Talk:Aaron Russo

message: Currently, Wiki says "Russo confided [to Alex Jones] that he suspected a cancer-causing agent had been intentionally and covertly introduced into his system in an effort to eliminate him from the picture."
I watched the entire Alex Jones interview last night.  I did not see any reference by Russo to his being murdered.  Has anyone else seen anything to substantiate this?  Otherwise, I really think this bit needs to be deleted.  If no one can provide a proper quotation I shall remove it myself from Wiki in due course.  
If Russo did make this claim, it's pretty significant and he should be quoted directly.   It's a major aspect of his biography.  If he didn't, then someone has purposefully misused Wiki and, in turn, has made Russo sound more outlandish which is not fair.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hollywoodpolitics (talk • contribs) 10:40, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed this from the article and anyone who wants to put it back should come up with some better sources for it. The second citation included for this statement doesn't even mention the claim in question and even if it did it is wildly unsuitable for use as a reference. Hut 8.5 14:34, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allegations he was murdered 

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message: Conspiracies Russo promoted:
* Bankers planned the 9/11 terrorist attacks
* Bankers planned to control humans with chips.
He is the idol of most conspiracy theorists https://conspiracyresearch.org/wiki/aaron-russo— Preceding unsigned comment added by ToddGrande (talk • contribs) 10:59, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The SPLC source is probably usable but may still ideally be attributed, I'm not sure about conspiracyresearch.  It appears to be a wiki?  WP:USERGEN likely applies.  —PaleoNeonate – 17:47, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aaron Russo is a conspiracy theorist 

message: *I will try to stay objective across the following discussion*
Firstly, I am shocked at the state this page is in. This page currently only has surface level information. However, if you search ‘Aaron Russo’ on google it is possible to find multiple controversial articles such as video links to an interview with Alex Jones. I received 4 links all to different versions of the same video — just on page one!
This interview is controversial, and acts as kindling to many pseudo-factual discussions which occur on the internet. Just the past week I have unintentionally found two anti-vax webpages using this videos of this man (Aaron Russo) as proof of their beliefs.
This interview, and these discussions are essentially absent from this man’s Wikipedia page. Similarly, none of the errors and mistakes made in this man’s documentary ‘America: Freedom to Fascism’, which are referred to in that page are mentioned here.
As a cumulative result, if you only read this wiki Aaron Russo appears to be an uncontroversial and normal Hollywood elite. If we consider wikipedia to be the only place a gullible and naive internet trawler will go after watching (or reading) a claim made by this man this page will provide an incorrect assessment of this man’s life. They will find their views validated by default here. 
I don’t believe I’m qualified to do this, but I think this page should receive a preemptive lock-symbol and begin to receive a discussion of the controversy in a similar way to Alex Jones or anyone else of that ilk.
TLDR. This man is controversial, the wiki doesn’t address this, needs to be addressed.
P.s. How do you address this when the majority of discussions concerning this man are occurring within the bubbles that believe him? Edmo496 (talk) 07:19, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drastic Changes Required