It started several months ago, when I began cryptically referring to what I called “Evil Incarnate(tm)” on my Facebook updates. It wasn’t long before many friends started asking “Hey Chris, what are you talking about?!” (or words to that effect).
So that’s how it came to be that quite a few people on Facebook are now watching – and laughing at – local cult leader Johnny Robertson. I’d dare say that quite a considerable amount of WGSR’s bandwidth is now being used by people from Florida to New Hampshire to Oregon who are tuning in via streaming video just to giggle at this loon and his cronies. And now we’ve started doing a live “running commentary” over Facebook where we poke holes and point out the lies in Robertson’s mad rantings, along with generally making fun of him and his followers.
So one friend further west pointed out something a few minutes ago: that Robertson is crowing this evening about how supposedly he got some ministry in this area to change their website… but Robertson “ain’t said nothin’” about how this very blog has caused him to shut up about something!
And… it’s true.
Since The Knight Shift first revealed a number of weeks ago that the “Church of Christ” cult has been run out of the town of Reidsville, Robertson has not once on his broadcasts mentioned any “Reidsville meeting”! And neither has Robertson spoken any further about any meeting of the group taking place in Ruffin… which Robertson claimed on the July 5th broadcast had been going on for “more than a year”. All that the cult currently has going on is the “Martinsville Church of Christ” and the “Eden Church of Christ”.
Some are beginning to wonder if it has that much left, but I’m gonna withhold comment on that for now.
(Actually, I’m on top of a bunch of stuff that I’m withholding for the time being…)
Johnny Robertson tonight publically accused Osborne Baptist Church in Eden of public nudity!!!!
Again Robertson has no proof!!!!!!
"Again Robertson has no proof!!!!!!"
You act like that is something unique and at which we should all ogle at. 🙂
Matt, LOL!! 🙂
I also happened to hear the accusation. And I'm still waiting for Robertson to substantiate that accusation. It was like a "hit and run": he made it, implied it was true and then moved right on with the show (right now he's accusing some minister of adultery because he's divorced).
Will Robertson produce any proof that Osborne did such a thing? Probably not.
Bet y'all an RC Cola and a Moon Pie that he'll be on Charles Roark's show within the next few days making the same claim.
I'll also wager fifty cents that Roark will call Osborne a church filled with "perverts" just as he did First Christian last year.
"I'd dare say that quite a considerable amount of WGSR's bandwidth is now being used by people from Florida to New Hampshire to Oregon who are tuning in via streaming video just to giggle at this loon and his cronies."
That's not cheap. You and your buddies may be costing him a few hundred extra dollars.
It is VERY cheap . . . FREE in fact, thanks to USTREAM.
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Matt
Johnny Robertson is no Christian. Christians don't try to disrupt and hijack worship in churches. Christians don't accuse churches of pornography like Robertson has now done TWICE! Christians don't stalk their enemies. Christians are supposed to love their enemies even. Christians don't threaten to strangle people on television. Christians don't call themselves God. Christians don't lie. Christians don't tell people they are going to hell because they don't like their denomination.
Johnny Robertson has done all these things. He is the most evil man in Martinsville and all around here.
"Actually, I'm on top of a bunch of stuff that I'm withholding for the time being…"
I've heard you make this comment before. If you have accumulated all this so-called evidence against Johnny Robertson, then why do you not reveal it? Just curious.
That's an excellent question..and point. We've heard that "I'm going to reveal something shocking about Johnny soon" schtick several times before and nothing ever comes out. That's just to build up steam for his blog.
And really, who cares if he isn't meeting in Reidsville or if they meet by a potbelly stove in the second story of the Ruffin Fire Department by candlelight. I mean, really, what is all the hoopla about that? Is that so shocking? Who really cares? A fly letting a fart makes more noise than that.
Par-a-noi-a
She's pregnant.
Well, I've been following the antics of the Church of Christ idiots for awhile on this blog and I haven't known Chris not to deliver the promised goods. And his reporting has solid evidence behind it too, not like Johnny who makes wild accusations on tv and then won't back it up.
