Alexander Emric (or Emerick) Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American radio host and conspiracy theorist. He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which airs on Genesis Communications Networks across the United States and online. The website, Infowars.com , is a conspiracy theory and a fake news website.
Jones has been at the center of much controversy, including his promotion of the conspiracy theory of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, and his aggressive opposition to gun control in the debate with Piers Morgan. He accused the US government of involvement in the bombing of Oklahoma City, the 9/11 attacks, and the filming of fake Moon landing to hide NASA's secret technology.
He has claimed that several governments and big businesses have colluded to create a "New World Order" through "manufacturing economic crisis, advanced surveillance technology and - above all - the in-work terror attacks that fueled exploited hysteria". Jones describes himself as a libertarian and paleoconservative, and has been described by others as conservative, right-wing, right-right and far-right.
New York magazine describes Jones as "America's leading conspiracy theorist", and the Center for Southern Poverty Law describes it as "the most prolific conspiracy theorist in contemporary America". When asked about these labels, Jones said he was "proud to be listed as a mind villain against Big Brother". In addition to Infowars, Alex Jones also operates the NewsWars and PrisonPlanet sites.
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Jones was born in 1974 in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in the suburbs of Dallas, Rockwall and the city of Austin, Texas. His father was a dentist and his mother was a housewife. In his video podcast, he reports he is of Irish, German, Welsh, mostly English, and part of Native American origin. He was a midfielder on his high school football team and graduated from Anderson High School in Austin in 1993. As a teenager, he read conservative journalist Gary Allen None Dare Call It Conspiracy , which had a major influence on him and what he calls "the most readable primary on The New World Order". After high school, Jones briefly attended Austin Community College but dropped out of school.
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Careers
Jones began his career in Austin with a live broadcast of cable television access. In 1996, Jones changed the format to radio, hosting an event called Final Edition on KJFK (98.9 FM). Ron Paul ran for Congress and was a guest on his show several times. In early shows, Jones often spoke of his conviction that the United States government was behind the bombing of Oklahoma City in 1995, using the incident to put on a growing "state rights movement". In 1998, he released his first film, America Destroyed By Design .
In 1998, Jones organized a successful effort to build a new David Branch church, as a warning to those who died during a 1993 fire that ended the government siege of the original Davidian branch complex near Waco, Texas. He often displays projects on public access television programs and claims that David Koresh and his followers are peaceful people who were killed by Attorney General Janet Reno and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms during the siege. That same year, he was expelled from a George W. Bush rally in Bayport Industrial District, Texas. Jones disrupted the speech of Governor Bush, demanding that the Federal Reserve and the Council on Foreign Relations be abolished. Journalist David Weigel, reporting the incident, said Jones "seems to be launching into a public event as if it was thrown from another universe."
In 1999, Jones tied up with Shannon Burke for a "Best Austin Talk Radio Host" poll of that year, selected by The Austin Chronicle's readers. Later that year, he was fired from KJFK-FM for refusing to expand the topic. His view made the show difficult to sell to advertisers, according to the station's operations manager. Jones states:
It's pure politics, and it's down from... I was told 11 weeks ago to dismiss [Bill] Clinton, to fire all these politicians, not to talk about rebuilding churches, to stop bashing Marines, A to Z.
He started broadcasting his show with an internet connection from his home.
In early 2000, Jones was one of seven Republican candidates for state representation at Texas House District 48, an open swing district based in Austin, Texas. Jones stated that he ran "to be an inside overseer" but retired from the race after a few weeks. In July, a group of Austin Community Access Center (ACAC) programmers claimed that Jones used ACAC's legal process and policies to intimidate them or to get their show off the air.
In 2001, the show was syndicated in about 100 stations. After the 9/11 attacks, Jones began talking about a conspiracy by the Bush administration behind the attack, which caused a number of stations that had previously led him to stop the program, according to Will Bunch.
On June 8, 2006, while on his way to covering the Bilderberg Group meeting in Ottawa, Jones was stopped and detained at Ottawa airport by Canadian authorities confiscating his passport, camera equipment, and most of his belongings. He was then authorized to enter Canada legally. Jones said of the reason for holding immigration, "I would like to say, on the record, it takes two people to dance, I can handle it better."
On September 8, 2007, she was arrested while protesting on 6th Avenue and 48th Street in New York City. He is accused of operating a megaphone without permission. The other two were also cited for irregular behavior when his group crashed into a live television show featuring Geraldo Rivera. In an article, one of Jones's protesters said, "That is... guerilla warfare information."
On June 6, 2013, Jones spoke to the international media for Bilderberg's annual conference in Watford, England. He gave an hour-long speech to about 2,000 protesters in The Grove's hotel yard, where he was "greeted happily", "surrounded by cameras and inundated with questions".
