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1. 0:00WHERE WE ARE AND IF YOSPOT A FAMILIAR FACE FROM THE MOVIES.
2. 0:04THIS IS "SUNDAY NIGHT." >>> FIRST TONIGHT OUR REPORT ON
3. 0:08THE INCENDIARY RADIO HOST ALEX JONES.
4. 0:11FOR YEARS JONES HAS BEEN SPREADING CONSPIRACY THEORIES
5. 0:14CLAIMING FOR INSTANCE THAT ELEMENTS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
6. 0:18ALLOWED THE 9/11 ATTACKS TO HAPPEN AND THAT THE HORRIFIC
7. 0:22SANDY HOOK MASSACRE WAS A HOAX. SOME THOUGHT WE SHOULDN'T
8. 0:25BROADCAST THIS INTERVIEW BECAUSE HIS BASELESS ALLEGATIONS AREN'T
9. 0:30JUST OFFENSIVE, THEY'RE DANGEROUS.
10. 0:33BUT HERE'S THE THING. ALEX JONES ISN'T GOING AWAY.
11. 0:36OVER THE YEARS HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL HAS RACKED UP 1.3
12. 0:40BILLION VIEWS. HE HAS MILLIONS OF LISTENERS AND
13. 0:45THE EAR OF OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT.
14. 0:47WE BEGIN OUR REPORT WITH HIS REACTION TO THE RECENT TERRORIST
15. 0:55ATTACK IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. ALEX JONES WAS NEARLY 5,000
16. 0:59MILES AWAY FROM MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER
17. 1:03KILLED 22 PEOPLE AT A CONCERT LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS AGO.
18. 1:06DESPITE THE DISTANCE AND WITH FEW FACTS KNOWN, JONES DID WHAT
19. 1:11HE OFTEN DOES -- JUMPS MOUTH FIRST INTO CONTROVERSY.
20. 1:16>> A BIG BOMB GOES OFF AT A POP STAR'S ROCK CONCERT BOMBING A
21. 1:18BUNCH OF LIBERAL TRENDIES. >> YOU SAID LIBERAL TRENDIES
22. 1:21WERE KILLED. THE SAME PEOPLE PROMOTING OPEN
23. 1:25BORDERS, BRINGING ISLAMISTS IN. >> YES.
24. 1:28>> IN RESPONSE TO WHICH MANY PEOPLE LOOKED AT THE VICTIMS,
25. 1:33MANY OF WHOM WERE 14, 15. >> I'M SORRY I DIDN'T BLOW THEM
26. 1:35UP. I KNOW.
27. 1:37I DID SOMETHING BAD THOUGH? >> THAT YOU WOULD SUGGEST --
28. 1:39>> NO, NO. >> THAT AN 8-YEAR-OLD -- RIGHT?
29. 1:46SAFI ROSE WAS A LIBERAL TRENDY? THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE
30. 1:49VICTIMS. >> NO, NO.
31. 1:52THE MEDIA MISREPRESENTING AND CLIPPING THAT THE WAY YOU DID.
32. 1:56I GOT HOME AT 6:00, HEARD ABOUT IT.
33. 1:59THE AGES OF THE VICTIMS WEREN'T EVEN KNOWN.
34. 2:02THEY WERE SAYING-JIHADI AND I SAID HOW CRAZY IS IT THAT
35. 2:05LIBERAL TRENDIES ARE NOW THE VICTIMS.
36. 2:08I START GOING AND LOOKING. OF COURSE IF THERE ARE KIDS
37. 2:11KILLED BY MUSLIMS I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THEIR FAULT.
38. 2:17>> THAT PATTERN, RECKLESSNESS FOLLOWED BY EXCUSES IS CLASSIC
39. 2:19ALEX JONES. >> THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE THEY
40. 2:21WANT. >> HE HAS SPENT NEARLY TWO
41. 2:24DECADES ON THE FRINGE SO SHOUTING CON PIR SI THEORIES
42. 2:29INTO EVERY MICROPHONE HE CAN GET IN FRONT OF.
