stephenson Billings June 3 at 5:09pm Report
Dear friend,
Thank you for the note/friend request but due to the extraordinary amount of correspondence I receive, I cannot respond individually to each and every email. Also, I am now only accepting new friends of remarkable qualities. I apologize if you do not make the cut. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors!
I am, yours in Christ,
Stephenson Billings, Certified and Credentialed Investigative Journalist
—Claire Snedeker June 3 at 6:42pm
1. I’m not your friend
2. I did not send you a friend request
3. This is a message, not an email
4. You are no more than a blogger until you provide us with those supposed “credentials” of yours
To view a screenshot of the interaction, click here:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=27xfll3&s=6
I shall reiterate that I’m going against my morals and ethics by posting a private conversation online. My conscience is guilty, but I feel it imperative that Stephenson Billings be revealed for what he is: a fraud. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=27xfll3&s=6
- Excited
- Fascinated
- Amused
- Bored
- Sad
- Angry
"Arr Spongebob, yer spendin' all me money!" – Spongebob Squarepants 
More proof, yay. <3
The reason he's not providing proof that he is a journalist is… well… the reason is that HE ISN'T ONE.
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Claire, honey — did you have a brain tumor for breakfast? You seem lovely…but gurl, get a grip. This is a parody site. That means all those mean ol’ bigoted “journalists” who write here are in on the joke. You should have realized that by now. I could understand if you didn’t realize it after reading one or two posts, but after reading for months and then following him over to Facebook…well, that’s just tragic.
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Most of the writers for this site are in on the joke, but Billings is not. He truly thinks he’s writing for a Christian news site.
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oh claire you poor lost soul….. not only are you obsessed but it is funny because you are stupid. keep posting.. as much as you hate it, you are keeping this site alive. This is why people keep coming back to the site, to see idiots repeatedly be tricked and get all pissed off. Its comedy gold, and claire is the punchline!
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Hey james…suck my dick.
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So what you’re saying is that you’re actually a male?
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Claire is a tansgendererd. NOW she makes sense!
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I have a hard time believing that S.B. is anything but a very dedicated satirist. This site is so obviously a joke that he couldn’t possibly be involved with it in any aspect and not be in on it. No one is that oblivious. I was an especial fan of his articles on Stephen Colbert–some of the most hilarious parodies I’ve ever come across. I bet S.B. is actually an intelligent college student at a liberal university laughing up his sleeve at how angry he can make us.
Laugh and move on.
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again more photoshop
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with the amount of photo shoped evdidence you have been useing in the past you think you could reqognise a photoshop when you saw one.
though ofcourse it is easy to simply yell “LIES” at the top of your lunges rather than actually form an argument.
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Why are Gaga lesbians so mean and like photoshop?
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What is a “Gaga lesbian”? If you’re referring to me, I don’t like Lady Gaga (I had never even HEARD of her until Christwire started posting articles on her) and I’m not a lesbian.
I also don’t use photoshop. I’ve NEVER used photoshop!
It’s fortunate for you Christian assholes that photoshop even exists. If it didn’t, you would have to accept that the pictures I posted are real instead of making bogus claims that they’re altered.
You guys are pathetic.
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well I listen to Lady gaga and not to Justin bieber and for the article claire posted about stephenson Billings is a fraud I called this week on many newspaper in USA ( started by New york times) and None of them even heard of a stephenson billings but they know a town called Billings
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Hi Claire, what does this email exchange prove other than that you are obsessed and seriously in need of a family intervention? As President Bush once said, “The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins.” I believe we here at Christwire can make the same noble, philosophical stand. We will not be intimidated into lap dances, young Claire. Your threats and thuggish behavior will not shake us.
Why am I taking this stand on such a simple issue Claire? The principle is incredibly important to me and I believe we in the Christian community need to stand by our principles and shout them from the treetops. Another quotation of President Bush’s that I’m fond of is this: “This young century will be liberty’s century.” Yes, we are at the threshold of spreading liberty and freedom throughout the world, the sort of freedom that only a devotion to Christ can bring because Jesus truly sets you free. So if you must continue to publish my private emails and if you and Paddy and Mathias and all you other teens need to keep mocking me, bring it on because I will not be threatened, nor cowered by the likes of you. I have my faith and this is my defining moment, my Battle of Dunkirk.
