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Infowars
April 21, 2023
Michael Tomasky
First Alex Jones, and Now Fox News—Connect the Dots, People
Gee, how come we don’t see liberal media outlets paying huge settlements in defamation lawsuits?
August 5, 2022
Matt Ford
The Ecstasy of Watching Alex Jones Get Trounced in Court
The Infowars host and conspiracy monger is getting exactly what he deserves. A jury this week hit him with $50 million in damages—and the punishment has only just begun.
February 27, 2020
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
Why the New Right Loves Nootropics
The ideologies behind mind optimization
September 3, 2019
Magazine
Richard Cooke
Right Brain
The conservative commentariat’s love affair with nootropics
November 8, 2018
Jeet Heer
To smear CNN’s Jim Acosta, White House seems to have borrowed a sped-up Infowars video.
August 7, 2018
Alex Shephard
Facebook’s Free Speech Problem Is Bigger Than Alex Jones
The InfoWars conspiracy theorist has been banned from a slew of sites. But he's just the tip of a rotten iceberg.
October 6, 2017
Bob Moser
Why the “Alt-Lite” Celebrated the Las Vegas Massacre
Even more effectively than the white nationalist alt-right, the alt-lite distorts the truth to spread the vile narrative of a "white genocide" in America.
August 21, 2017
Bob Moser
How YouTube Became the Worldwide Leader in White Supremacy
When Google promises to "curb" extremism on its lucrative video platform, it means nothing more than keeping advertisers happy.
June 16, 2017
Clio Chang
This is why you don’t interview Alex Jones.
February 28, 2017
Magazine
Jesse Walker
All the President’s Phantoms
Trump isn’t the first conspiracy theorist in chief—just the most shameless.
February 22, 2017
Graham Vyse
Donald Trump’s campaign planted flattering stories in InfoWars to protect his fragile ego.
January 20, 2017
Clio Chang
Alex Jones is having a bad inauguration day.
July 21, 2016
Alexander Zaitchik
At Trump’s Coronation, Alex Jones Is King
In Cleveland, the master far-right conspiracist has emerged as a national force behind the rise of Trump. But he's still not sure about the guy.
August 20, 2014
Josh Kovensky
These Are the Craziest Conspiracy Theories About Ferguson
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