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Alex Jones
Born
Alexander Emerick Jones

(1974-02-11) February 11, 1974 (age 50)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Radio host, television host, film producer
Known forAdvocacy of conspiracy theories, anti-globalism, National sovereignty
SpouseViolet Nichols
WebsiteInfoWars.com
PrisonPlanet.com
InfoWars.net
PrisonPlanet.tv
The Jones Report
TruthNews.us

Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11 1974) is an American paleoconservative[1] radio host[2] and documentary filmmaker. His nationally syndicated news/talk show The Alex Jones Show airs via the Genesis Communication Network on over 60 AM and FM radio stations across the United States, as well as having a large internet based audience. [3] Jones has been referred to as a conspiracy theorist by mainstream media outlets,[4][5][6][7][8][9] while RussiaToday referred to Alex Jones as an investigative journalist.[10]

Biography

Jones was born in Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas,[11] and grew up in the suburb of Rockwall.[12] He graduated from Anderson High School in northwest Austin, Texas in 1993 and briefly attended Austin Community College.

He began his career in Austin with a live, call-in format cable access television program. In 1996, Jones switched format to KJFK, hosting a show named The Final Edition.[13] In 1997, he released his first documentary-style film, America Destroyed By Design.[14]

In 1998, Jones spearheaded the effort to rebuild the David Koresh-led Branch Davidian compound/church near Waco, Texas. He often featured the project on his cable access program and claimed that Koresh and his followers were peaceful people who were murdered by Attorney General Janet Reno and the BATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) in the infamous Waco Siege.[15]

In 1999, he tied with Shannon Burke for that year's "Best Austin Talk Radio Host" poll as voted by The Austin Chronicle readers.[16] 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 stop disussing certain topics.[13] 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."[17]

In early 2000 Jones was one of seven Republican candidates for state representative in Texas House District 48, a swing district based in Austin, Texas. Jones however aborted his campaign and withdrew before the March primary. Democrat Ann Kitchen won the seat in the November election.[18]

Also in 2000, Jones and assistant Mike Hanson infiltrated the Bohemian Grove and filmed the opening weekend ceremony, known as the Cremation of Care, a mock human sacrifice in front of a 40' stone owl, which he believes has pagan origins. His footage can be viewed in his film Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove.

On June 8, 2006, while he was 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 released.[19]

On September 8, 2007 Jones was arrested while protesting at Sixth Avenue and Forty-Eighth Street in New York, NY. He was charged with operating a bullhorn without a permit. In addition two others were cited for disorderly conduct when his group crashed a live TV show featuring Geraldo Rivera. One of Jones’s fellow protesters said "It was ... guerrilla information warfare.”[20]

Jones has appeared in two Richard Linklater movies as an actor: Waking Life (2001) and A Scanner Darkly (2006).

Media productions

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The Alex Jones Show

The main show airs Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on over 60 AM/FM affiliates throughout the United States. The show is also transmitted by live internet streaming and re-broadcast feeds available on Jones' websites. [21] As of April 2008 a 4th hour has been added to the show, running between 2 p.m.—3 p.m. CST. The hour is not aired by all affiliates, though is always broadcast via the internet feed.

In addition Alex Jones has a late afternoon Sunday radio show aired on Emmis Communications' KLBJ 590 AM in Austin. Both shows are nationally syndicated in association with Genesis Communications Network.[22]

Jones' website includes audio (and some video) interviews with guests who have appeared on his show.[23][24] Notable guests and interviews include:

  • Jesse Ventura, who stated that he regrets not asking more questions about the September 11, 2001 attacks when he was still governor of Minnesota. In particular he questioned the collapse of the buildings, making the comparison with that of a controlled demolition.[30][31][32]

Regular guests have included Dylan Avery, Aimee Allen, William Rodriguez, Professor Steven E. Jones, the late Aaron Russo, David Ray Griffin, Jeff Rense, David Icke, Jim Marrs, Mike Rivero, Webster Tarpley, and David Shayler.

Websites

In June 2001, Jones launched Prisonplanet.com. He also maintains a network of related websites, with a central site at Infowars.com. In April 2004, Jones debuted Prisonplanet.tv, a subscription-based site which provides access to his films, radio interview archives, clips from his cable access television show, and digital versions of books he has written. His affiliates run Infowars.net, infowars.com and Infowarsnetwork.com, a hosting service. Jones also maintains Jonesreport.com (a take on the Drudge Report). He and his staff also maintain Truthnews.us

Films

Jones has produced a series of videos about the New World Order or totalitarian world government, based on what he views as the erosion of the United States' national sovereignty and its civil liberties, as well as the misuse of government power, corporate deception, and cohesion between disparate power structures.

