Alex Jones: The text messages

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For the last two decades, Alex Jones has peddled disinformation and hate to Americans, building a media empire in the process. He’s crafted the Infowars brand around his bombastic, hypermasculine persona. But much like his rants about fluoride and chemtrails and Sandy Hook, the image he has packaged and sold to his audience is a lie.

Hatewatch reviewed more than 22,000 text messages Jones sent and received between Aug. 19, 2019, and May 15, 2020. Those messages form the basis of this investigation.

Read Alex Jones’ extremist file.

Written and Reported by: Michael Edison Hayden and Megan Squire
Edited by: Rachel Janik
Illustrations by: Lincoln Agnew

Jan 31

About the Alex Jones Texts

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/02/01/about-alex-jones-texts

Jan 27

Part I: Infowars’ Alex Jones Says He Lives ‘in Hell,’ Texts Show

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/02/01/infowars-alex-jones-says-he-lives-hell-texts-show

Illustration Alex Jones and Gavin McInnes

Feb 2

Part II: Texts Highlight Infowars’ Overlap with Proud Boys

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/02/02/alex-jones-texts-highlight-infowars-overlap-proud-boys

Illustration of Alex Jones, Joe Rogan and Andrew Tate

Feb 7

Part III: Alex Jones Urged Rogan To Host Pro-Rape Extremist

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/02/07/alex-jones-urged-rogan-host-pro-rape-extremist

Illustration of Nick Fuentes, Alex Jones

Feb 17

Part IV: Jones on alleged FBI monitoring of Fuentes: ‘It’s a trap’

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/02/17/alex-jones-alleged-fbi-monitoring-nick-fuentes-its-trap

Illustration Alex Jones holding pill bottle

Mar 8

Part V: ‘Absolutely Bonkers’: Inside Inforwars’ Money Machine

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/03/08/absolutely-bonkers-inside-infowars-money-machine