Jones began his career in Austin working on a live, call-in format public-access cable television program. He claimed that David Koresh and his followers were peaceful people who were murdered by Attorney General Janet Reno and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms during the siege. He often discussed the project on his public-access television program. In 1998, Jones organized a successful campaign to build a new Branch Davidian church, as a memorial to those who died during the 1993 fire. In 1998, he released his first film, America Destroyed by Design. He did not believe it was the responsibility of McVeigh and his associate Terry Nichols. Jones began accusing the federal government of having caused it: "I understood there's a kleptocracy working with psychopathic governments-clutches of evil that know the tricks of control". The Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, was intended by perpetuator Timothy McVeigh as a response to the federal involvement in the end of the Waco siege on its second anniversary. It was at this time, he started to host a call-in show on public access television (PACT/ACTV) in Austin. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), these events "only confirmed his belief in the inexorable progress of unseen, malevolent forces". Near the end of Jones senior high school year, at the Branch Davidian complex near Waco, Texas, around 100 miles from Austin, the Waco siege ended in April 1993 with a substantial fire and a significant number of fatalities. 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". Īs a teenager, he read None Dare Call It Conspiracy, a book by John Birch Society theorist Gary Allen, which alleged global bankers controlled American politics rather than elected officials. After graduating, Jones briefly attended Austin Community College before dropping out. He attended Anderson High School, where he played football and graduated in 1993. He is of Irish, German, Welsh, English, and partially Comanche descent. His father is a dentist and his mother is a homemaker. Jones was born on February 11, 1974, in Dallas, Texas and was raised in the suburb of Rockwall.
The conspiracy theories promoted by Jones 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.
Jones has provided a platform and support for white nationalists, giving Unite the Right attendee and white supremacist Nick Fuentes a platform on his website Banned.Video, as well as serving as an "entry point" to their ideology. Jones's website, InfoWars, promotes conspiracy theories and fake news, as do his other websites NewsWars and PrisonPlanet.
He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which the Genesis Communications Network syndicates across the United States and online. Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American conservative, alt-right, and far-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist.
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