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For other persons of the same name, see Alex Jones.
Alexander Emerich Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American talk radio host and filmmaker. His syndicated news/talk show The Alex Jones Show, based out of Austin, Texas, airs via the Genesis Communication Network over 60 AM, FM, and shortwave radio stations across the United States and on the Internet.[1] His websites include Infowars.com and PrisonPlanet.com.[2] Mainstream news sources have referred to him as right-wing,[3][4][5] conservative,[6][7][8][9] and a conspiracy theorist.[10][11][12][13][14] Journalist Michelle Goldberg has stated in The New Republic that Jones represents "an old strain of American conservatism—isolationist, anti-Wall Street, paranoid about elite conspiracies—that last flowered during the John Birch Society’s heyday."[15] Jones identifies as a libertarian, not a right-winger,[16] and calls himself a paleoconservative.[17] In a promotional biography he is described as an "aggressive constitutionalist".[18][19]
[edit] LifeJones was born in Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas,[20] and grew up in the suburb of Rockwall. His father was a dentist.[21] He graduated from Anderson High School in northwest Austin, Texas in 1993. After high school he 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.[22] In 1997, he released his first film, America Destroyed By Design.[citation needed] In 1998, Jones spearheaded an effort to build a memorial for the members who died at the David Koresh-led Branch Davidian compound/church near Waco, Texas, including the ATF officers who died.[citation needed] 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 ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) in the infamous Waco Siege.[23] In 1999, he tied with Shannon Burke for that year's "Best Austin Talk Radio Host" poll as voted by The Austin Chronicle readers.[24] 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.[22] 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."[25] 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. In a January 4, 2000 Austin American-Statesman story Jones stated that he was running, "to be a watchdog on the inside." He aborted his campaign and withdrew before the March primary when polls indicated he had little chance of winning. Democrat Ann Kitchen won the seat in the November election.[26] 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.[27] 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 stone owl. On June 8, 2006, while 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 without charge. Jones said regarding the reason for his arrest, "I want to say, on the record, it takes two to tango. I could have handled it better."[28] 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."[29] [edit] Media[edit] The Alex Jones ShowThe 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 3:00 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. All broadcasts are also available online for live, streaming, podcast or smartphone listening.[30][31] The most frequent guests of the program include Jones' own staffers, producers, advertisers and the writers or publishers of books and videos which Jones sells at his web sites.[citation needed] Other guests have included author and speaker Jordan Maxwell,[32][33] the Rev. Ted Pike,[34][35] and the Rev. Lindsey Williams[36] [edit] FilmographyJones has created a series of videos about the "New World Order" or "totalitarian world government," based on what he considers as the erosion of U.S. national sovereignty and its civil liberties, as well as the misuse of government power, corporate deception and cohesion between disparate power structures. His films often provide alternative interpretations of various current and historic events.[citation needed] [edit] Films
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[edit] ActingJones has appeared in two Richard Linklater movies as an actor.
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