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Does anyone still actually think that Alex Jones isn't a character or persona being put on by an actor, like Colbert's Colbert Report character? Not that this e

Does anyone still actually think that Alex Jones isn't a character or persona being put on by an actor, like Colbert's Colbert Report character? Not that this excuses anything he says or does of course (though apparently what he said here wasn't a big deal at all)... but how anyone can think Jones acts the way he does on-camera after the cameras are turned off and nobody is looking is beyond me. His lawyer essentially admitted as much in court!

mmanfrin 8y ago
Does it matter? His viewers see him as genuine and believe the things he says. When people watched Colbert, most of them got the joke because it was clearly satire. Jones hiding behind 'its a character' is such a flimsy and useless excuse.
epistasis 8y ago
Are you serious, have you ever run into one of his listeners? If anybody listens to him thinking it's not real, they are a tiny and insignificant minority. What his lawyer admits in court means nothing to his audience.
- pokemongoaway 8y ago
  So the same thing the mainstream media said about Trump supporters before he got elected. Want to cite some evidence that Info Wars is actually tiny and has the abysmal following you're claiming?
- adamrezich 8y ago
  Yes I have, and he literally showed me his water filter and offered me a glass. Doesn't change my point one bit.
rosser 8y ago
It's somehow "better" that he behaves that way to make a buck, than because he believes it?
- mikeyouse 8y ago
  The rule of goats applies here.. "The Rule of Goats applies. Slightly paraphrased — for this family newspaper — the rule states: If you kiss a goat, even if you say you're doing it ironically, you're still a goat-kisser. Alex Jones, playing a character or not, is a goat-kisser." From Ken White, notorious free speech attorney who blogs as Popehat: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-white-alex-jones-character-20170419-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-white-alex-jones-...
  - rosser 8y ago
    I think we're in complete agreement. Thanks for the link, that will come in handy! I'm already a fan of Ken's, but hadn't seen that one.
- adamrezich 8y ago
  Did I say it was better? I was just pointing out the schtick
tschwimmer 8y ago
Unlike Colbert, there's some controversy surrounding the status of Alex Jones as a performance artist. In a recent custody hearing, his lawyer argued that he was indeed playing a character. But in a broadcast on his podcast, he was quoted as saying "“We’re the most bona fide, hardcore, real McCoy thing there is, and everybody knows it and we’re delivering the goods... I’m the opposite of some scripted person.” I think there's overwhelming evidence to support Alex Jones as a true conspiracy theorist. Whether he truly holds all the ludicrous beliefs that he consistently espouses, that's harder to tell.

mmanfrin 8y ago

Does it matter? His viewers see him as genuine and believe the things he says. When people watched Colbert, most of them got the joke because it was clearly satire. Jones hiding behind 'its a character' is such a flimsy and useless excuse.

epistasis 8y ago

Are you serious, have you ever run into one of his listeners? If anybody listens to him thinking it's not real, they are a tiny and insignificant minority. What his lawyer admits in court means nothing to his audience.

pokemongoaway 8y ago
So the same thing the mainstream media said about Trump supporters before he got elected. Want to cite some evidence that Info Wars is actually tiny and has the abysmal following you're claiming?
adamrezich 8y ago
Yes I have, and he literally showed me his water filter and offered me a glass. Doesn't change my point one bit.

rosser 8y ago

It's somehow "better" that he behaves that way to make a buck, than because he believes it?

mikeyouse 8y ago
The rule of goats applies here.. "The Rule of Goats applies. Slightly paraphrased — for this family newspaper — the rule states: If you kiss a goat, even if you say you're doing it ironically, you're still a goat-kisser. Alex Jones, playing a character or not, is a goat-kisser." From Ken White, notorious free speech attorney who blogs as Popehat: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-white-alex-jones-character-20170419-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-white-alex-jones-...
- rosser 8y ago
  I think we're in complete agreement. Thanks for the link, that will come in handy! I'm already a fan of Ken's, but hadn't seen that one.
adamrezich 8y ago
Did I say it was better? I was just pointing out the schtick

tschwimmer 8y ago

Unlike Colbert, there's some controversy surrounding the status of Alex Jones as a performance artist. In a recent custody hearing, his lawyer argued that he was indeed playing a character. But in a broadcast on his podcast, he was quoted as saying "“We’re the most bona fide, hardcore, real McCoy thing there is, and everybody knows it and we’re delivering the goods... I’m the opposite of some scripted person.” I think there's overwhelming evidence to support Alex Jones as a true conspiracy theorist. Whether he truly holds all the ludicrous beliefs that he consistently espouses, that's harder to tell.