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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer Infowars Employee Describes How They Just Made Stuff Up
A former video editor for Alex Jones' InfoWars admitted to the New York Times how they fabricated evidence.The New York Times Magazine published a feature online today authored by Josh Owens, who recounted experiences he had working for Infowars. (He first started to share information with journalist Jon Ronson, who has known Jones for decades, in October 2016.) In the article, Owens recounts outlandish and disturbing incidents at Infowars, including Jones firing a gun in his direction as a joke, Jones punching employees, Jones killing animals in cruel ways on video, and Jones driving visibly drunk to film a stunt on Election Day 2016 for his broadcast audience.
[...] In one instance, Jones had watched a YouTube video showing a Geiger counter, an instrument used to measure ionizing radiation, displaying high radiation readings on a California beach and wanted the Infowars team to travel to the area to film reports and promotions for an iodine supplement sold by Infowars. Owens and his coworkers were unable to replicate the high radiation levels during their trip, which enraged Jones. In an attempt to placate him, the team scouted out a nuclear waste facility just so we could capture the Geiger counter displaying a high number.
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/12/former-infowars-employee-describes-how
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Former Infowars Employee Describes How They Just Made Stuff Up (Original Post)
UCmeNdc
Dec 2019
OP
No trick to it all. My sweet little three year old grand-daughter does it everyday ...
marble falls
Dec 2019
#2
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. Someone posted a study as to why
this crap takes hold. There is a receptacle audience of 20% of the populace whom believe this stuff. And they are so uninformed that they are willing to pay for it.
marble falls
(57,083 posts)2. No trick to it all. My sweet little three year old grand-daughter does it everyday ...
and she's not that much smarter than them.
dalton99a
(81,488 posts)3. Kick
Working for Jones was a balancing act. You had to determine where he was emotionally and match his tone quickly. If he was angry, then you had better get angry. If he was joking around, then you could relax, sort of, always looking out of the corner of your eye for his mood to turn at any moment.
Late one night, after an extended live broadcast, Jones walked into my office shirtless. This was normal; he removed his shirt frequently around us. He pulled out a bottle of Grey Goose from a storage cabinet and filled his cup. He stumbled into his private restroom, changed into a clean black polo shirt and stepped back into our office. Hit me, he said to an employee in the room. When the employee refused, Jones got louder, his face redder. Hit me! He kept saying it, getting closer each time. Finally, knowing Jones would never relent, the employee gave him a weak tap on the shoulder.
Oh, come on, he said, hit me harder!
The employee punched him hard in the shoulder. Jones grunted on impact, seeming to enjoy the pain. Then, it was his turn. Smirking, he planted his feet, reared back and lunged his body weight forward as his fist connected with the mans arm. I could hear the dull thud of impact, then a wincing sigh. They traded a few more punches, each time seeming less playful. Jones became wild-eyed, spit flying from his clenched teeth as he exhaled. On his last hit, the sound was different. Wet. I thought I could hear the meat split open in the employees arm. Jones roared as he punched a cabinet, denting the door in. A few weeks later, I heard that Jones had broken a video editors ribs after playing the same game in a downtown bar.
Late one night, after an extended live broadcast, Jones walked into my office shirtless. This was normal; he removed his shirt frequently around us. He pulled out a bottle of Grey Goose from a storage cabinet and filled his cup. He stumbled into his private restroom, changed into a clean black polo shirt and stepped back into our office. Hit me, he said to an employee in the room. When the employee refused, Jones got louder, his face redder. Hit me! He kept saying it, getting closer each time. Finally, knowing Jones would never relent, the employee gave him a weak tap on the shoulder.
Oh, come on, he said, hit me harder!
The employee punched him hard in the shoulder. Jones grunted on impact, seeming to enjoy the pain. Then, it was his turn. Smirking, he planted his feet, reared back and lunged his body weight forward as his fist connected with the mans arm. I could hear the dull thud of impact, then a wincing sigh. They traded a few more punches, each time seeming less playful. Jones became wild-eyed, spit flying from his clenched teeth as he exhaled. On his last hit, the sound was different. Wet. I thought I could hear the meat split open in the employees arm. Jones roared as he punched a cabinet, denting the door in. A few weeks later, I heard that Jones had broken a video editors ribs after playing the same game in a downtown bar.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/magazine/alex-jones-infowars.html