Alex Jones

Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right ''USA Today''}} radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. and the Southern Poverty Law Center describes him as "the most prolific conspiracy theorist in contemporary America".}}}} He hosts ''The Alex Jones Show'' from Austin, Texas, which was previously broadcast by the Genesis Communications Network across the United States via syndicated and internet radio. Jones's website, ''InfoWars'', promotes conspiracy theories and fake news, as do his other websites, ''NewsWars'' and ''PrisonPlanet''. Jones has provided a platform and support for white nationalists, giving Nick Fuentes a platform on his website, ''Banned.Video'', as well as providing an "entry point" to their ideology. In 2023, leaked texts from Jones's phone revealed that he created the website ''National File'' to evade social media bans on ''InfoWars'' content.

Among many other conspiracy theories, Jones has alleged that the United States government either concealed information about or outright falsified the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11 attacks, and the 1969 Moon landing. He has also claimed that several governments and large businesses 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".

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. A staunch supporter of Trump's re-election, Jones also supported the false claims of electoral fraud in the 2020 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.

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. On December 2, 2022, Jones filed for personal bankruptcy. Provided by Wikipedia