Director/Producer
  • America: Destroyed By Design (1997): Jones travels the United States and discusses the subordination of American sovereignty to corporate interests.
  • America: Wake Up (Or Waco) (2000): Covers the 1993 Waco Siege incident with the Branch Davidians as well as Jones rebuilding the Mount Carmel church.
  • Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports Exposed (2000): Interviews Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) Walter Burien.
  • Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove (2000): Reproduces Jones' surreptitious coverage of the annual gathering at the Bohemian Club's private Bohemian Grove compound in 2000.
  • Police State 2000 (2000): First in a three-part series. Focuses on militarization of American law enforcement.
  • Police State 2: The Takeover (2000): Second in a three-part series. Jones critiques the American people's acceptance of increased controls on their society.
  • 9-11: The Road to Tyranny (2002): Jones claims that most major 20th and 21st century terrorist attacks were orchestrated by governments, including the September 11, 2001 attacks.
  • The Masters of Terror (2002): Jones explains why he believes the elite are using manufactured terrorism to get the population to go along with pre-planned wars in an effort to grab the world's remaining natural resources.
  • The Matrix of Evil (2003): Footage of speeches and conversations with Alex Jones, Congressman Ron Paul, Colonel Craig Roberts, former US representative Cynthia McKinney, and activist Frank Morales are reproduced.
  • Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police State (2005): Jones chronicles signs of a growing police state.
  • TerrorStorm: A History of Government-Sponsored Terrorism (2006) Jones discusses the history of terrorist attacks making the case that they were induced by governments. He focuses particularly on the 7 July 2005 London bombings. In 2007 an extended version was released featuring 17 minutes of new material: TerrorStorm: Final Cut Special Edition, Re-Mixed + Re-Mastered.
  • The 9/11 Chronicles: Truth Rising (2008): Described by Jones as a departure from his normal film style, and in the Cinéma vérité style [38], the documentary focuses on 9/11 first responders, the formation of activist groups and individuals such as WeAreChange and Mark Dice, and their confrontations with politicians, along with interviews with celebrities such as Rosie O'Donnell, Martin Sheen and Jesse Ventura. The film is not as focused on political statements as his earlier works, although many assertions of 9/11 being an inside job, and of American creeping towards becoming a police state are made. The film also does not feature a Jones voiceover, which was a staple of his earlier works.
Actor - (Cameo Roles)

Media appearances

He has been featured as a prominent figure of the 9/11 Truth Movement in such publications as The New York Times,[40] Vanity Fair, and Popular Mechanics.[41]

In September 2007, he was part of the History Channel documentary 9/11: Fact or Fiction, which examined the various conspiracy theories espoused on the Internet.

In 2007, Jones appeared on the BSkyB programme, "Conspiracies", in which he discussed the supposed power structure of The Illuminati, its New World Order plan and the various symbolism allegedly worshiped by the group.

In 2008, he appeared on a BBC programme called "The Conspiracy Files: 9/11 - The Third Tower" which aired in July. The programme discussed the idea of various 9/11 conspiracies and evidence that supports these allegations.

He is a frequent guest of George Noory on Coast to Coast AM, and has appeared on Showbiz Tonight, CBC, The Washington Post, WorldNetDaily,[42] USA Today,[43] San Antonio Express-News,[44] Austin American-Statesman, The Alan Colmes Show,[45] and C-SPAN.[46]

Michelle Malkin confrontation

Jones confronted conservative political pundit Michelle Malkin while attending the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver on August 25, 2008. Jones said to Malkin, "the majority of victims' families know 9/11's an inside job Michelle... you're discredited... you make me sick..."[47] Meanwhile, two protesters Jones claims no association with and dressed in court jester costumes came up to Jones, putting their arms around him and claiming to be his fans. Shortly after this, they began chanting "Kill Michelle Malkin!" Later, one of them yelled, ”Alex Jones is a capitalist stooge!”[48] Jones followed Malkin, shouting, "she wants to put Americans in death camps!" and called Malkin "disgusting wicked new world order trash." While Jones argued with members of her entourage, Malkin walked away, whereupon Jones shouted to his camera crew, "Get Michelle Malkin! Don't let her leave! ...Get on her!"[47]

Jones yells at her, saying she is a "Dirty anti-american . . . fascist piece of trash" [49]. He interrupts people who are trying to ask her questions on camera [49]. Alex follows Malkin for several minutes, yelling 'she wants to put people in camps',and calling her a 'monster', repeatedly. [49]. A cameraman asked him "Are you worried about people behaving violently towards her because of what you're saying?". Jones replied: 'I don't care, it's my first amendment. She called for putting people in camps' [49]).

