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Alex Jones 
Alex Jones portraitBorn Alexander Emerick Jones
February 11, 1974
Dallas, Texas, U.S.Residence Austin, Texas, U.S. Other names Alexander Jones
Emerick JonesOccupation Film producer
Radio hostKnown for Advocacy of national sovereignty; New World Order theories; anti-world government; and various conspiracy theories. Political party Republican[1] Religion Christianity Spouse Kelly Rebecca Nichols aka Violet Jones Website InfoWars.com, PrisonPlanet.TV 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 over 60 AM, FM, and shortwave radio stations across the United States and on the Internet.[2] His websites include Infowars.com and PrisonPlanet.com.[3]
Mainstream sources have described Jones as a conservative[4][5][6][7] and as a right-wing conspiracy theorist.[8][9][10][11]
Jones sees himself as a libertarian, and rejects being described as a right-winger.[12] He has also called himself a paleoconservative.[13] In a promotional biography he is described as an "aggressive constitutionalist".[14][15]
Alex Jones has been the center of many controversies. Jones has accused the US government of being involved in the Oklahoma City bombing[16] and September 11 attacks.[17]
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Biography
Jones was born on February 11, 1974 in Dallas, Texas,[18] and grew up in the suburb of Rockwall. His father is a dentist, and his mother is a homemaker.[19] He attended Anderson High School in northwest Austin, Texas. Jones was a linemen on his high school's football team.[19] 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.[20] 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.[21] He often featured the project on his Public-access television program and claimed that Koresh and his followers were peaceful people who were murdered by Attorney General Janet Reno and the ATF during the siege.[20]
In 1999, he tied with Shannon Burke for that year's "Best Austin Talk Radio Host" poll as voted by The Austin Chronicle readers.[22] 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.[20] 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."[20]
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."[1] He aborted his campaign and withdrew before the March primary when polls indicated he had little chance of winning.
Legal issues
Jones at Ottawa Bilderberg 2006
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. The programmers made their views known via radio broadcast and websites.[23] 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, Ontario, 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."[24]
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."[25]
Media
The Alex Jones Show syndicated radio program is broadcast nationally by Genesis Communications Network to more than 60 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.
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 cohesion between disparate power structures.
Films
Alex Jones and fans at the Première of A Scanner Darkly
Year Film Notes 1998 America: Destroyed by Design 1999 Police State 2000 1999 Are You Practicing Communism? Produced by Mike Hanson 2000 America Wake Up or Waco 2000 The Best of Alex Jones 2000 Dark Secrets Inside Bohemian Grove 2000 Police State II: The Takeover 2001 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports: Exposed 2001 911 The Road to Tyranny: Special Emergency Release 2002 911 The Road to Tyranny 2002 The Masters of Terror: Exposed 2003 Matrix of Evil 2003 Police State 3: Total Enslavement 2004 American Dictators: Documenting the Staged Election of 2004 2005 Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State 2005 The Order of Death 2006 TerrorStorm: A History of Government-Sponsored Terrorism 2007 Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement 2007 Endgame 1.5 2007 TerrorStorm: A History of Government-Sponsored Terrorism - Second Edition 2007 Loose Change: Final Cut by Dylan Avery Executive producer 2008 The 9/11 Chronicles: Part 1, Truth Rising 2008 Fabled Enemies by Jason Bermas Producer 2009 DVD Arsenal: The Alex Jones Show Vols. 1—3 2009 The Obama Deception: The Mask Comes Off 2009 Fall of the Republic: Vol. 1, The Presidency of Barack H. Obama 2009 Reflections and Warnings: An Interview with Aaron Russo 2010 Police State IV: The Rise Of FEMA 2010 Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined by Jason Bermas Producer 2010 The Fall of America and the Western World by Brian Kraft Featured Author
Year Book Publisher 2002 9-11: Descent Into Tyranny Progressive Press Film subject
Year Film Notes 2003 Aftermath: Unanswered Questions from 9/11 by Stephen Marshall 2009 New World Order by Luke Meyer and Andrew Neel Acting
Jones has appeared in two Richard Linklater movies as a supporting actor.
Year Film Role 2001 Waking Life Man in Car with P.A. 2006 A Scanner Darkly Street Prophet See also
References
- ^ a b Scott S. Greenberger (January 4, 2000). "Nine to seek Greenberg's House seat" (fee required). Austin American-Statesman (Cox Enterprises): p. B1. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&s_dispstring=%22to%20be%20a%20watchdog%20on%20the%20inside%22&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%22to%20be%20a%20watchdog%20on%20the%20inside%22)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no.