On July 21, 2016, after the 2016 Republican National Convention, Jones and Roger Stone began planning to eliminate Ted Cruz from his Senate seat after he failed to support Donald Trump as Republican presidential candidate, with potential challengers Katrina Pierson and Dan Patrick complaining in elections Upcoming Texas for the Senate in 2018.
On July 6, 2017, with Paul Joseph Watson, Jones began holding a contest to create the best "CNN Meme", in which the winner would receive $ 20,000. The contest was made in response to CNN releasing an article about a controversial Reddit user who has created a pro-Trump, anti-CNN meme.
On January 23, 2018, it was announced that Jones would work with New York Times bestselling author Neil Strauss in his upcoming book, The Secret History of Modern World & War for the Future '.
Sex and Sexual Harassment and antisemitism claims
In February 2018, Jones was accused by two former antisemitic employees, anti-black racism and sexual harassment of both men and women. Jones denied the allegations.
Two former employees at Infowars filed separate complaints against Jones.
Radio, website, and mail order-business
The Alex Jones Show is broadcast nationwide by Genesis Communications Network to over 90 AM and FM radio stations in the United States, including WWCR, a shortwave radio station. Sunday events also air in KLBJ. In 2010, the event attracted about 2 million listeners each week.
According to journalist Will Bunch, a senior fellow at Media Matters for America, the show has a heavier demographic among younger viewers than other conservative experts because of the conspiracy of Jones's "conspiracy tone and Web-based approach". Bunch also states that Jones "feeds on the deepest paranoia". According to Alexander Zaitchik of Rolling Stone magazine, in 2011 he has more online viewers than the combined Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh.
Infowars
Jones is the Publisher and Director of the website Infowars.com . The Infowars site receives about 10 million visits each month, making it more popular than some major news websites like The Economist and Newsweek.
NewsWars
In August 2017, Jones announced the launch of NewsWars.com, a site that Jones said was intended to combat false news.
PrisonPlanet
Alex Jones also operates PrisonPlanet.com .
Consumer products
The 2017 piece for German magazine Der Spiegel by Veit Medick shows that two-thirds of Jones's funds come from the sale of its successful products. These products are marketed through the website's Infowars and through the ad space on the Jones show. They include dietary supplements, toothpaste, bulletproof vests and "brain pills" "appealing to those who believe Armageddon is near", according to Medick.
In August 2017, California medical firm Labdoor, Inc. reported on tests applied to six of Jones's dietary supplements. This includes a product called 'Survival Shield', discovered by Labdoor to contain only iodine, and a product called 'Oxy-Powder', which consists of magnesium oxide and citric acid compounds; common ingredients in dietary supplements. Labdoor did not show evidence of harm or harm, but cast doubt on Infowars' marketing claims for these products, and confirmed that the quantity of ingredients in a particular product would be "too low to be effective".
On the Last Night's Night segment, host John Oliver stated that Jones spends "almost a quarter" of his on-air time promoting the products sold on his website, many of which are the solutions claimed for medical and economic problems which is claimed to be caused by the conspiracy theories described in his show.
Views
Mainstream sources have described Jones as a conservative, right-wing, right-top, and conspiracy theorist. Jones describes himself as a libertarian and paleoconservative. He often supports Donald Trump and consistently denounces Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Pistol right
Jones is a supporter of vocal rights. MTV has labeled him a "persistent second supporter of the Second Amendment", while The Telegraph calls it a "firearm". He has been widely quoted in the international media to claim, in the debate with Piers Morgan, that "1776 will begin again if you try to take our weapons". Jones is a reference to the American Revolutionary War in relation to the theoretical weapon control measures taken by the government. He has been reported to have about 50 firearms.
Vaccines
Jones is known and widely reported in the media for his opposition to the vaccine, and his views on the vaccine controversy. On June 16, 2017, Vox covered his claim that the introduction of Julia, Autis Sesame Street Muppet, "is designed to normalize autism, vaccine-induced disorders." On November 20, 2017, The New Yorker cited Jones for claiming Infowars is "defending the right of people not to be infected by vaccines by force". ThinkProgress has stated that she "continues to harm children by convincing their parents that the vaccine is dangerous." Jones specifically debates the safety and effectiveness of the MMR vaccine.
Weather weapons
Mother Jones has claimed that Jones is a person who believes in a weather weapon, and Salon has covered his claim "that the president has access to a weather weapon capable of not only creating a tornado but also removing it, on demand." weather wars have been widely reported by mainstream media. He has claimed that Hurricane Irma may have been geo-engineered.
White genocide
Jones is a believer in the white-genocide conspiracy theory. Media Matters covered his claim that NFL players protesting against the national anthem "kneeling to the white genocide" and perpetrating violence against whites, which SPLC displayed in their main review. On October 2, 2017, Jones claimed that Democrats and communists are planning a "white genocide" attack in the near future. His reporting and public outlook on the topic has received support and coverage from publications and nationalist white groups, such as AltRight.com and the New Zealand National Front.