43. 2:33HERE HE IS IN 2001. >> TYRANNY IS ENVELOPING THE
44. 2:37GLOBE. >> HE HAS BEEN STEADY PRODUCING
45. 2:41RADIO SHOWS AND WEB CASTS WHICH REACH MILLIONS A MONTH.
46. 2:45HIS INFLUENCE HIT NEW HEIGHTS WHEN HE ATTRACTED A FAMOUS
47. 2:48FAN -- THEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP.
48. 2:51>> I JUST WANT TO FINISH BY SAYING YOUR REPUTATION IS
49. 2:53AMAZING. >> IN DECEMBER 2015 MR. TRUMP
50. 2:58APPEARED ON JONES'S RADIO PROGRAM OFFERING PRAISE AND
51. 3:01PROMISES. >> I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.
52. 3:04YOU WILL BE VERY, VERY IMPRESSED, I HOPE.
53. 3:07I THINK WE'LL BE SPEAKING A LOT. >> SEPARATELY BOTH MEN HAD
54. 3:10SUPPORTED THE FALSE STATEMENT THAT BARACK OBAMA WAS NOT A
55. 3:13NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. >> DONALD TRUMP IS SURGING.
56. 3:17>> THEY HAVE HAD MORE IN COMMON SENSE.
57. 3:19>> I AGREE WITH TRUMP ON THAT. HE AGREES WITH ME.
58. 3:25I'VE GOT ARTICLES. HE'S FOLLOWING ALEX ON COAL, ON
59. 3:27GUNS, ON BORDERS. >> THE 2016 CAMPAIGN WAS GOOD
60. 3:30FOR INFO WARS. ITS YOUTUBE MONTHLY VIEWS
61. 3:34REACHED 83 MILLION IN NOVEMBER 2016.
62. 3:36MORE THAN FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS NOVEMBER.
63. 3:40WHEN MR. TRUMP WON, ALEX JONES FOUND HIMSELF WITH ACCESS TO THE
64. 3:44SEAT OF POWER. INFO WARS GOT A TEMPORARY WHITE
65. 3:48HOUSE PRESS PASS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND JONES SAID MR. TRUMP
66. 3:51CALLED HIM AFTER THE ELECTION TO THANK HIM FOR HIS HELP.
67. 3:55>> YOU SAID IT'S SURREAL TO SAY SOMETHING AN INFO WARS AND HEAR
68. 3:59IT COME OUT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES'S MOUTH DAYS
69. 4:01LATER. >> THAT'S HAPPENED.
70. 4:05>> DO YOU THINK HE'S WATCHING? >> I KNOW TRUMP WATCHES AND SEES
71. 4:07THE CLIPS AND THINGS. >> WE DID FIND INDICATIONS OF
72. 4:10THAT. ON JULY 22, 2015, INFO WARS PUT
73. 4:14UP A VIDEO CLAIMING IT SHOWED DRUG TRAFFICKING ALONG THE U.S.
74. 4:17MEXICO BORDER ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT ACTUALLY SHOWS.
75. 4:22>> WE ACTUALLY WITNESSED A DRUG SMUGGLING OPERATION FROM MEXICO
76. 4:25INTO THE U.S. >> THREE DAYS LATER, MR. TRUMP
77. 4:29GAVE THIS SPEECH IN IOWA. >> BIG STORY ALL OVER THE PLACE
78. 4:32NOW. GUYS SWIMMING ACROSS WITH BIG
79. 4:37BAGS OF STUFF SWIMMING ACROSS THE RIVER.
80. 4:40>> THIS WAS INFO WARS PROVING THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
81. 4:44BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CLINTON.
82. 4:47>> I THINK SHE'S GOING TO SHOW UP ON DRUGS.
83. 4:50SHE'LL BE WHACKED OUT. >> AND MR. TRUMP'S TAKE NOT LONG
84. 4:53AFTER. >> WE SHOULD TAKE A DRUG TEST
85. 4:56PRIOR BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HER.
