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Alexander Emerick "Alex" Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American talk radio host, actor and filmmaker. His syndicated news/talk show The Alex Jones Show, based in Austin, Texas, airs via the Genesis Communication Network on over 70 AM, FM, and shortwave radio stations across the United States and on the Internet. His websites include Infowars.com and PrisonPlanet.com.

Mainstream sources have described Jones as a conservative and as a right-wing conspiracy theorist. Jones sees himself as a libertarian, and rejects being described as a right-winger. He has also called himself a paleoconservative and an "aggressive constitutionalist". Jones has been the center of many controversies such as the one surrounding his actions and statements about gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and has accused the US government of being involved in the Oklahoma City bombing and September 11 attacks.

Biography

Jones was born on February 11, 1974 in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in the suburb of Rockwall. His father is a dentist. He attended Anderson High School in northwest Austin, Texas. Jones was a lineman on his high school's football team. After graduating high school he briefly attended Austin Community College.

He began his career in Austin with a live, call-in format public-access television cable TV program. In 1996, Jones switched format to KJFK, hosting a show named The Final Edition. In 1998, he released his first film, America Destroyed By Design.

In 1998, Jones organized a successful effort to build a new Branch Davidian church as a memorial to those who died during the 1993 fire that ended the government's siege of the original Branch Davidian complex near Waco, Texas. He often featured the project on his public-access television program and claimed that David Koresh and his followers were peaceful people who were murdered by Attorney General Janet Reno and the ATF during the siege.

In 1999, he tied with Shannon Burke for that year's "Best Austin Talk Radio Host" poll as voted by The Austin Chronicle readers. Later that year, he was fired from KJFK-FM. According to the station's operations manager, Jones was fired because his viewpoints made the show hard to sell to advertisers and he refused to broaden his topics. Jones argued: "It was purely political, and it came down from on high", and, "I was told 11 weeks ago to lay off Clinton, to lay off all these politicians, to not talk about rebuilding the church, to stop bashing the Marines, A to Z."

In early 2000, Jones was one of seven Republican candidates for state representative in Texas House District 48, an open seat swing district based in Austin, Texas. Jones stated that he was running, "to be a watchdog on the inside." He aborted his campaign and withdrew before the March primary when polls indicated he had little chance of winning.

Legal issues

In July 2000, a group of Austin Community Access Center (ACAC) programmers claimed that Jones used legal proceedings and ACAC policy to intimidate them or get their shows thrown off the air. Also in 2000, Jones and assistant Mike Hanson infiltrated Bohemian Grove and filmed the opening weekend ceremony, known as the Cremation of Care, claiming it to be mock child sacrifice in front of a 40-foot-tall (12 m) stone owl of Moloch.

On June 8, 2006, while on his way to cover a meeting of the Bilderberg group in Ottawa, Canada, Jones was stopped and detained at the Ottawa airport by Canadian authorities who confiscated his passport, camera equipment, and most of his belongings. He was later allowed to enter Canada lawfully. Jones said regarding the reason for his immigration hold, "I want to say, on the record, it takes two to tango. I could have handled it better."

On September 8, 2007, he was arrested while protesting at 6th Avenue and 48th Street in New York City. He was charged with operating a bullhorn without a permit. Two others were also cited for disorderly conduct when his group crashed a live television show featuring Geraldo Rivera. In an article, one of Jones's fellow protesters said "It was ... guerilla information warfare."

Media

The Alex Jones Show syndicated radio program is broadcast nationally by Genesis Communications Network to more than 70 AM and FM radio stations in the United States, and to WWCR Radio shortwave. Live-broadcast times are weekdays 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. CST and Sundays from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. CST. The Sunday broadcast is also broadcast by Emmis Communications' KLBJ Radio.

Alex Jones is also the operator of several web sites centered on news and information about civil liberties issues, global government, and a wide variety of current events topics. Several of these sites are www.infowars.com, www.prisonplanet.tv, www.prisonplanet.com, and www.jonesreport.com.