Controversy
Jones has been at the center of much controversy, as it surrounds his actions and statements about gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School photo shoot. He accused the US government of involvement in the bombing of Oklahoma City and the September 11 attacks. In 2009, Jones claimed that a con artist scheme punished to take over a long and profitable prison in Hardin, Montana was part of the FEMA plot to detain US citizens in concentration camps. Jones was in a "media shootout" in 2011, which included criticism by Rush Limbaugh, when news spread that Jared Lee Loughner, the 2011 Tucson shooter, had been "a fan" of the 9/11 conspiracy movie Loose Change where Jones became an executive producer. The website, Infowars.com , has been described as a conspiracy and fake news website.
Khan Shaykhun chemical attack
In April 2017, Jones was criticized for claiming that Khan Shaykhun's chemical attacks were a hoax and a "false flag". Jones stated that the attack was potentially carried out by the civil defense group White Helmets, which he claims to be an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist funded by George Soros.
School shooting
Jones has been heavily criticized for spreading conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot and the shooting of Stoneman Douglas High School 2018 into a false flag operation engineered by arms control supporters. In particular, he has stated that "no one died" in Sandy Hook and that Stoneman Douglas survived David Hogg was an actor of the crisis. Claims made to support these theories have been proved wrong.
Legal action
In February 2017, lawyer James Alefantis, owner of Comet Ping Pong pizza, sent Jones a letter demanding an apology and retraction for his role in pushing the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. Under Texas law, Jones was given one month to comply with or be subject to a libel suit. In March 2017, Alex Jones apologized to Alefantis for announcing conspiracy theories and withdrawing his allegations.
In April 2017, the Chobani yogurt company filed a lawsuit against Jones for his article claiming that the company's Idaho plant, which employs refugees, is connected to the sexual assault of children in 2016 and an increase in cases of tuberculosis. As a result of the lawsuit, Jones issued an apology and repeal for his allegations in May 2017.
In March 2018, Brennan Gilmore, who shared a video he caught from the car hitting anti-racism demonstrators at unite the Right Rally 2017 in Charlottesville, North Carolina, filed suit against Jones and six others. According to the lawsuit, Jones said that Gilmore acted as part of a false flag operation carried out by a disgruntled government "state in" government in launching a coup against President Trump. Gilmore accused him of having received death threats from a Jones audience.
Relationship with Donald Trump
In December 2015, Jones initially "formed a bond" with Donald Trump, after the presidential candidate appeared on The Alex Jones Show, claiming that Jones had a "tremendous reputation". During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton criticized Donald Trump for his relationship with Alex Jones. Jones said that Trump called him on the day after the election to thank him for his help in the campaign. Since Donald Trump took office, Jones has been claimed to communicate with the President through his helpers, something that, according to Chief of Staff John Kelly, has been trying to block. In June 2017, journalist and commentator Bill Moyers wrote that Trump and Jones explicitly "operate as a tag team".
Television shows and interviews
In January 2013, Jones was invited to speak at Piers Morgan's show after promoting an online petition to deport Morgan for his support of the gun control legislation. The interview turned into a "one-man shoutfest, when Jones grumbles about weapons, oppressive governments, flags, the role of his ancestors in Texan independence, and what Morgan would do in his stockings if they struggled." The show attracts widespread coverage, and according to The Huffington Post, Morgan and others like Glenn Beck "agree that Jones is a bad spokesman for weapons rights". Jones's appearance on the show was Twitter's most trending topic the following morning.
On June 9, 2013, Jones appeared as a guest on the BBC Sunday Politician television show, during a discussion of conspiracy theories surrounding the Bilderberg Group meetings with presenter Andrew Neil and journalist David Aaronovitch. A critic of such theories, Aaronovitch implies that, since Jones was not killed for uncovering conspiracy, they are not there or that Jones is a part of their own. Jones started shouting and interrupting, and Andrew Neil ended the interview, describing Jones as an "idiot" and "the worst person I've ever interviewed". According to Neil on Twitter, Jones is still screaming until he knows that he's on the air.
Personal life
Jones has three children with former wife of Kelly Jones. The couple is divorced in 2015. By 2017, Kelly seeks sole parenting rights or with their children due to Alex's behavior. He claims "he's not a stable person" and "I'm worried that he's involved in a felonious behavior, threatening members of Congress" (Adam Schiff). Alex's lawyer responded by claiming that "he plays a character" and describes him as a "performing artist". In court, Jones denied playing the character and he called his show "the most bonafide, hard-core, real, and everyone knows it." The court gave Kelly the power to decide where their children lived.
His son, Rex Jones, has worked for Infowars, receiving media attention for videos critical of gun control and BuzzFeed News. Jones has praised Rex for convincing him to support Donald Trump as a presidential candidate, in what Matilda Baru calls "a surprisingly touching confession".
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