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‘The Onion’ Buys Alex Jones’ Infowars Network
The Onion, a satirical news company mocking current events and news personalities, purchased Alex Jones’ Infowars network in a bankruptcy auction Thursday held to help pay off a nearly $1.5 billion lawsuit. The Onion’s…
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About Alex Jones
Alexander Emerick Jones is an American far-right political commentator and prominent conspiracy theorist. Since at least 2000, he has hosted The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, originally broadcast by the Genesis Communications Network across the United States via AM radio syndication and internet. He is the founder of Infowars and Banned.Video, websites that promote conspiracy theories and fake news.
Everything about Alex Jones →- Occupation
- radio personality, film producer, writer, conspiracy theorist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 11, 1974