If we get into the minutiae of what he says, such as how he interprets a particular news story about police brutality or government policy, then
you're going to find a lot of mistakes on his part. He's particularly bad at interpreting what people say. I remember a news anchor made a sarcastic
joke about a 911 truther who interrupted a gathering and was being carried away by police, and Alex Jones took it literally and presented it as if the
news anchor was completely serious. He said something along the lines of, "Oh, the police are carrying him away to one of those secret underground
government camps... Don't tase me bro!" And then Alex Jones the next day said he was calling for 911 truthers to be thrown into the FEMA camps.
Obviously the news anchor is ignorant and made a stupid joke, but that was it, a joke. Not a call for murder. So yes, Alex Jones does sensationalize
his topics from time to time. I believe it's mostly unintentional, because the man knows so much and works so hard, he can't be 100% accurate all of
the time.
Now let's talk about the big picture of what he says, which I mostly approve. He brings on Senators, Congressmen, Scientists, Architects, Authors,
ex-CIA, ex-MI6, former top military leaders, and political activists on his show all the time. He's not afraid to look like a jerk and ask hard
questions, or to say outrageous things (which are often supported by fact). He's not afraid to tell us about how the federal government used human
beings as lab animals in the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. He's not afraid to tell us the dangers of ingesting fluoride or injecting ourselves with a
mercury preservative. He's not afraid to criticize the first black president in our history with a 60-70% approval rating when he decides to use the
federal government to buy stock in private companies, or appoints the former head of the NY Federal Reserve Bank as his Secretary of the Treasury.
Alex Jones sometimes works 16-18 hours a day, 7 days a week, for months on end. He is highly principled and believes in what he says. He is quite
literally Atlas with the amount of responsibility he puts on himself. He has made more documentaries than I can remember, with barely any budget.
I don't buy everything the man says, and I don't like his personality all that much either. But I do respect him and support what he's doing. So
what if you don't like his manners or the way he hosts his radio show? Is that reason to discount everything he says? Look past his rants and
personality, and research the things he brings up. Or don't, I don't really care. He's opened a lot of doors for me, and I respect him for that.
Although I don't rely on him much anymore for my information, I do refer him to my friends if I find out they've never heard of him. Everyone should
at least lend him an ear, and then make up their mind after they've heard what he's had to say.
Now that's my spiel, and I hope to never see a thread praising or bashing ol' AJ again. Let's stick to the news, shall we.
[edit on 11-5-2009 by Viral]
