Alex Jones facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Alex Jones
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Jones in 2017
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Alexander Emerick Jones
February 11, 1974 Dallas, Texas, U.S.
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Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right, alt-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which the Genesis Communications Network broadcasts across the United States via syndicated and internet radio. Jones's website, InfoWars, promotes conspiracy theories as do his other websites, NewsWars and PrisonPlanet.
Jones has repeatedly spread disproven conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, claiming that the incident was "staged", "a giant hoax" and "completely fake with actors." Jones faced numerous lawsuits due to these lies.
On December 2, 2022, Jones filed for personal bankruptcy.
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Early life and influences
Jones was born on February 11, 1974, in Dallas, Texas, and was raised in the suburb of Rockwall. His father was a dentist from Austin and his mother was a homemaker. He claims Irish, German, Welsh, English, and Comanche descent. The family moved to Austin in Jones's sophomore year of high school. He attended Anderson High School, where he played football and graduated in 1993. After graduating, Jones briefly attended Austin Community College before dropping out.
As a teenager, he read None Dare Call It Conspiracy, a book by John Birch Society conspiracy theorist Gary Allen, which alleged global bankers controlled American politics rather than elected officials. It had a profound influence on him, and Jones has described Allen's work as "the easiest-to-read primer on The New World Order".
InfoWars
Jones is the publisher and director of the InfoWars fake news website responsible for promoting conspiracy theories. InfoWars was originally founded by Alex and Kelly Jones (his then-wife) in about 1999, initially as a mail-order outlet for the sale of their conspiracy-oriented videos. In November 2016, the InfoWars website received approximately 10 million visits, making its reach more extensive than mainstream news websites such as The Economist and Newsweek. Another of Jones's websites is PrisonPlanet.com.
The Alex Jones Show
Jones began to broadcast his own show by Internet connection from his home.
On the day of the 9/11 attacks, Jones began promoting the conspiracy theory that the Bush administration was behind the attack. In 2010, the show attracted around two million listeners each week.
Jones told The Washington Post in November 2016 that his radio show, then syndicated to 129 stations, had a daily audience of five million listeners and his video streams had topped 80 million viewers in a single month.
Views
Jones is a vocal gun rights advocate.
Jones is a proponent of the New World Order conspiracy theory.
Jones believes that global warming is a hoax made up by the World Bank to control the world economy through a carbon tax.
Jones is known for both his opposition to vaccines, and his views on vaccine controversies.
Book project
On January 23, 2018, Jones announced he would be working with author Neil Strauss on his upcoming book, titled The Secret History of the Modern World & the War for the Future.
Images for kids
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Jones with Paul Joseph Watson in 2013
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Jones during a 9/11 truth movement event on September 11, 2007, in Manhattan
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Jones at a protest in Dallas in 2013
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Jones speaking in Washington, D.C. in 2018
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Jones and filmgoers at the première of A Scanner Darkly in which Jones has a cameo
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See also
In Spanish: Alex Jones para niños