- ^ PACT Channel 10 Programming Schedule[dead link] Accessed 26 April 2006.
- ^ http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/alex-jones-charlie-sheen-requests-meeting-obama--cover/[dead link]
- ^ "BART Officer Threats". cbs5.com. http://cbs5.com/local/BART.officer.threats.2.1039379.html. Retrieved 2010-12-13.[dead link]
- ^ An article in the San Jose Mercury News describes Alex Jones as a "conservative radio talk show host."
- ^ Two articles in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from March and April of 2009 describe Jones as a "conservative radio commentator"
- ^ Norman, Tony (2009-08-14). "A nutty way of discussing health care". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09226/990805-153.stm.
- ^ Gosa, Travis L. (2011). "Counterknowledge, racial paranoia, and the cultic milieu: Decoding hip hop conspiracy theory". Poetics 39 (3). doi:10.1016/j.poetic.2011.03.003. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304422X11000167. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ^ Black, Louis (2000-07-14). "Unknown Title". Austin Chronicle. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/print?oid=77891. Retrieved 2008-05-20. "Jones is an articulate, sometimes hypnotic, often just annoying conspiracy theorist."
- ^ 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. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/85990051.html?dids=85990051:85990051&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+26%2C+2001&author=Paul+Duggan&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=A.22&desc=Austin+Hears+the+Music+And+Another+New+Reality%3B+In+Texas+Cultural+Center%2C+People+Prepare+to+Fight+Terror. Retrieved 2008-05-20. "[His cable show] has made the exuberant, 27-year-old conspiracy theorist a minor celebrity in Austin."
- ^ "Conspiracy Files: 9/11 - Q&A: What really happened" (FAQ). BBC News. 2007-02-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/conspiracy_files/6341851.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-19. "Leading conspiracy theorist and broadcaster Alex Jones of infowars.com argues that ..."
- ^ Roddy, Dennis B. (April 10, 2009). "An Accused Cop Killer's Politics". Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2215826/. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ^ Rosell, Rich (27 November 2006). "Dark days, the Alex Jones interview". digitallyobsessed.com. Archived from the original on unspecified. http://www.infowars.com/articles/alex/ts_dark_days_the_alex_jones_interview.htm.
- ^ "590 KLBJ Hosts and Shows". http://www.590klbj.com/hosts-local/Story.aspx?ID=1017549. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ "Roanoke man charged with making online threats". http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/207454. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ "Meet Alex Jones, the Talk Radio Host Behind Charlie Sheen's Crazy Rants". Rolling Stone Politics. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
- ^ Stahl, Jeremy (September 6, 2011). "Where Did 9/11 Conspiracies Come From?". Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2302830/. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ^ Jones, Alex. Coast to Coast AM. January 27, 2007.
- ^ a b Zaitchik, Alexander (2011-03-02). "Meet Alex Jones, the Talk Radio Host Behind Charlie Sheen's Crazy Rants". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/talk-radios-alex-jones-the-most-paranoid-man-in-america-20110302. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
- ^ a b c d Nichols, Lee (December 10, 1999). "Psst, It's a Conspiracy: KJFK Gives Alex Jones the Boot Media Clips". The Austin Chronicle. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:75039.
- ^ Connie Mabin (April 19, 2000). "Branch Davidians hope a new church can close wounds". Associated Press/The Independent (UK). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/branch-davidians-hope-a-new-church-can-close-wounds-719121.html. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
- ^ Best of Austin 1999 Readers Poll, 1999, http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Awards/BestOfAustin/?BOACategory=Media&Year=1999&Poll=Readers&Display=Long, retrieved 2007-08-14
- ^ Nichols, Lee (2000-07-14). "Alex Jones: Conspiracy Victim or Evil Mastermind?". Austin Chronicle. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=77932. Retrieved 2008-05-20. "Alex Jones is no stranger to conspiracy theories."
- ^ Payton, Laura (2006-06-08). "Bilderberg-bound filmmaker held at airport". The Ottawa Citizen. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=f67cbe75-4eed-4daf-877e-189e52d1f33c&k=12919. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
- ^ Grace, Melissa; Xana O'Neill (2007-09-09). "Filmmaker arrested during city protest". Daily News (New York). http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/09/09/2007-09-09_filmmaker_arrested_during_city_protest.html. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
External links
- Alex Jones' InfoWars.com
- Alex Jones' PrisonPlanet.com
- The Alex Jones Show at Genesis Communications Network
- Alex Jones at the Internet Movie Database
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