Alexander Emerick Jones is an American radio, television and internet host based in Austin, Texas.
History
Jones was accused of defamation for allegedly lying to his InfoWars audience about the events of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The plaintiffs - parents of several of the children killed in the incident - allege that Jones “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” while describing the shooting as a hoax.[1] He was further accused of failing to respond to court orders and turn over documents, leading to courts in Texas and Connecticut to issue default judgements against him, suspending his right to a jury trial.[2]
A documentary about Jones titled Alex's War was released on July 29, 2022, directed by Alex Lee Moyer.[3] While Jones is the subject of the film, he did not take part in its production.
On September 24, 2022, Skyhorse Publishing president Tony Lyons appeared on Steve Bannon's War Room alongside Jones, accusing the New York Times of manipulating its Best Seller list to artificially suppress the popularity of Jones' book, The Great Reset and the War for the World.[4]
Jones' Twitter account was reinstated by Elon Musk on December 10, 2023.[5]
External links
Associated Press in Austin. (2022, July 26). Sandy Hook defamation jury told of Alex Jones’s “massive campaign of lies.” The Guardian. https://web.archive.org/web/20220729213123/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/26/alex-jones-defamation-trial-sandy-hook-shooting ↩︎
Vertuno, J. (2022, July 29). Sympathetic portrayal of Alex Jones rebuked as “hypocrisy.” CTV News. https://web.archive.org/web/20220729213530/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/sympathetic-portrayal-of-alex-jones-rebuked-as-hypocrisy-1.6007345 ↩︎
Menta, A. (2022, July 28). Is “Alex’s War” Streaming on HBO Max or Netflix? Decider. https://web.archive.org/web/20220729214014/https://decider.com/2022/07/28/alex-jones-documentary-alexs-war-watch/ ↩︎
Bannons War Room. (2022, September 24). Tony Lyons Calls Out Fake NYT Best Seller List. Rumble. https://web.archive.org/web/20220924211422/https://rumble.com/v1ldli1-tony-lyons-calls-out-fake-nyt-best-seller-list.html ↩︎
Duffy, C. (2023, December 9). “The people have spoken”: Elon Musk restores the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after poll. CNN Business. http://archive.today/2023.12.10-013957/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/09/business/alex-jones-restored-x-elon-musk-poll/index.html ↩︎
