Alex Jones (radio)

Infobox Celebrity
name = Alex Jones


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birth_name = Alexander Emerick Jones
birth_date = Birth date and age|1974|2|11
birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.
death_date =
death_place =
occupation = Radio host, television host, film producer
website = [http://infowars.com InfoWars.com]
[http://prisonplanet.com PrisonPlanet.com]
[http://infowars.net InfoWars.net]
[http://prisonplanet.tv PrisonPlanet.tv]
[http://jonesreport.com The Jones Report]
[http://truthnews.us TruthNews.us]
footnotes =
known_for = Advocacy of conspiracy theories, anti-globalism, National sovereignty

Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American paleoconservative [Rosell, Rich, " [http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showinterview.php3?ID=80&page=3 Dark days, the Alex Jones interview] ", digitallyobsessed.com, 27 November 2006, retrieved 27 August 2008] radio host [Jones, Alex. "The Alex Jones Show". August 28, 2006.] and documentary filmmaker. His nationally syndicated news/talk show "The Alex Jones Show" airs via the Genesis Communication Network on over 60 AM, FM, and Short Wave radio stations across the United States, as well as having a large internet based audience. [ [http://www.austinpact.org/programming/channel10.php PACT Channel 10 Programming Schedule] . Accessed 26 April 2006.] Jones has been referred to as a conspiracy theorist by mainstream media outlets, [cite news
first = Mike
last = Kelley
title = Alex Jones: preaching the conspiracy gospel at a station near you
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format = Reprint
publisher = Austin American-Statesman (TX)
page = A13
date = April 17, 1999
accessdate = 2008-05-20
quote = It's certainly not difficult to lay the label of conspiracy theorist on him.
archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/19990508133342/www.infowars.com/alex_article.html
archivedate = 1999-05-17 ] [cite news
first = Louis
last = Black
title = Unknown Title
url = http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/print?oid=77891
work = Page Two
publisher = Austin Chronicle
date = 2000-07-14
accessdate = 2008-05-20
quote = Jones is an articulate, sometimes hypnotic, often just annoying conspiracy theorist. ] [cite news
first = Lee
last = Nichols
title = Alex Jones: Conspiracy Victim or Evil Mastermind?
url = http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=77932
work = Media Clips
publisher = Austin Chronicle
date = 2000-07-14
accessdate = 2008-05-20
quote = Alex Jones is no stranger to conspiracy theories. ] [cite news
first = Paul
last = Duggan
title = Austin Hears the Music And Another New Reality; In Texas Cultural Center, People Prepare to Fight Terror
url = 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
format = Fee required
publisher = Washington Post
page = A22
date = 2001-10-26
accessdate = 2008-05-20
quote = [His cable show] has made the exuberant, 27-year-old conspiracy theorist a minor celebrity in Austin. ] [cite news
author = Author Unknown
title = Questions and answers: Local activist Alex Jones talks about surveillance, movies
url = http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2003/01/24/News/Questions.And.Answers-496968.shtml
format = FAQ
publisher = The Daily Texan
location = University of Texas at Austin
date = 2003-01-24
accessdate = 2008-05-20
quote = This week, Q&A returns with Austin's favorite activist/conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. ] [cite web
url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/conspiracy_files/6341851.stm
title= Conspiracy Files: 9/11 - Q&A: What really happened
accessdate= 2008-05-19
date= 2007-02-16
format= FAQ
publisher= BBC News
quote= Leading conspiracy theorist and broadcaster Alex Jones of "infowars.com" argues that ...] while RussiaToday has referred to him as an investigative journalist. [http://www.russiatoday.com/guests/detail/1511]

Biography

Jones was born in Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas, [Jones, Alex. "Coast to Coast AM". January 27, 2007.] and grew up in the suburb of Rockwall. [Jones, Alex. "The Alex Jones Radio Show". February 6, 2006.] 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".Cite web
last = Nichols
first = Lee
url = http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/1999-12-10/pols_media.html
title = Psst, It's a Conspiracy: KJFK Gives Alex Jones the Boot Media Clips
Publisher = The Austin Chronicle
date = December 10, 1999] In 1997, he released his first documentary-style film, "America Destroyed By Design".cite web
last = Jones
first = Alex
coauthors = Paul Joseph Watson
title = The Port Sell-Out and the Dismantling of America
publisher = PrisonPlanet.com
date = 2006-02-23
url = http://www.infowars.com/articles/us/port_deal_sell_out_dismantle_america.htm | accessdate = 2007-08-14]

