Who Is Alex Jones? His Top Five Conspiracy Theories Ahead of NBC’s Megyn Kelly Interview – Newsweek

NBC host Megyn Kellys interview with noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, scheduled to air on Sunday, never reallyseemed like a good idea. Sandy Hook parents have called for NBC to pull the interview, due to the controversial right-wing radio hosts previous statements promoting conspiracy theories about the school shooting. AndJones has now fired back at Kelly, leaking recorded audio where Kelly tells him she thinks he is fascinating and promises the interview wont be some gotcha-hit-piece.

Jones is the founder of InfoWars, an outlet which proclaims there is a war on for your mind! He has promoted conspiracy theories ranging from the Sandy Hook Shooting being faked, to the government creating homosexuality.

Kellys scheduled interview with Jones put bothNBC and Kelly onto the defensive for giving a platform for Jones. JP Morgan & Chase Co. has pulledadvertising from the show until after the interview airs.

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Every week. 5 years later. Still harrased by truthers. You do NOT give crazy a platform. You're better than this @nbc, Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose daughter, Anna Grace, was killed in the Sandy Hookmassacre, tweeted Monday.

Kellys defense of the interview has centered around President Donald Trumps promotion of Jones. Trumps long-time adviser Roger Stone also often appears on Jones show and Trump appeared on the show during the campaign and told Jones, Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down.

Jones' conspiracy theories have reached a wide audience. Infowars.com has averaged 6.72 million unique visitors a month so far in 2017, according to Quantcast.Jones' business model revolves around sellingdietary supplements to his devoted followers.

Comments fromJones'own defense team during hisrecent custody dispute have raised questions about whetherheactually believes the conspiracies he is peddling. Jones' ex-wifeKelly Joneswonthe right to decide who the children live with in the April trial. Kelly Jones said Alex Jones is "not stable" and expressed concern about their children watching hisshow.Jones lawyer said that Jones was playing a character and is a performance artist.

Here are five of his Jones'prominent conspiracy theories.

Most of Jones other conspiracy theories revolve around this one, which argues the worlds elites are planning on exterminating 80 percent of the worlds population to live forever with the aid of advanced technology. Jones made a documentary exploring this theory, which proposes globalists are planning on using eugenics to eliminate a large portion of thepopulation. On his radio show, Jones often rails against these globalists.

Jones had described himself as one of the very first founding fathers of the 9-11 truth movement. He made a film titled Martial Law 9-11: The Rise of the Police State, in which he called 9-11 an inside job orchestrated by globalists in the U.S. government who were trying to enslave the world. He has also appeared at a 9/11 truther conference, where he called 9/11 a hoax and a fraud.

Along with 9/11, Jones has accused many other major shootings and bombings as being faked by the government to promote the interests of globalists. Jones sees false flag operations orchestrated by elites in many events, including the Oklahoma City and Boston Marathon Bombings. He also questioned the mass shootings in Aurora, Colorado; Columbine, Colorado;Tucson, Arizona; San Bernardino, California; Orlando and Newtown, Connecticut. Listeners of Jones who believe these theories have harassed family members of victims in the years following the shootings.

Jones was one of many right-wingers to aggressively target President Barack Obama following his election in 2008. Jones called Obama the global head of Al-Qaeda, accusing him of funding and arming the terrorist organization to achieve his own political goals. He also called Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton literal demons.

Jones has said the government is using juice boxes to make children gay to slow and eventually reverse the growth of the population. In one of his most popular videos, often used to mock Jones online, the radio host proclaims that chemicals in the water are turning the freaking frogs gay.

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