Alexander Emric Jones (born 11 February 1974) is the owner of the Infowars platform and host of The Alex Jones Show which reports current events and provides news commentary with a conspiratorial bent. Alex states that he was introduced to the "New World Order" conspiracy as a youth, hearing adult relatives and friends of the family mentioning it and related topics, though he claims he initially dismissed much of what he heard at the time. He began his own forays into the subject after reading the book None Dare Call It Conspiracy by Gary Allen, and subsequently began consuming large amounts of history books and literature pertaining to global conspiracies.
Now widely known for his own promulgation of conspiracy theories, and a bombastic, over-the-top style of presentation, Jones began his broadcast career in Austin, TX during the mid 1990s. Alex’s first show was a live, call-in format public-access cable program on topics that were relatively tame compared to what he began covering in later years. In fact, during a 2014 interview he stated:
“My first five years on air, I was like a Ron Paul, let’s-audit-the-fed, let’s-lower-taxes, mainline, Libertarian-Republican, and then my listeners educated me. And then I’d laugh at ’em—there’s no black helicopters; fluoride isn’t bad for you; my dad’s a dentist; GMO’s good for ya—that’s a bunch of leftists that don’t wanna feed the world—until I got educated. And the last fifteen years has been just over the top.”
Since then, he's gained notoriety via his publicly stated views on all manner of controversial subjects like the Oklahoma City bombing, the 911 attacks, and his famously memed rant about atrazine runoff “turning the frogs gay". He's also published multiple books and numerous documentaries on the NWO, false flag operations, & other conspiracy topics.
Alex Jones spent most of his early years growing up in the suburbs of Dallas, and later played football as a lineman at Anderson High School in Austin, where he graduated in 1993. Jones has often described himself as being a “hellion” during his teenage years, constantly getting into violent brawls -- typically against larger and/or more numerous opponents -- and engaging in promiscuous behavior with older females. Unsurprisingly, this often resulted in him getting his “a** beat” (though he proudly states that he'd managed to hospitalize his attackers on multiple occasions), and numerous unwanted pregnancies that he pressured the mothers to terminate (something that he says he now regrets). For a period of time after high school, Jones got heavily into weight lifting & bodybuilding.
His pugnacious tendencies are still apparent in his physically overbearing, in-your-face manner when publicly confronting opponents -- a prime example of which can be seen in Jones’s gun debate with Piers Morgan. Even the title of his news organization “Infowars” illustrates his combative mindset, which only heightened as his operation came under intensifying legal and financial attack following the 2016 presidential race when he began his outspoken support for Donald Trump (SLE). In his own words, he describes his operation as “the tip of the spear” in a global information war, and implores his viewers/listeners to actively participate in “the animating contest of liberty”. Given Alex's overwhelmingly prominent emphasis on Force, it's readily apparent that he not only values it, but it's his base element (F1).
Another of Alex’s noteworthy traits is his consistently informal manner, interacting with and relating to others in direct, personal terms -- often greeting show guests as “brother”, explicitly relying on “gut” feelings when making judgments, criticizing public opponents based on perceived character deficiencies, or identifying with members of his crew as friends rather than mere professional colleagues (R). For instance, when David Knight (one of the news anchors on the Infowars platform) suffered a heart attack, Alex kept his viewers up-to-date on Knight's condition and how his family was faring -- being as how he often visited their home. Despite David Knight's segment being very popular with Infowars viewers, and his eagerness to return to work soon after leaving hospital, Jones stated that he threatened to fire Knight if he didn't take the time off recommended by his doctor. Jones recounted a prior experience he had of losing a close relative who insisted on resuming an active work life shortly after suffering a heart attack, and expressed fear of losing Knight in the same way.
Another example of Alex Jones's forceful usage of R can be seen in his recent public feud with Joe Rogan (SEE). Jones’s multi-decade friendship with Joe became strained after Rogan began publicly distancing himself from Alex's stances on certain subjects, and chose not to re-invite him onto the JRE podcast following pressure from major platforms to disassociate with Jones. Jones took Rogan's repeating of “Soros talking points” and failure to speak in his defense while he was subject to mass deplatforming as a personal -- rather than ideological -- betrayal. In response, Alex decried Joe Rogan as a “coward”, “backstabber”, and “sellout” in 'call out' videos attacking his character. After making some initial attempts to mend relations between himself and Rogan in the early months of their conflict, it seemed Jones then decided to cut his losses in typical Gamma fashion, disassociating himself from someone who he perceived as being untrustworthy. Since then, it appears the two have finally managed to mend fences, with Rogan re-inviting Alex onto his podcast. Over the years, Jones has repeatedly shown a propensity to go on vengeful, personal tirades against those whom he feels have betrayed, or otherwise slighted him in some way.