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. [ [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:75039 The Austin Chronicle: News: Media Clips: Alex Jones Gets the Boot from KJFK-FM ] ]

In 1999, he tied with Shannon Burke for that year's "Best Austin Talk Radio Host" poll as voted by "The Austin Chronicle" readers. [Citation | title=Best of Austin 1999 Readers Poll | year=1999 | url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Awards/BestOfAustin/?BOACategory=Media&Year=1999&Poll=Readers&Display=Long | accessdate=2007-08-14] 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.Cite web | last=Nichols | first=Lee | url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/1999-12-10/pols_media.html | title=Psst, It's a Conspiracy: KJFK Gives Alex Jones the Boot Media Clips | Publisher=The Austin Chronicle | date=December 10, 1999] 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."Cite web | last=Nichols | first=Lee |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/1999-12-10/pols_media.html | title=Psst, It's a Conspiracy: KJFK Gives Alex Jones the Boot Media Clips | Publisher=The Austin Chronicle | date=December 10, 1999]

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. [ [http://texasweekly.com/newsletter/tw20000117.html A Man on the Hot Seat | Texas Weekly ] ]

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.

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. [cite news
last = Payton
first = Laura
title = Bilderberg-bound filmmaker held at airport
publisher = The Ottawa Citizen
date = 2006-06-08
url = http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=f67cbe75-4eed-4daf-877e-189e52d1f33c&k=12919
accessdate = 2007-08-13 ]

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.” [cite news
last = Grace
first = Melissa
coauthors = Xana O'Neill
title = Filmmaker arrested during city protest
date = 2007-09-09
url = http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/09/09/2007-09-09_filmmaker_arrested_during_city_protest.html
accessdate = 2007-09-10 ]

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

Media productions

"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 and on WWCR Shortwave. The show is also transmitted by live internet streaming and re-broadcast feeds available on Jones' websites. [ [http://infowars.com/listen.html] The Alex Jones Show] 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. [ [http://www.austinpact.org/programming/channel10.php PACT Channel 10 Programming Schedule] . Accessed 26 April 2006.]

Jones' website includes audio (and some video) interviews with guests who have appeared on his show. [ [http://www.prisonplanet.tv/audio.html Alex Jones' Prison Planet.tv: Fighting The Orwellian Police State ] ] [ [http://www.prisonplanet.tv/audio_archive/april_2007.htm Alex Jones' Prison Planet.tv: Fighting The Orwellian Police State ] ] Notable guests and interviews include:

*Charlie Sheen, whose comments regarding the September 11, 2001 attacks [ [http://prisonplanet.tv/audio/200306sheen.htm Alex Jones Interviews Charlie Sheen] ] later received mainstream media coverage and commentary by CNN Showbiz Tonight, [ [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/22/sbt.01.html CNN - Charlie Sheen Questions Official 9/11 Explanations] ] Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14008726_ITM Fox News Channel - Charlie Sheen Comments on 9/11 Spark Outrage] ] and Jimmy Kimmel Live. [ [http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/18/jimmy-kimmel-zionist-racist/ Oregon Commentator - Jimmy Kimmel: Zionist Racist] ]

*Willie Nelson, who questioned the official story of the September 11, 2001 attacks.cite news
title = Willie Nelson: I Question Official Sept. 11 Story
url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328726,00.html
work = AP
publisher = FOX News
location = Austin
date = 2008-02-05
accessdate = 2008-05-20 ] These comments received criticism in the "Pinheads & Patriots" segment on an episode of The O'Reilly Factor.

*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. [ [http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8115056 Ventura says he regrets initial acceptance of 9/11 explanations] ] [ [http://www.minnpost.com/politicalagenda/2008/04/03/1390/ventura_wrestles_with_what_really_happened_on_911 Ventura wrestles with what really happened on 9/11] ] [ [http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3607 Ventura tells 9/11-truther that WTC collapse resembled a 'controlled demolition'] ]

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.

* "Police State 3: Total Enslavement" (2003) Last in a three-part series. Jones critically covers the creation of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the USA PATRIOT Act, and the Information Awareness Office.