God bless you my friends. I continue to pray that Jesus Christ may forgive you your trespasses some day and that you may open your hearts to His love.
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“Hi Claire, what does this email exchange prove other than that you are obsessed and seriously in need of a family intervention?”
It proves that you have refused, once again, to provide your credentials.
“We will not be intimidated into lap dances, young Claire.”
Yuck, is that what’s really on your mind? Well, other than thoughts of lathering up young jocks in the shower, of course.
“God bless you my friends. I continue to pray that Jesus Christ may forgive you your trespasses some day and that you may open your hearts to His love.”
“Forgive me all my trespasses and take me to your glory.” – Jean Valjean, “Les Miserables”
But really, I don’t give a flying fuck is Jesus “forgives” me, considering how he doesn’t exist. And even if he did exist, I still wouldn’t give a dying rats ass.
Oh, and just so you know, a real journalist wouldn’t go off on some tangent about Jesus and the righteous as an attempt to get out of showing us his credentials. Just sayin…
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“if you and Paddy and Mathias and all you other teens need to keep mocking me, bring it on”
Okay. Just remember that you insisted, so don’t whinge about it later.
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“So what you’re saying is that you’re actually a male?”
It says something about your intelligence, Adam, when you can’t differentiate between an insult and a confession of gender.
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1) You didn’t answer the question.
2) You refuse to show more than your arm in a picture or have a cat for an avatar. I’d really think to love you are an intelligent girl, but there is some suspicious behavior that makes me think you may be a lurker gay:
a) Infatuation with cats.
b) Refuses to show full picture.
c) Refuses to answer questions.
d) That one article where it seemed like it was really written by a guy, but I went against my gut instinct and took you for your word that you are really a female and could write it.
e. Now you tell people to do vile things to your pleasures, so in reality makes it seem like you know what that feels like and are trying to bribe people to do it to you.
I could be wrong and I hope I am, but all this evidence is sort of stemming.
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1. No, I am not male. As previously implied, the “dick” comment was an insult
2. “think to love”? Perhaps you mean “love to think”?
2a) infatuation with cats: according to you and all the other bigots on here, cat infatuation is a predominantly female trait (i.e. the crazy cat lady)
2b) refuses to show full picture: friend me on facebook so that you can see my pictures
2c) what questions have I refused to answer?
2d) once again with the sexism. You’re pathetic, thinking that a female cannot put together a good article. You better pray that we never meet in real life, or it’ll be the end for you.
2e) Since I don’t actually have a penis, I do not know what it feels like to have one stimulated. I do, however, know what it feels like to have my clitoris stimulated (my fingers work magic).
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you obviously need friends Claire. I will be your friend. What is you facebook adress?
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Heh-heh…I’LL be your friend, Claire.
(Did I just feel a shudder go through this place?)
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YAWNNNN adam ya never stop to be a stupid redneck. You a doctor make me laugh you don’t even know how to cure a cold
anyway I don,t care if she is a Male or Female she is Just right about Billings and most of you as well Ya just a Bunch of coward
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You don’t cure a cold.
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You guys are a hoot. I mean, it’s almost convincing, except it is my experience that you can’t possibly be this stupid, adam. I mean come on, this site has an infatuation with gays and lesbians like none I’ve seen except that church Westbrook or boro, or whatever.
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Are you against Westboro’s ability to use free speech and have religious freedom? It is really typical of you atheists, to cry ‘a joke’ or ‘bigots’ whenever you see something that is contrary to your narrow ‘my way’ world view.
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“Are you against Westboro’s ability to use free speech and have religious freedom?”
I certainly am. NOBODY has the right to abuse their right to free speech to intentionally hurt people as badly as they have. What they do is revolting. They have violated the right of hundreds of families to mourn their loved ones in peace, whether the deceased are homosexuals, soldiers, or simply celebrities who have voiced their support for gays. They bring emotional and psychological harm to people who are grieving, and I would fully support the non-prosecution of a family member of the deceased who lost their cool and killed a member of the Phelps clan.
