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| Born | Alexander Emerick Jones February 11, 1974 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Residence | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Other names | Alexander Jones Emerick Jones |
| Occupation | Film producer Radio host |
| Known 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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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.
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]
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.
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.
| Year | Film | Notes |
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| 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 |
| Year | Book | Publisher |
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| 2002 | 9-11: Descent Into Tyranny | Progressive Press |
| Year | Film | Notes |
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| 2003 | Aftermath: Unanswered Questions from 9/11 | by Stephen Marshall |
| 2009 | New World Order | by Luke Meyer and Andrew Neel |
Jones has appeared in two Richard Linklater movies as a supporting actor.
| Year | Film | Role |
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| 2001 | Waking Life | Man in Car with P.A. |
| 2006 | A Scanner Darkly | Street Prophet |
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