Following the incident Jones felt media coverage of the confrontation had grossly mischaracterized his actions, in particular accusations that he was the source of the chants of "Kill Michelle Malkin!". [50][51][52] After releasing video footage he believes vindicates himself, Jones blamed the chanting on provacateurs. [53][54]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rosell, Rich, Dark days, the Alex Jones interview, digitallyobsessed.com, 27 November 2006, retrieved 27 August 2008
  2. ^ Jones, Alex. The Alex Jones Show. August 28 2006.
  3. ^ PACT Channel 10 Programming Schedule. Accessed 26 April 2006.
  4. ^ Kelley, Mike (April 17, 1999). "Alex Jones: preaching the conspiracy gospel at a station near you". Austin American-Statesman (TX). p. A13. Archived from the original (Reprint) on 1999-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-20. It's certainly not difficult to lay the label of conspiracy theorist on him. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 1999-05-08 suggested (help)
  5. ^ Black, Louis (2000-07-14). "Unknown Title". Page Two. Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-05-20. Jones is an articulate, sometimes hypnotic, often just annoying conspiracy theorist.
  6. ^ Nichols, Lee (2000-07-14). "Alex Jones: Conspiracy Victim or Evil Mastermind?". Media Clips. Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-05-20. Alex Jones is no stranger to conspiracy theories.
  7. ^ 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. [His cable show] has made the exuberant, 27-year-old conspiracy theorist a minor celebrity in Austin.
  8. ^ Author Unknown (2003-01-24). "Questions and answers: Local activist Alex Jones talks about surveillance, movies" (FAQ). University of Texas at Austin: The Daily Texan. Retrieved 2008-05-20. This week, Q&A returns with Austin's favorite activist/conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ "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 ...
  10. ^ http://www.russiatoday.com/guests/detail/1511
  11. ^ Jones, Alex. Coast to Coast AM. January 27 2007.
  12. ^ Jones, Alex. The Alex Jones Radio Show. February 6 2006.
  13. ^ a b Nichols, Lee (December 10, 1999). "Psst, It's a Conspiracy: KJFK Gives Alex Jones the Boot Media Clips". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help) Cite error: The named reference "KJFK" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  14. ^ Jones, Alex (2006-02-23). "The Port Sell-Out and the Dismantling of America". PrisonPlanet.com. Retrieved 2007-08-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ The Austin Chronicle: News: Media Clips: Alex Jones Gets the Boot from KJFK-FM
  16. ^ Best of Austin 1999 Readers Poll, 1999, retrieved 2007-08-14
  17. ^ Nichols, Lee (December 10, 1999). "Psst, It's a Conspiracy: KJFK Gives Alex Jones the Boot Media Clips". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ A Man on the Hot Seat | Texas Weekly
  19. ^ Payton, Laura (2006-06-08). "Bilderberg-bound filmmaker held at airport". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2007-08-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  20. ^ Grace, Melissa (2007-09-09). "Filmmaker arrested during city protest". Retrieved 2007-09-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ [1] The Alex Jones Show
  22. ^ PACT Channel 10 Programming Schedule. Accessed 26 April 2006.
  23. ^ Alex Jones' Prison Planet.tv: Fighting The Orwellian Police State
  24. ^ Alex Jones' Prison Planet.tv: Fighting The Orwellian Police State
  25. ^ Alex Jones Interviews Charlie Sheen
  26. ^ CNN - Charlie Sheen Questions Official 9/11 Explanations
  27. ^ Fox News Channel - Charlie Sheen Comments on 9/11 Spark Outrage
  28. ^ Oregon Commentator - Jimmy Kimmel: Zionist Racist
  29. ^ "Willie Nelson: I Question Official Sept. 11 Story". AP. Austin: FOX News. 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
  30. ^ Ventura says he regrets initial acceptance of 9/11 explanations
  31. ^ Ventura wrestles with what really happened on 9/11
  32. ^ Ventura tells 9/11-truther that WTC collapse resembled a 'controlled demolition'
  33. ^ http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2007/290107rockefellergoal.htm
  34. ^ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1263677258215075609
  35. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nD7dbkkBIA
  36. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZjKKUEHTKk
  37. ^ http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/210207_rockefeller_friendship.html
  38. ^ "Truth Rising promotional article".
  39. ^ "Cast of "A Scanner Darkly" at IMDB".
  40. ^ Feuer, Alan (June 5), "500 Conspiracy Buffs Meet To Seek the Truth of 9/11", New York Times, pp. Section B, Page 1, Column 1 {{citation}}: Check |author-link= value (help); Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); External link in |author-link= (help)
  41. ^ Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report - Popular Mechanics
  42. ^ WorldNetDaily - February 15, 1999 -- Fear and loathing in Kingsville, Texas
  43. ^ September 20 1999
  44. ^ September 20 1999
  45. ^ "Alex Jones discusses 9/11 on the Alan Colmes show". PrisonPlanet.com. 2006-04-02. Retrieved 2008-08-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  46. ^ prisonplanet.tv
  47. ^ a b infowars.com video of Alex Jones' exchange with Michelle Malkin in Denver, 25 August 2008, retrieved 27 August 2008
  48. ^ Watson, Paul Joseph, Provocateurs call for violence to demonize legitimate protesters at DNC, inforwars.com, 26 August 2008, retrieved 27 August 2008
  49. ^ a b c d 4 minutes 20 seconds Cite error: The named reference "video of jones and malkin" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  50. ^ Dallas Morning News Libels Alex Jones
  51. ^ Inside Edition Smears Jones
  52. ^ Media Runs False Flag On Alex Jones
  53. ^ Provocateurs Call For Violence
  54. ^ Kill Michelle Malkin Hoax Exposed
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