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UPDATE: Billings continues to side-step the issue:
—Claire Snedeker June 3 at 6:42pm
1. I’m not your friend
2. I did not send you a friend request
3. This is a message, not an email
4. You are no more than a blogger until you provide us with those supposed “credentials” of yours
—Stephenson Billings June 4 at 12:14am Report
Claire, I know you miss me but I have been very busy lately with things outside of the Church. We will enjoy my journalism together soon, but summer requires a lot of brush clearing, etc.
God bless,
Stephenson
—Claire Snedeker June 4 at 8:12am
Please show me your credentials.
—Claire Snedeker June 4 at 1:53pm
Show me your credentials, and I will write a 1,000 word addendum to the two articles I put on Christwire saying that my assumptions were incorrect and that I was wrong for posting private conversations.
—Stephenson Billings June 5 at 4:55pm Report
Claire, I just want you to apologize and stop this one-child campaign to destroy me. It’s getting unpleasant for me and I think it’s pushing you into dangerous emotional territory. God bless you dear, dear friend,
Stephenson Billings, Investigative Journalist
ps. that rejection letter is something my intern sent out. He has been trying to deal with my internet correspondence.
To view a screenshot of this discussion, click here:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2llg2f5&s=6
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Oh Claire! What is the point of all this? We should have a real conversation about God, that would be exciting but this publication of my emails fails to pass the sniff test. I don’t even know what you’re about any more.
I have to wonder after reviewing our year together, if maybe this issue stems back to something with your sister. I realize she’s an accomplished writer and maybe you’re jealous of her. So, in order to draw attention to yourself you decide to attack the one successful professional you’re close to, knowing that it will make a splash on the internet. Am I close? Is this sibling rivalry and am I just caught in the crossfire? Otherwise, I really don’t understand you.
We used to share so much in common and now I barely recognize you. I am concerned for your well-being, my friend, as I know every one else at Christwire is. If there is anything the staff here can do– contact a local pastor, send you a list of methadone clinics, AA meetings, even put together a care package of canned good, please let Pastor Jack know. We consider you part of our little Christian community here and hate to see you fall apart like this. You will be in our prayers.
Stephenson
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“Oh Claire! What is the point of all this?”
I’m trying to prove that you’re not really a journalist, via posting facebook messages in which you continually side-step the issue and change the topic.
“Am I close?”
Not even. Try again, Mr. Psychoanalyst.
“We used to share so much in common”
Like what? Unless I’m mistaken…
-I’m pro-choice, you’re pro-life
-I’m an atheist, you’re a devout Christian
-I support gay marriage, you don’t
-I love gay people, you demonize them
-I love cats, you have an irrational hatred of them
-I’m a liberal/democrat, you’re a conservative/republican
-I believe in separation of church and state, you don’t
-you’re a clown, I’m terrified of clowns
-I’m a feminist, you’re sexist
-I despise sports and jocks, you love them
-I understand the need for art in our schools, you don’t
-I like Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Amy Sedaris, etc, you hate them all
So please, tell me what we used to have in common?
“I am concerned for your well-being, my friend, as I know every one else at Christwire is.”
I’ve told you numerous times not to call me friend, and not to “care” about me. I have parents and friends to care about me – I don’t need some fat, ugly pedophile from the internet to give a damn about me.
“If there is anything the staff here can do– contact a local pastor, send you a list of methadone clinics, AA meetings, even put together a care package of canned good”
So…because I’m trying to get your journalism credentials that automatically makes me either:
-a drug addict
-an alcoholic
-poor and hungry
“We consider you part of our little Christian community here and hate to see you fall apart like this.”
Please tell me why an atheist would want to be considered part of a Christian community?
“You will be in our prayers.”
If I wanted somebody to pray for me, I’d tell them. Did I tell you to pray for me? So keep your prayers to yourself, okay?
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No one can deny that I have tried to help you, Claire.