While it's been suggested by some that Alex Jones's meme status tirades are purely insincere affectations, there's a good deal of evidence to the contrary. Those who know AJ personally -- including his ex-wife -- attest to the fact that he has a tendency to be just as intense in his day-to-day interactions. Jones has stated on numerous occasions that when he goes off the rails, he's simply disinhibiting himself and acting out what he actually feels; based on the consistency of his manner over the years, both on and off air, it seems he's speaking truthfully on this. Based on the accounts of those close to him and his behavior when off the set of his show, it would appear that AJ is consumed with the subject matter he talks about on air -- even in his personal life. By every indication, he sincerely believes what he's been putting forward on his platform.
Despite his strong emotional expressivity, Jones is unapologetically uncouth, undisciplined, and intellectually unrefined in how he articulates himself -- nor does it appear that he particularly cares to change this. His harsh, confrontational style of communication can clearly be seen in the way he confronted politicians like Marco Rubio, and other prominent public figures, during Congressional hearings. At one point, while amongst other members of the press, AJ chased Silicon Valley CEO Sundar Pichai down the halls of Congress and into the hearing, shouting “Google is Evil” all the while. He became so disruptive that a police officer eventually threatened him with arrest if he didn't control himself. Alex's general lack of social decorum, and apparent indifference to such things, shows that E is unvalued for him. This, along with the other bombastic rants he's known for, further indicates a very strong -- likely demonstrative -- usage of E in the service of expressing R attitudes.
Jones voraciously consumes news media on a daily basis like an alcoholic taking drink, but shows little-to-no interest in integrating all that data into a coherent, theoretical framework. This lack of logical structure, combined with his aforementioned unrefined, over-the-top style of communication is very off-putting to many, and makes it easier for those who dislike his dire reporting to dismiss him as raving kook -- even when he has solid data to substantiate his claims. While Alex is best known for his conspiracy show, the Infowars operation is funded primarily through his sales of nutraceutical products and survival paraphernalia -- an enterprise that he runs with the same reckless gusto that he exhibits in his news program & on-the-ground reporting. Among the business tactics he uses is selling popular items at loss-leader prices to severely undercut competitors and aggressively take market shares (though Alex often shoots himself in the foot by getting so caught up in the day's news topics that he often forgets to plug his own products). What's more, Jones has a habit of over-sharing mundane -- sometimes very personal -- factual details, even when it's not particularly appropriate or paints himself/others in an unflattering light. Given the way he enthusiastically approaches fact data -- in his voracious consumption, impromptu business uses, and somewhat messy expression of it -- along with his conspicuously weak & unvalued L, it would be reasonable to conclude that Alex Jones is a P6. Naturally, this entails a "vulnerable" L4.
In addition to his insatiable interest in researching current events, Jones is also obsessed with historical knowledge, frequently going on unprompted rants about the species’ ancestral struggle to survive into present day and the future prospects of humanity. He particularly prides himself on predicting contemporary geopolitical developments in his reporting of documentation years before. Jones has even gone so far as to make “Tomorrow's news today” an official Infowars tagline. He's also shown a great interest in having trends forecasters like Gerald Celente on his show as recurring guests. Despite this, throughout his life Alex has often made impulsive, short-sighted decisions that've gotten him into unnecessary trouble. Taking this into account, it appears that Jones probably has T as his “suggestive” function, given that he values it so highly yet shows great difficulty applying it in aspects of his day-to-day life.
While I can't think of any public examples demonstrating the functional strength/weakness of S for Alex Jones (aside from his apparent taste for rich foods contributing to his precipitous weight gains in the past) it's clearly not a value to him, since he's so consumed with his work that even when he takes a rare vacation, he still calls into his show to host segments in absentia. So, with an overwhelmingly prominent F1, visible creative uses of R even in professional settings, hyperbolic levels of often disruptive E8 demonstrations, a near contemptuous disregard for an obviously weak L, enthusiastic yet haphazard uses of a likely “mobilizing” P, an oft neglected -- likely “ignoring” -- S, and a high personal demand for T information sources all point to Alexander Emric Jones being an SEE.
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