F Chris White on February 5, 2019 Facebook removed more than 20 pages tied to Internet provocateur Alex Jones and InfoWars Tuesday after the Silicon Valley giant updated its policies to prevent banned accounts from resurfacing in different forms. The company’s decision comes several months after the company banned four of Jones’ pages August — Twitter and YouTube followed shortly…
~This article is satire~ Media site InfoWars announced today that it has dropped controversial male vitality supplement salesman and founder of Prison Planet TV, Alex Jones from its platform. InfoWars is a media site whose app has been downloaded over 6 million times in the last few days. In a statement, InfoWars spokesperson Alec Jonas stated:…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Nothing makes InfoWars patriarch Alex Jones more upset than calling him a conspiracy theorist. In fact, it makes him so angry, he will create a conspiracy to fight back! Red State is reporting that Jones, who’s interview with NBC’s Megyn Kelly was set to be aired in the coming days, even amid calls…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Alex Jones, a popular conspiracy theorist, appears to admit he is nothing but “performance art” during a court hearing against his ex-wife. At a recent pretrial hearing, attorney Randall Wilhite told state District Judge Orlinda Naranjo that using his client Alex Jones’ on-air Infowars persona to evaluate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Alex Jones has admitted that he pushed a conspiracy theory, and is apologizing for it. Just another day in opposite land. According to The Hill: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Friday apologized to the owner of a Washington pizzeria that became the subject of a conspiracy…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield McClatchy is reporting that Federal investigators are examining whether far-right news sites played any role last year in a Russian cyber operation that dramatically widened the reach of news stories — some fictional — that favored Donald Trump’s presidential bid. The sources of the report stated that Russian operatives appear…
Infowars is Misguided on Johnson Libertarians had some legitimate concerns last week when it seemed Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee Gary Johnson reversed from being pro-choice on vaccinations. This finally caused Johnson’s first real negative media blitz, especially after being described as “Honest Johnson.” This led to Johnson having to clarify his position. It turns out he is for…