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“No one can deny that I have tried to help you, Claire.”
So what? The “help” was completely unwanted, therefore invalid.
And you haven’t answered my question. You claim that we once had “so much in common”. What exactly was that?
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Define your bloody help Stephenson? You constantly try to convince everyone that you are the object of her sexual desire which is obviously not true as proven by all the content she has given to prove her hatred. You are obviously the largest piece of scum to ever walk this planet. I am with Claire, provide at-least a snippet of your credentials with your name in FULL, or you pretty much prove to everyone that your writing is not in the point of view of a licensed journalist, but that you are a sad, perverted, pedophile whom has WAY to much time on his hands. I mean come on, boys only christian teen camps, how bloody sick can you get? That is obviously used as a ploy to hide that your a pedophile. Honestly though, even as I am writing this, I believe you are a troll, a troll whom has gone past its lifespan, every good troll eventually retires, so DO SO!
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That’s a bit much, don’t you think? I realize we have differences of opinion here but to use such harsh words against me is well… I don’t know how to describe it. I am used to some criticism by now from you atheists and liberals, that’s part of your agenda, but to say all the negative things about me personally when I truly want to help Claire through whatever personal crisis she’s having, well that just makes you sound awful mister.
And now you demand that I retire? Well, I haven’t written an article in a few weeks, I have been very busy with the start of summer here. But despite my mini-retirement I have all these people calling me out, emailing me, shouting on Facebook, etc. etc. So maybe you types don’t really want me to retire? You enjoy engaging in passionate discussions of faith.
Ultimately I do believe it’s positive to have these conversations. I think all of you, as young people, are truly learning from the Christwire experience even if you don’t agree all the time. Jazze of Europe has improved his writing skills tremendously. Claire has sharpened her essay writing skills (almost as good as her sister!). Paddy and that other one whose name I now forget have forged new friendships.
And for our part, we have heard your shouts of pain, we have ministered to you and we have prayed for your sins. I truly believe that some of you some day will accept Jesus Christ as your own Personal Savior. It might not be one year from now, or 20 years from now but some day the seeds Tyson, Abe, Amber, Jack, Adam and everyone else have planted in you young people will bear fruit and your education about Christian values will lead you to the church and your redemption.
God bless you one and all!
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“that’s part of your agenda, but to say all the negative things about me personally when I truly want to help Claire through whatever personal crisis she’s having, well that just makes you sound awful mister.”
“Ultimately I do believe it’s positive to have these conversations.”
then ultimately you are wrong. again how have you helped my writing skills? i have no tbecome better if anything i have become worse. because i still don’t care if my gramar is right. and at no point did you do anything to help me do it better. how is you asking about my sex life helping my writing? i’m sorry but in the end good intentions are worth shit if they are not helping anyone but rather hurting those you try to help. you are the crisis claire is haveing. again you are the retard with the hammer. all we try to do is take your hammer away.
i could turn it the other way around. why do you get so mean and offesive against “Existentialism” when all he’s trying to do is help you?
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“I am used to some criticism by now from you atheists and liberals, that’s part of your agenda.”
I am not a democrat, nor am I athiest. I am an Agnostic Republican thank you very much.
“But to say all the negative things about me personally when I truly want to help Claire through whatever personal crisis she’s having, well that just makes you sound awful mister.”
What makes you think she is going through a personal crisis? She just hates you as I do too.
“And now you demand that I retire?”
I never made a demand. I simply stated that as a troll, you should quit while your behind.
“Well, I haven’t written an article in a few weeks, I have been very busy with the start of summer here.”
Oh do you mean your camping trips for pedophiles?
“But despite my mini-retirement I have all these people calling me out, emailing me, shouting on Facebook, etc. etc. So maybe you types don’t really want me to retire? You enjoy engaging in passionate discussions of faith.”
Trust me I don’t. I am tired of you spreading propaganda about homosexuals, Jews, and even t.v. shows. I don’t give 2 shits about your discussions of faith. Faith is not something that interests me, your faith is just spreading hate filled speech.