86. 5:00>> DONALD TRUMP ALLY AND FREQUENT INFO WARS GUEST ROGER
87. 5:04STONE UNDERSCORED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN JONES AND THE TRUMP
88. 5:08CAMPAIGN LAST SPRING IN A TWEET THAT READ MSN ELITES DON'T SEE
89. 5:14ALEX JONES AND INFO WARS REACH MILLIONS OF SUPPORTERS AND
90. 5:19HELPED MAKE THE TRUMP REVOLUTION.
91. 5:22>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK TO MR. TRUMP?
92. 5:23BOOM. >> WHILE JONES HAS BOASTED OF
93. 5:28HIS ACCESS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP HE SAID THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA OR
94. 5:33MSM EXAGGERATED IT. >> I THINK MY INFLUENCE ON TRUMP
95. 5:36IS LOWER THAN WHAT MSM SAID. >> WHAT KIND OF ACCESS?
96. 5:39>> HE'S CALLED AND TALKED POLITICS OR THANKED ME, STUFF
97. 5:42LIKE THAT. >> WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF
98. 5:45AS FRIENDS? >> NO.
99. 5:48>> FRIENDLY? >> SURE.
100. 5:50>> HOW MANY TIMES HAS HE CALLED YOU?
101. 5:53>> I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT.
102. 5:55>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ALEX JONES THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP FINDS
103. 5:56SO AMAZING? >> THAT'S A SCARY QUESTION.
104. 6:00>> CHARLIE SYKES IS A CONSERVATIVE WRITER AND
105. 6:02CONTRIBUTOR TO NBC NEWS. HE'S BEEN CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT
106. 6:05TRUMP. >> OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A CON SPIR
107. 6:08TOIRL TURN IN THE PRESIDENT'S THINKING AND IMAGINATION.
108. 6:13THOSE DARKER IMPULSES ARE FED INTO BY ALEX JONES.
109. 6:16>> JONES SPEAKS TO HIS LISTENERS FOR HOURS A DAY, SIX DAYS A
110. 6:20WEEK. HIS RANTS CAN BE VULGAR AND HATE
111. 6:25FILLED LIKE THIS ONE DIRECTED AT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
112. 6:33>> SCHIFF LOOKS LIKE THE ARCHETYPE [ BLEEP ] AND THERE IS
113. 6:34SOMETHING THIS FAIRY BOSSING AROUND TRYING TO INTIMIDATE
114. 6:37PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME. I WANT TO TELL CONGRESSMAN
115. 6:40SCHIFF AND THE REST OF THEM YOU WANT TO SAY I'M A [ BLEEP ]
116. 6:46RUSSIAN, YOU GET MY FACE I WILL BEAT YOUR [ BLEEP ] YOU SON OF A
117. 6:48BITCH. >> JONES BEGAN DEVELOPING
118. 6:52CONSPIRACY THEORIES AS A TEENAGER.
119. 6:54HE GREW UP THE OLDEST OF A DENTIST AND HOME MAKER AND WENT
120. 6:58TO SCHOOL IN TEXAS. >> I READ HISTORY BOOKS AND I
121. 7:01HAVE EDUCATED FAMILY. I KNOW HOW THINGS WORK VERSUS
122. 7:04WHAT THE NEWS SAID. >> AFTER A BRIEF STINT IN
123. 7:08COMMUNITY COLLEGE HE FOUND HIS CALLING IN AUSTIN.
124. 7:11HE WENT INTO BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF FOUNDING INFO WARS IN
125. 7:141999. MANY DOUBTED HIS PROSPECTS.
126. 7:18HE'S NOW WORTH MILLIONS. >> I'M YOUR HOST ALEX JONES.
127. 7:21>> INFO WARS MAKES MAKEUP BY SELLING PRODUCTS LIKE MALE
128. 7:24SUPPLEMENTS. >> IT'S JUST COME OFF OF ME.
129. 7:29SOON THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT. >> PITCH MAN IS JONES HIMSELF.
130. 7:35>> IT COSTS MILLIONS A YEAR TO RUN IT.