Reception

Mainstream sources have described Jones as a conservative and as a right-wing conspiracy theorist. The Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Files assert that he has "exploit racial animosities" to "appeal to the fears of the antigovernment Patriot movement." Jones sees himself as a libertarian, and rejects being described as a right-winger. He has also called himself a paleoconservative and an "aggressive constitutionalist". Jones has been the center of many controversies, and has accused the US government of being involved in the Oklahoma City bombing and September 11 attacks. Jones had promoted an online petition to deport Piers Morgan due to Morgan's support of gun control laws, and was invited to speak on Morgan's show in January 2013. The interview turned into "a one-person shoutfest, as Jones riffed about guns, oppressive government, the flag, his ancestors’ role in Texan independence, and what flag Morgan would have on his tights if they wrestled." The event drew widespread coverage, and according to the Huffington Post, Morgan and others such as Glenn Beck "agreed that Jones was a terrible spokesman for gun rights". Jones' appearance on the show was a top trending Twitter topic the following morning.

As of 2010, he was estimated to have an audience of over 2 million listeners; with a demographic heavier in younger viewers than other conservative pundits.

Works

Jones has directed and produced a number of videos detailing his theories of a "New World Order" and his concerns that U.S. national sovereignty and constitutional rights have both been eroded as a result. They also address his views concerning the misuse of government power, corporate deception and collusion between disparate power structures.

Films

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Acting

See also

• 9/11 conspiracy theories

References

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2. List of Alex Jones Radio Show Affliated Stations.
3. http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/alex-jones-charlie-sheen-requests-meeting-obama--cover/
4. ^ "BART Officer Threats". cbs5.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
5. ^ An article in the San Jose Mercury News describes Alex Jones as a "conservative radio talk show host."
6. ^ Two articles in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from March and April 2009 describe Jones as a "conservative radio commentator"
7. ^ Norman, Tony (2009-08-14). "A nutty way of discussing health care". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
8. ^ 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. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
9. ^ Black, Louis (2000-07-14). "Unknown Title". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-05-20. Jones is an articulate, sometimes hypnotic, often just annoying conspiracy theorist. {{cite news}}: More than one of |work= and |newspaper= specified (help)
10. ^ Duggan, Paul (2001-10-26). "Austin Hears the Music And Another New Reality; In Texas Cultural Center, People Prepare to Fight Terror" (Fee required). Washington Post. p. A22. Retrieved 2008-05-20. has made the exuberant, 27-year-old conspiracy theorist a minor celebrity in Austin.
11. ^ "Conspiracy Files: 9/11 - Q&A: What really happened" (FAQ). BBC News. 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2008-05-19. Leading conspiracy theorist and broadcaster Alex Jones of infowars.com argues that ...
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14. ^ "590 KLBJ Hosts and Shows". Retrieved 2010-12-13.
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16. "Alex Jones' pro-gun tirade at Piers Morgan on British presenter's own show". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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18. ^ Stahl, Jeremy (September 6, 2011). "Where Did 9/11 Conspiracies Come From?". Slate. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
19. Jones, Alex. Coast to Coast AM. January 27, 2007.
20. ^ Nichols, Lee (December 10, 1999). "Psst, It's a Conspiracy: KJFK Gives Alex Jones the Boot Media Clips". The Austin Chronicle.
21. Connie Mabin (April 19, 2000). "Branch Davidians hope a new church can close wounds". The Independent. UK. Associated Press. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
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23. Nichols, Lee (2000-07-14). "Alex Jones: Conspiracy Victim or Evil Mastermind?". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-05-20. Alex Jones is no stranger to conspiracy theories. {{cite news}}: More than one of |work= and |newspaper= specified (help)
24. Payton, Laura (2006-06-08). "Bilderberg-bound filmmaker held at airport". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
25. Grace, Melissa (2007-09-09). "Filmmaker arrested during city protest". Daily News (New York). Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-10. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
26. "Alex Jones - Southern Poverty Law Center". splcenter.org. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
27. ^ "Piers Morgan vs. Alex Jones feud: helping or hurting gun control? (+video) - CSMonitor.com". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
28. "Piers Morgan: Alex Jones 'Terrifying,' A Perfect 'Advertisement For Gun Control'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
29. "Social media abuzz over Piers Morgan vs. Alex Jones - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
30. Bunch, Will (2011-09-13). The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama. HarperCollins. pp. 73–. ISBN 9780061991721. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

External links

• The Alex Jones Show at Genesis Communications Network
• Alex Jones at IMDb
• Alex Jones on YouTube
• Meet Alex Jones
• "A Strange Man Is Following You". NYMag.com. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
• Institute for Research & Education of Human Rights profile on Alex Jones

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