'Dobson' is an idiot. Chris already took him to the woodshed about the Danville cop who shot the dog.
"We've heard that "I'm going to reveal something shocking about Johnny soon" schtick several times before and nothing ever comes out."
I don't know Mr. Dipstick, but I have to admit he is correct on this observation. Chris makes a lot of threats and then never follows through on them.
Every town needs a Knight. Just one person who isn't afraid to take a stand and take the hits. If Johnny Robertson doesn't have a place in Reidsville to call home other than fellow felon Charles Roark's Star News then I think credit goes where credit is due and we have Chris Knight to thank. Chris man, I will buy you a cold one and shake your hand if I ever get that chance.
The "Johnny Robertson tonight publically accused Osborne Baptist Church in Eden of public nudity!!!!" comment.
What was that all about anyway. Is Johnny Robertson seeing panties again?
I am wondering if Johnny seriously needs help. First he sees panties when underaged girls are dancing. I believe that had been aired on a respectful TV station before WGSR and no one else saw panties.
Now at a public swimming pool he is seeing nasty things that other people evidently are not seeing.
I am beginning to think this man may be a threat to society. Is there no place a person can go anymore and enjoy an afternoon without Johnny Robertson commenting in some filthy way? Does the swimming pools need police security too?
Who in Texas is paying all that money for Johnny Robertson to do this? That person must have more money than he knows what to do with. And to think of all the starving people in America that could use that money. Seems that would be a more Godly thing to do.
Johnny Robertson sounds like a psycho and a pervert.
Is that Progressive Insurance girl hot or what?
Shhhh… quiet Solomon! The LAST thing we want to do is give Robertson any more people to go after! 😛
Charles Roark: the Perez Hilton of Martinsville, Virginia
More drama about a third-rate evangelist on a forth-rate TV station. The station is so lame you can't even read the graphics and the "show" is so boring about 5 minutes is all one can take. I can't imagine watching all of it and following along on Facebook. Again I have to ask, "Why do you people care?". Where's that Paden guy ? At least he was good for a laugh.
Pete said…
Charles Roark: the Perez Hilton of Martinsville, Virginia
This made me laugh so hard my iced tea went up my nose! Next time I see Roark I'm gonna start pointing shouting OMG! It's Perez Hilton!
People care because Johnny Robertson is a dangerous man and his followers would commit murder on his command if he told them God ordered it.
If blogs like this existed thirty years ago Jim Jones probably would have been another fringe lunatic like Robertson but without hundreds of victims.
"The station is so lame you can't even read the graphics and the 'show' is so boring about 5 minutes is all one can take. I can't imagine watching all of it and following along on Facebook."
How would you know about the bad graphics and being boring and following on Facebook?
Oh wait! I get it! YOU WATCH! Just like the rest of you that can't stop talking about it…that's because you watch! YOU WATCH IT!
Hahaha!
"Oh wait! I get it! YOU WATCH!"
Like I said, I watch for five minutes and then get bored. That's the oldest bullshit criticism on the Internet. You publish something lame, outrageous, or controversial and then chastise people for looking at it. As if something is wrong with the viewer rather than the publisher. That was a favorite ploy of Richard Moore.
What can I say? I've always thought that "preachers" on public access cable is some of the most hysterically hilarious entertainment around.
And when the same said "preachers" actually pay serious $$$ to be on television, it's even more uproariously funny!
I really miss Richard Moore.
Nobody could put a spin on local horse$hit stuff like Richard could.
Frankly I wish he would crank up his press again and go back on tv to bring us the news of backroom deals and the creepy individuals he harassed on a regular basis.
The point was raised about Chris' claims to having all this information on Johnny Robertson that he was "withholding for the time being.." and that the information he claims to have never materializes. Notice how he let that one go right on by without it being addressed? Chris, if you really have such evidence on Johnny Robertson as to defame him and shut him down for good, why do you not go public with it?
AMEN!
Sorry, I couldn't help it.
