Alex Jones

This article is about the radio show host. For other people with the same name, see Alex Jones (disambiguation).

Alex Jones
Jones in 2024
Born
Alexander Emerick Jones

(1974-02-11) February 11, 1974 (age 50)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
OccupationRadio host
Known for
Spouses
  • Kelly Jones
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    (m. 2007; div. 2015)​
  • Erika Wulff
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    (m. 2017)​
Children4
Signature

Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right[10] radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist.[a][24] He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which is the longest-running online news and politics talk show, and was previously broadcast[25] by the Genesis Communications Network across the United States via syndicated and internet radio.[26] He is the founder of InfoWars and Banned.Video, websites that promoted conspiracy theories and fake news.[27][28][29]

Among many other conspiracy theories, Jones has alleged that the United States government either concealed information about or outright falsified the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11 attacks, and the 1969 Moon landing.[30] He has also claimed that several governments and large businesses have colluded to create a globalist "New World Order" through "manufactured economic crises, sophisticated surveillance tech and—above all—inside-job terror attacks that fuel exploitable hysteria".[31] Jones has provided a platform for white nationalists and neo-Nazis on his website, Banned.Video, as well as providing an "entry point" to their ideology.[32] In 2023, leaked texts from Jones's phone revealed that he created the website National File to evade social media bans on InfoWars content.[33][34]

A longtime critic of Republican and Democratic foreign and security policy, Jones supported Donald Trump's 2016 presidential bid and continued to support him as a savior from an alleged criminal bipartisan cabal controlling the federal government, despite also falling out with Trump over several of his policies, including airstrikes against the Assad regime.[35][36][37] A staunch supporter of Trump's re-election, Jones also supported the attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. On January 6, 2021, Jones was a speaker at the rally in Lafayette Square Park supporting Trump preceding the latter's supporters' attack on the US Capitol.[38]

In October 2022, for Jones's defamatory falsehoods about the Sandy Hook shooting, juries in Connecticut and Texas awarded a total of $1.487 billion in damages from Jones to a first responder and families of victims; the plaintiffs alleged that Jones's lies led to them being threatened and harassed for years.[39][40][41] On December 2, 2022, Jones filed for personal bankruptcy.[42]

  1. ^ Bote, Joshua (March 13, 2020) "Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to stop peddling phony coronavirus cures by New York AG" Archived May 17, 2020, at the Wayback Machine USA Today
  2. ^ Griffing, Alexander (August 6, 2018) "Remember When Donald Trump Appeared on Alex Jones' 'InfoWars'" Archived May 25, 2020, at the Wayback Machine Haaretz
  3. ^ Cox Media Group National Content Desk (March 10, 2020) "Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrested in Texas" Archived March 10, 2020, at the Wayback Machine WSB-TV
  4. ^ Sheffield, Matthew (August 9, 2018) "Neo-Nazis hope to leverage Alex Jones controversies one year after Charlottesville violence" Archived December 6, 2022, at the Wayback Machine The Hill
  5. ^ Henning Santiago, Amanda Luz (March 13, 2020) "Tish declares war on Alex Jones' toothpaste" Archived December 6, 2020, at the Wayback Machine City & State New York
  6. ^ Wagner, Kurt (May 2, 2019) "Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Other Far-Right Figures" Archived June 24, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Bloomberg News
  7. ^ McGovern, Tim (May 2, 2019). "Far-Right Personality Alex Jones Banned from Facebook and Instagram for Being a 'Dangerous' Individual". People. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  8. ^ Griffin, Andrew (August 18, 2017). "Video shows Alex Jones getting cup of boiling coffee thrown in his face". The Independent. London, England: Independent Print Ltd. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  9. ^ Williamson, Elizabeth (February 7, 2019). "Sandy Hook Families Gain in Defamation Suits Against Alex Jones". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 10, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
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  11. ^ Ciscarelli, Joe (November 17, 2013). "An Interview With Alex Jones, America's Leading (and Proudest) Conspiracy Theorist". New York. New York: New York Media. Archived from the original on September 8, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  12. ^ "Alex Jones Profile". Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  13. ^ Roig-Franzia, Manuel (November 17, 2016). "How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump's ear". The Washington Post. Washington, DC: Nash Holdings LLC. Archived from the original on November 23, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  14. ^ Rajan, Amol (August 8, 2018). "Alex Jones, Infowars, and the new public sphere". BBC News. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  15. ^ Byford, Jovan (2011). Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-230-34921-6. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  16. ^ Buncombe, Andrew (February 15, 2016). "The Scalia conspiracy theories are getting out of hand". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  17. ^ Knight, Peter (Winter 2008). "Outrageous Conspiracy Theories: Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and the United States". New German Critique. 35 (103): 165–193. doi:10.1215/0094033X-2007-024. ISSN 0094-033X. JSTOR 27669225.
  18. ^ "Controversial talk show host Alex Jones to seek dismissal of lawsuit by Sandy Hook parents". CBC News. Reuters. August 1, 2018. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  19. ^ Paul, Katie (May 3, 2019). "Facebook bans Alex Jones, other extremist figures". Reuters. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020 – via www.reuters.com.
  20. ^ Gosa, Travis L. (2011). "Counterknowledge, racial paranoia, and the cultic milieu: Decoding hip hop conspiracy theory". Poetics. 39 (3): 187. doi:10.1016/j.poetic.2011.03.003.
  21. ^ Black, Louis (July 14, 2000). "Unknown Title". The Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2008. Jones is an articulate, sometimes hypnotic, often just annoying conspiracy theorist.
  22. ^ Duggan, Paul (October 26, 2001). "Austin Hears the Music And Another New Reality; In Texas Cultural Center, People Prepare to Fight Terror". The Washington Post. p. A22. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved May 20, 2008. [His cable show] has made the exuberant, 27-year-old conspiracy theorist a minor celebrity in Austin.
  23. ^ "Conspiracy Files: 9/11 – Q&A: What really happened" (FAQ). BBC News. February 16, 2007. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2008. Leading conspiracy theorist and broadcaster Alex Jones of infowars.com argues that ...
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  25. ^ "List of Alex Jones Radio Show Affiliated Stations" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  26. ^ "The Alex Jones Show". Tune In. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
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  29. ^ Mencimer, Stephanie (December 12, 2016). "PizzaGate Shooter Read Alex Jones. Here Are Some Other Fans Who Perpetrated Violent Acts". Mother Jones. San Francisco, California: Foundation for National Progress. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
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  31. ^ Zaitchik, Alexander (March 2, 2011). "Meet Alex Jones". Rolling Stone. New York: Wenner Media LLC. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
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  35. ^ "Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones weeps over Trump's Syria strikes: 'I just feel like I had my best girlfriend break up with me'". Dallas News. April 15, 2018. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  36. ^ Ohlheiser, Abby (April 15, 2018). "'They have broken Trump': Alex Jones and the Trump Internet's fractured response to the Syria strikes". Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  37. ^ Gstalter, Morgan (April 14, 2018). "Infowars's Alex Jones blasts Trump over airstrikes: 'He's crapping all over us'". The Hill. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
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  40. ^ "Jury awards nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families in Alex Jones case | CNN Business". October 12, 2022. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
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  42. ^ Williamson, Elizabeth (December 2, 2022). "Alex Jones Files for Bankruptcy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.


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