Jones' sensationalist tactics has consistently caused more damage than good to legitimate movements that stand in opposition to government repression and big media propaganda. When powerful people and big media want to "delegitimize" a belief or a movement, they need only suggest that Jones is associated with it.
Jones’ ability and pattern of delegitimizing controversial, yet
evidence-based contingents of so-called truth movements through
radicalization and guilt by association, is eerily analogous to the
blueprints of various US Government programs– most notably COINTELPRO
from the 1960s and ‘70s. More recently, this has also been the case regarding establishment
efforts to discredit the Occupy Wall St. Movement. This article will
explore the work of Alex Jones’ and the effects he has had on others who
research similar controversial subjects, and how research into those
very subjects comes to be viewed in the public once Jones is perceived
as a spokesperson or figurehead.
by
Nolan Higdon
In 1833, William Miller predicted the second coming of Jesus Christ
in the year 1843. Only after his fourth failed prediction, each of which
saw hundreds of thousands of followers turn out, did his followers
abandon him. By this time, Miller had already absconded with copious
amounts of their money, spent on his publications and for ascension
robes that were supposed to prepare them for Jesus Christ’s arrival.1 A
profiteer relying on distortion and unfulfilled predictions,
contemporary radio personality and activist Alex Jones operates in the
same mode as Miller. Instead of ascension robes, Jones profits from the
fear and uncertainty he relentlessly peddles via DVDs, publications,
books, a TV show, a radio show, and websites.
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