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|fullname = Alexander Emerick Jones

|alias = The Most Paranoid Man in America<br>The King of Conspiracy Theories  

Jones hosts ''The Alex Jones Show'' from Austin, Texas, which the Genesis Communications Network syndicates across the United States and online. Jones' website, ''[[InfoWars]]'', promotes conspiracy theories and fake news, as do his other websites, ''NewsWars'', ''Banned.Video'' and ''PrisonPlanet''.

Mainstream sources have described Jones as a conservative, far-right, [[Alt-Right]], and a conspiracy theorist, but Jones himself has described himself as a paleoconservative and a libertarian.

While this style plays well with his acolytes, it has notably failed in several high-profile media appearances. During a January 2013 gun control discussion with CNN's Piers Morgan following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Jones practically foamed at the mouth while shouting Morgan down.

Such meltdowns do little to advance Jones' cause with a mainstream audience. But in his view, most of this audience consists of consumerist "sheeple" who don't think for themselves. He believes that he is speaking truth to power, galvanizing the “sheeple” into joining enlightened liberty-loving patriots (his audience) in opposing the growing tyranny. It's a classic come-on: I know something you don't. Jones manipulates the psychological fears of the vulnerable into complete acceptance of nearly anything he says – regardless of how loony it may be. Wrapping himself in the American flag (the people's flag, not the government's), he invokes Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as his icons.

In February 2021, ''The Washington Post'' reported that the FBI was investigating any role Jones might have played in influencing the participation of [[Proud Boys]], [[Boogaloo Boys|Boogaloo movement]] and [[Oath Keepers]] members in the incursion. Jones had previously hosted leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers on his programs. Some members of the groups had been indicted for conspiracy in the incident.

==Other views and claims==

**On October 2, 2017, Jones claimed that Democrats and communists were plotting imminent "white genocide" attacks. His reporting and public views on the topic have received support and coverage from white nationalist publications and groups, such as the AltRight Corporation and the New Zealand National Front.

*Jones is known for both his [[Anti-vaxxers|opposition to vaccines]], and his views on vaccine controversies.  

**During a December 2021 episode of ''InfoWars'', Jones called the coronavirus vaccine an "experimental, Nuremberg Code-violating vaccine" and made references to a "Satanic alien attack".

*He has promoted [[COVID denialism]] and has described COVID-19 as a "hoax" a number of times.

*Jones was also the main proponent of "[[Pizzagate]]", a conspiracy theory claiming that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party were running a child [[Human Trafficking|human trafficking]] ring out of the basement of the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington D.C. This lead to a man named [[Edgar Maddison Welch]] entering the restaurant with a semi-automatic rifle on December 4, 2016 and opening fire; thankfully, no one was injured.

*Jones has also claimed on a few occasions that the [[Communist Party of China]] has gained control of the Democratic Party and that China’s current paramount leader, [[Xi Jinping]], "owns" Hollywood.

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