Alexander Emerick "Alex" Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American

United States

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 talk radio

Talk radio

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 host, actor and filmmaker. His syndicated news/talk show The Alex Jones Show, based in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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, airs via the Genesis Communication Network over 60 AM, FM, and shortwave

Shortwave

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 radio stations across the United States and on the Internet. His websites include Infowars.com and PrisonPlanet.com.

Mainstream sources have described Jones as a conservative

Conservatism

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 and as a right-wing conspiracy theorist.

Jones sees himself as a libertarian

Libertarianism

Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...

, and rejects being described as a right-winger.