American far-right and alt-right radio show host Alexander Emerick Jones was born on February 11, 1974, and is well-known for his conspiracy theories.
From Austin, Texas, he is the host of The Alex Jones Show, which is syndicated and streamed online by the Genesis Communications Network to listeners nationwide.
Conspiracy theories and false news are promoted on Jones’s websites, InfoWars, NewsWars, and PrisonPlanet.
White supremacist Nick Fuentes, who attended the Unite the Right rally, was given a platform on Jones’ website, demonstrating his support and plat forming white nationalists.
A new HBO documentary shows how Alex Jones’ lies are still ruining lives
In a way, the defamation lawsuits against Alex Jones filed by the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims and employees came to an end on October 12, 2022, when a jury returned a verdict of nearly $1 billion in damages during the second of two damages trials.
But for those families, the story isn’t over, even as a new HBO documentary recounts how they tried to bring one of their biggest media tormentors to heel.
The recently released movie “The Truth vs. Alex Jones” unequivocally demonstrates that Jones was among the most vocal propagandists of false information regarding the Sandy Hook victims.
Is Alex Jones still on the air?
Yes, Jones was allowed back on the social media platform after a poll organised by X’s owner, Elon Musk, backed his return, marking the end of a nearly five-year ban.
Under Musk, who bought the social media platform in 2022, X has taken steps to allow some users—including former US President Donald Trump—who had their accounts permanently banned to regain access.
The account of Alex Jones’ website Infowars also appears to still be inactive after the return of its leader to X. Twitter banned Infowars in 2018.
Jones still has a sizable following despite being banned from a number of social media sites
Facebook, Apple, YouTube, Spotify, and Jones’s podcasts, pages, and channels were taken down in August 2018.
Prior to these removals, Jones enjoyed a large viewership, with Infowars garnering over 10 million visitors a month and his YouTube channel attracting approximately 2.4 million subscribers and 17 million monthly views.
Furthermore, President Trump has promoted a number of repeatedly disproven conspiracy theories advanced by Jones, including claims about President Barack Obama’s birthplace and allegations that millions of illegal immigrants voted in the 2016 presidential election.
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