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In reply to the discussion: Psychic (Sylvia Browne) Who Said Amanda Berry Was Dead Silent After Berry Is Found Alive [View all]EvilAL
(1,437 posts)Randi's boyfriend committed fraud, Randi didn't turn him in so Randi is guilty of what exactly? Not turning him in? Fine, if you think that's the same thing then you're entitled to that opinion.
The reason people pay Sylvia is because she lies to obtain the money, she has no qualms about telling people their children are dead when she KNOWS she hasn't a fucking clue. People crying and breaking down doesn't phase her one bit. She knows, and if she's wrong, ooops, no apologies, just some lame fuckin excuse. Also if Montel pays them to go on the show, Sylvia must know in advance and can prepare her schtick to appear more accurate, but not in this case, or one time a lady said her husband died and they never found his body, so Sylvia says, matter of factly, that they won't find his body because he's in water. This lady obviously believes(d) that Sylvia had some super-human ability to talk to the dead or see things we can't. The lady explains that he was in one of the twin towers when it fell, and sylvia is acting all stupid like 'why do I see him in water gasping for air' (nice), then says it must be from when the firemen were fighting the fire and that's that. She wasn't wrong you see, just confused. The man was crushed by a building, but he drowned when the firefighters started using their hoses.
She does this all the time to people and they eat it up. Randi deserves a shitload more respect than Sylvia Browne does, especially if you want to talk about lies and fraud.
I never made the claim Randi was perfect, I respect him for exposing these charlatans.