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Jones in 2009
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Born |
Alexander Emerick Jones February 11, 1974 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Residence | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Radio host, film producer |
Known for | Various conspiracy theories such as 9/11 Truth, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories, and the New World Order conspiracy theories |
Political party | Republican |
Website | infowars.com |
Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right radio show host, filmmaker, writer, businessman, and conspiracy theorist. He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which airs on the Genesis Communications Network and shortwave radio station WWCR across the United States and online. His website, InfoWars.com, has been labeled as a fake news website.
Jones has been the center of many controversies, including his statements in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, about it being staged, adding support to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories, and as an argument against gun control. He has accused the U.S. government of being involved in the Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11 attacks and the filming of fake Moon landings to hide NASA's secret technology.
He has claimed that several governments and big business have colluded to create a New World Order through "manufactured economic crises, sophisticated surveillance tech and—above all—inside-job terror attacks that fuel exploitable hysteria". Jones has described himself as a libertarian and paleoconservative, and has been described by others as conservative, right-wing, alt-right, and a pro-Russia propagandist.