But you know what he'll say. Right? He'll say that now isn't the right time and every dog has his day and all in good time and all that other cliche crap.
If Chris knew anything, he would have spilled it long ago. But he doesn't have anything except what he "guesses" is going on with Johnny.
Yeah, with riveting news that Johnny and James Oldfield are cousins..and that Johnny calls out chrches on his show…its the stuff that would make Hearst shut down his presses. Haha!
All talk and no-do.
"And when the same said "preachers" actually pay serious $$$ to be on television, it's even more uproariously funny."
Why would Johnny pay money? Doesn't he own WGSR?
Did anyone see the show where Charles Roark called Richard Moore evil for what he was doing to him.
Something about website names??
Charles talked with Johnny Robertson on the phone asking him his perspective on what Richard was doing which Johnny was very willing to give.
It seems Charles Roark don't care who he attacks even when it comes to who I thought was his friend.
In Chris Knight's defense:
I know the man. He's a reporter in the old tradition. He was trained by the best of the trade. He's got a high standard of ethics.
Chris won't be revealing anything until he's got everything squared away to pass all scrutiny.
I've watched Chris destroy criminal careers with his work. He did it in Guilford County in 2003. And he'll probably do it again.
SUPPORT THE KNIGHT
GET "R" DONE CHRIS
"I know the man. He's a reporter in the old tradition. He was trained by the best of the trade. He's got a high standard of ethics."
You're deluding yourself because you agree with his point of view. Chris is a good WRITER, he's not a REPORTER although he sometimes passes himself off as one as it suits his cause. This is an OPINION blog which bears little resemblance to reporting. It is, in fact, the opposite of reporting. The ethics of journalism apply to REPORTING in which you leave yourself out of the equation and state the facts in an unbiased fashion. WGSR certainly misses that standard also.
You might want to research the recently departed Walter Cronkite for his take on opinion-based "news".
You actually believe Walter Cronkite was not a biased reporter???????
LMAO!!!!!!!
Cronkite was a liberal tool and proud of it.
Cronkite held liberal views that he expressed after he retired from CBS. Until then, the public didn't know what his views were. That's the point of journalistic ethics. Being liberal or conservative has no bearing on reporting if you do it correctly. There are plenty of conservative reporters that display the same ethics. Your use of the phrase "liberal tool" indicates that is a concept you will have difficulty understanding.
"I've watched Chris destroy criminal careers with his work. He did it in Guilford County in 2003. And he'll probably do it again."
Really now?
Tell us all about who he destroyed in 2003. What criminal buckled at the knees from his almighty pencil and steno pad?
Betcha can't name it. Prove me wrong.
I can only assume that what is being referred to here is the massive swindling operation called The Greensboro Patriot/The Northwest Guilford News, that was supposed to be printing a newspaper between November 2002 and May 2003 before its "publisher", a convicted felon named Lester Alan Euell (who had previously served time at Riker's Island for scheming to defraud in the first degree) left town and never came back following the investigation and expose that several people (including myself) were part of, the legal actions taken against Euell's "publishing company" during which I was called to testify under oath, etc.
You can read about it in several issues of The Northwest Observer (a legitimate and long-established weekly newspaper) that were published in June and July 2003.
That is really all I'm at liberty to say about it, but as most of this is public record anyway, and has been for some time, it's not like it's been any big secret.
Neither have I ever claimed to have taken any special role in bringing down the operation. There were quite a number of people involved, and some of them wound up paying dearly for their acts of good citizenship.
::sigh::
Again, it seems as if the subject is conveniently changed when pressure is put on Chris to reveal his "bunch" of information about Johnny Robertson. Chris Knight = Stephen Glass? Well…nah surely not…hmmm…maybe? ::shrugs:: Oh well…!
So funny. Chris gets asked and he shows he's got real chops as a journalist. And it's not enough for the cult. Maybe that's why they're called fringe fanatics.
"So funny. Chris gets asked and he shows he's got real chops as a journalist. And it's not enough for the cult. Maybe that's why they're called fringe fanatics."