“Ultimately I do believe it’s positive to have these conversations. I think all of you, as young people.”
Oh, is it because you are so wise? I am 14, and I can tell you now, my Atheist, Republican parents are much more wise than you, and teach me all I need to learn.
“And for our part, we have heard your shouts of pain.”
What shouts of pain are you referring to? I am perfectly content with my life, I have a loving family, a bright future, the most beautiful girl in the world, and High School.
“We have ministered to you and we have prayed for your sins.”
What sins are you referring to? My supporting of the tea party? My support of gay marriage, and abortion. I have never killed anyone (though I do consider the thought when I am on this site), so tell me what damn sin have I committed not made up by the idiots on this site.
“I truly believe that some of you some day will accept Jesus Christ as your own Personal Savior.”
Doubtful.
“It might not be one year from now, or 20 years from now but some day the seeds Tyson, Abe, Amber, Jack, Adam and everyone else have planted in you young people will bear fruit and your education about Christian values will lead you to the church and your redemption.”
First, I don’t want any of these racist pigs “seeds” planted anywhere on me. Tyson is a bigoted moron who thinks he has the damn right to talk ill of black people because he can get his head out of he 1800s. Abe is the most blind retarded fool I have ever had the displeasure of knowing of. Amber, well she is just an idiot who has no right to tell people how to live their eyes. Jack…well I have no quarrel with him as he sees the only one among you with a brain. Adam like the rest of you pigs is just another bigoted moron who thinks I must apologize and pray for Jesus, will pass thank you. I will remain proud to my Jewish heritage though I am agnostic and I will not falter to Christian Beliefs.
God bless you one and all!
Go fuck yourself.
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“That’s a bit much, don’t you think?”
Not at all.
“but to use such harsh words against me is well… I don’t know how to describe it.”
I know how to describe it: completely justified.
“but to say all the negative things about me personally when I truly want to help Claire through whatever personal crisis she’s having, well that just makes you sound awful mister.”
Well, as the subject of your unwanted “help”, I can say that nothing he said makes him sound awful, because I agree with everything he said. How many times do I need to say that I don’t need help?
“So maybe you types don’t really want me to retire?”
Well, since you’re clearly not a real journalist, you can’t technically retire.
“Jazze of Europe has improved his writing skills tremendously. Claire has sharpened her essay writing skills (almost as good as her sister!). Paddy and that other one whose name I now forget have forged new friendships.”
Aww, isn’t that just so fuckin’ sweet? You just keep patting yourself on the back, there, Billings, okay?
“And for our part, we have heard your shouts of pain, we have ministered to you and we have prayed for your sins.”
Well you’re clearly delusional, because none of us are in pain.
“I truly believe that some of you some day will accept Jesus Christ as your own Personal Savior. It might not be one year from now, or 20 years from now but some day the seeds Tyson, Abe, Amber, Jack, Adam and everyone else have planted in you young people will bear fruit and your education about Christian values will lead you to the church and your redemption.”
Guess what? Wrong again, Billings!
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“Claire is a tansgendererd. NOW she makes sense!”
That’s about as likely as you NOT being a sackwrangler.
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“The following is a new message thread between Stephenson Billings and myself on facebook:
—Claire Snedeker June 3 at 1:33pm
Billings,
Why have you refused to provide your credentials? A real journalist would be happy to not only provide documentation of his/her credentials, but also his/her school and the course(s) he/she took. As a matter of fact, I’m pretty sure that any real news site would require you to show your credentials prior to writing for them. I’ve already told you how to provide them without giving away any personal information, so what are you waiting for?
—Stephenson Billings June 3 at 5:09pm Report
Dear friend,
Thank you for the note/friend request but due to the extraordinary amount of correspondence I receive, I cannot respond individually to each and every email. Also, I am now only accepting new friends of remarkable qualities. I apologize if you do not make the cut. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors!
I am, yours in Christ,
Stephenson Billings, Certified and Credentialed Investigative Journalist”
So billings,that would explain your gay friends and ppl who like pot on your friends list eh?
Face up man,you’re just a fraud..
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u mad
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