* "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.

* "American Dictators: Documenting The Staged 2004 Election" (2004): Jones discusses the major candidates in the 2004 United States presidential election.

* "Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police State" (2005): Jones chronicles signs of a growing police state.

* "The Order of Death" (2005): Jones claims that the Bohemian Grove, Freemasonry, and the Illuminati are covertly ruling most of the world by proxy.

* "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".

* "Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement" (2007): Jones makes the case that American national sovereignty is being eroded in favor of a one world government via the Bilderberg Group and its associated bodies.

* "The 9/11 Chronicles: Truth Rising" (2008): Described by Jones as a departure from his normal film style, and in the Cinéma vérité style [cite web
title = Truth Rising promotional article
url=http://www.prisonplanet.tv/articles/july2008/truth_rising.htm] , 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)

* "Waking Life" (2001), Man in car with P.A.

* "A Scanner Darkly" (2006), Street Prophet [cite web
title = Cast of "A Scanner Darkly" at IMDB
url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405296/fullcredits#cast]

Media appearances

He has been featured as a prominent figure of the 9/11 Truth Movement in such publications as "The New York Times", [Citation
last = Feuer
first = Alan
author-link = http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/alan_feuer/index.html?inline=nyt-per
title = 500 Conspiracy Buffs Meet To Seek the Truth of 9/11
newspaper = New York Times
pages = Section B, Page 1, Column 1
year = 2006
date = June 5
url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C10FF3F550C768CDDAF0894DE404482] "Vanity Fair", and "Popular Mechanics". [http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html?page=5 Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report - Popular Mechanics ] ]

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.

In August 2008 he was interviewed by Russia Today and discussed the 2008 South Ossetia war. [ [http://www.russiatoday.com/guests/detail/1511 RussiaToday : Interview with Alex Jones on 2008-08-27 03:47] ]

He is a frequent guest of George Noory on "Coast to Coast AM", and has appeared on Showbiz Tonight, CBC, "The Washington Post", WorldNetDaily, [ [http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=16967 WorldNetDaily - February 15, 1999 -- Fear and loathing in Kingsville, Texas] ] "USA Today", [ [http://www.infowars.com/clippings/USAtdy.jpgSeptember 20 1999] ] "San Antonio Express-News", [ [http://www.infowars.com/clippings/saenpg1.jpgSeptember 20 1999] ] "Austin American-Statesman", "The Alan Colmes Show", [cite web
title =Alex Jones discusses 9/11 on the Alan Colmes show
publisher =PrisonPlanet.com
date =2006-04-02
url =http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2006/020406colmes.htm
accessdate = 2008-08-14 ] and C-SPAN. [ [http://prisonplanet.tv/articles/september2004/030904alexoncspan.htm prisonplanet.tv] ]

See also

*Mark Dice
*James Fetzer
*David Ray Griffin
*Steven E. Jones
*Jim Marrs
*Jeff Rense
*Aaron Russo
*Webster Tarpley
*"Loose Change"

References

External links

;Official
* [http://infowars.com Alex Jones' Infowars.com]
* [http://www.infowars.net Alex Jones' Infowars.net]
* [http://www.truthnews.us Alex Jones' Truthnews.us]
* [http://prisonplanet.com Alex Jones' PrisonPlanet.com]
* [http://www.jonesreport.com Alex Jones' Jones report]
* [http://prisonplanet.tv Alex Jones' PrisonPlanet.tv]
* [http://endgamethemovie.com Endgame the Movie]
* [http://www.arnoldexposed.com Arnold Exposed]
* [http://www.defendrosie.com/ Defend Rosie]
* [http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/ Ron Paul War Room]

;Other
*MySpace|alex_infowarrior|Alex Jones
*imdb name|1093953|Alex Jones
*amg name|2:141955|Alex Jones
* [http://www.infowars.tv Infowars.tv] - UK based Alex Jones support site
* [http://www.gcnlive.com/Programs/AlexJones/Program.html The Genesis Communications Network - Alex Jones Show]
* [http://www.590klbj.com/Bios/Alex_Jones.aspx KLBJ AM 590 Biography]
* [http://www.alexjonespodcasts.com Archive of The Alex Jones Show]

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