Straw man.
The question was raised about the supposed heap of information that he has on Johnny Robertson that he hasn't revealed yet.
You must be Johnny Robertson because no one knows more about straw man and misdirection than him. What about the nudity at Osborne Baptist that Robertson claimed? Robertson still hasn't revealed that.
Chris you should know that many of the cult's channels on YouTube have been banned and suspended. Including the one for studyjesus. He's gone now along with all his videos.
"You must be Johnny Robertson because no one knows more about straw man and misdirection than him. What about the nudity at Osborne Baptist that Robertson claimed? Robertson still hasn't revealed that."
I assure you that I am not Johnny Robertson. Now you are judging things unseen as well as being a straw man. The alleged "nudity" at Osborne Baptist church is not the issue that is being discussed here. This, again, seems to be a tactic to draw attention away from the original question about the information that Chris has on Johnny Robertson.
I'm pretty sure none of the recent comments have been from Johnny Robertson. The grammar and spelling are too good. I think the question is fair.
I also see no evidence of "real chops as a journalist" and in Chris's defense, that was not HIS claim. I see real chops as a writer, not a journalist. Threats to shoot the subject of your writings is generally considered fairly un-journalistic. But that's just me. Entertaining writing though.
Hummmmm never saw Chris threaten anyone. He has asserted a right to self defense against Johnny Robertson a dangerous man convicted felon and cult leader if Robertson gets out of line. You can call that unjournalistic but I call that clear sanity. Would you want Robertson coming to your door knowing the kind of violent person he is? Didn't think so.
"Would you want Robertson coming to your door knowing the kind of violent person he is?"
Would you mind providing evidence of this (other than the already-known robbery he committed thirty years ago) so that we can either substantiate or dismiss your claim? What other acts of violence has he committed that can be documented as irrefutable proof that he is a "violent" man? Can you enlighten us on that? Otherwise, your claim becomes a generic charge. A generic charge is always easy to identify because the person making the charge does not give any examples, i.e.:
"Johnny Robertson is a violent man." – generic charge
"Johnny Robertson is a violent man because…" – non-generic charge
Chris the person writing you is Paul from Batesville Church of Christ and he is one of Johnny Robertson's followers. He is going around here, Batesville Arkansas harassing Baptist churches and everyone else.
"Chris the person writing you is Paul from Batesville Church of Christ and he is one of Johnny Robertson's followers. He is going around here, Batesville Arkansas harassing Baptist churches and everyone else."
"Johnny Robertson follower" huh? That's a good one. I see that simply asking someone (Chris) to reveal the information that they claim to have automatically stereotypes the inquisitor into being a "Johnny Robertson follower." Right, gotcha… As far as harassing Baptist churches, where is the proof of that? More artificial facts and generic charges, right?
Johnny showed under-aged girls dancing in ballerina outfits and claims he see panties. He commented that eleven times in one minute you got a full clear shot. He said you get to see everything you see in some of these kiddy porn shops. Johnny commented at this time preachers were encouraging nakedness.
Johnny said he did not like to go to the bank he said the women and their advertisements are right there. He said they were advertising themselves up top. He tries to get the ones there with clothes but they were always busy. He said he don’t appreciate this and his wife don’t either.
Now he is claiming he is seeing something at the swimming pool from the Osborne Baptist Church people.
A little confused as to what he saw there.
His criminal record may have happened some time ago but this is happening now. I consider a man with these kinds of thoughts to be a possible danger. How does he know what is in kiddy porn shops. Should this not concern people.
Johnny Robertson is a violent man because he has followed married women around to their homes, families homes, places of business, and houses of worship. Not always identifying himself or "asking questions" but sometimes just videotaping the whereabouts of these women. That to me equates danger and insanity and makes him a potential threat.
Katie
I totally agree with you.
I felt so sorry for that woman in that parking lot that Johnny Robertson was following with his camera. I can only imagine how she must have felt. Just in a parking lot minding her own business and some man starts following her. It must have been traumatizing for her.