131. 7:36>> HOW MUCH IS MADE? >> THE MONEY THAT'S MADE IS PUT
132. 7:38BACK INTO THINGS. >> JONES USES THE MONEY TO
133. 7:41SPREAD HIS MESSAGE. A MESSAGE THAT CAUSED ENORMOUS
134. 7:45PAIN. >> HE HAS INJECTED THIS TOXIC
135. 7:50PARANOIA INTO THE MAIN STREAM OF CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT IN A WAY
136. 7:53THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCONCEIVABLE A COUPLE OF
137. 7:55DECADES AGO. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY
138. 7:59WHO TRAFFICS IN SOME OF THE SICKEST, MOST OFFENSIVE TYPES OF
139. 8:03THEORIES. >> AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS
140. 8:06JONES'S OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENT THAT THE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT
141. 8:09CHILDREN AND TEACHERS AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ONE OF
142. 8:14THE DARKEST CHAPTERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY WAS A HOAX.
143. 8:18>> I LOST MY SON. I BURIED MY SON.
144. 8:23I HELD MY SON WITH A BULLET HOLE THROUGH HIS HEAD.
145. 8:30>> NEIL'S SON JESSE WAS MURDERED, JUST 6 YEARS OLD WITH
146. 8:37CLASSMATES AND SIX ADULTS IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT.
147. 8:41>> I DROPPED HIM OFF AT 9:04 AT SCHOOL WITH HIS BOOK BAG.
148. 8:47HOURS LATER I WAS PICKING HIM UP IN A BODY BAG.
149. 8:50>> ALEX JONES REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THAT THE SHOOTING NEVER
150. 8:54HAPPENED. HERE HE IS IN DECEMBER 2014.
151. 8:58>> IT TOOK ME ABOUT A YEAR WITH SANDY HOOK TO COME TO GRIPS WITH
152. 9:00THE FACT THAT THE WHOLE THING WAS FAKE.
153. 9:05>> YOU SAID THE WHOLE THING IS A HOAX.
154. 9:07HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH A TOTAL HOAX?
155. 9:09IT TOOK ME ABOUT A YEAR WITH SANDY HOOK TO COME TO GRIPS WITH
156. 9:12THE FACT THAT THE WHOLE THING WAS FAKE.
157. 9:16I DID DEEP RESEARCH AND MY GOSH, IT JUST PRETTY MUCH DIDN'T
158. 9:20HAPPEN. >> AT THAT POINT, AND I DO THINK
159. 9:23THERE IS COVER-UP AND MANIPULATION, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH
160. 9:26WHAT I BELIEVED. I WAS GOING INTO DEVIL'S
161. 9:29ADVOCATE BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE MASS SHOOTINGS AND THESE THINGS
162. 9:31HAPPEN. >> YOU'RE TRYING TO HAVE IT ALL
163. 9:33WAYS. >> NO, I'M NOT.
164. 9:35>> IF YOU WEPT OUT AND SAID IT WAS A HOAX THAT'S WRONG.
165. 9:38>> I ALREADY ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
166. 9:40LISTENERS AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE COVERING THIS.
167. 9:42I DIDN'T CREATE THAT STORY. >> ALEX, THE PARENTS, ONE AFTER
168. 9:49THE OTHER, DEVASTATED. THE DEAD BODIES THAT THE CORONER
169. 9:53AUTOPSIED. >> THEY BLOCKED THAT.
170. 9:55THEY WON'T RELEASE IT. IT'S UNPRECEDENTED.
171. 9:57EVEN THE REPORTS. >> ALL THE PARENTS DECIDED TO
172. 10:03COME OUT AND LIE ABOUT DEAD CHILDREN?
173. 10:04>> I DIDN'T SAY THAT. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
174. 10:06CHILDREN? >> I WILL LOOK AT EVERY POSITION
175. 10:09AND PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE? >> WAS THAT DEVIL'S ADVOCATE?
176. 10:12THE WHOLE THING WAS A HOAX? THE WHOLE THING WAS FAKE?
177. 10:16>> YES. I REMEMBER EVEN THAT DAY THEN
178. 10:20SAYING, BUT THEN SOME OF IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS REAL BUT THEN
179. 10:24WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THEY'VE GOT THE KIDS GOING IN CIRCLES IN AND
180. 10:27OUT OF THE BUILDING WITH THEIR HANDS UP.
181. 10:29IT LOOKS LIKE A DRILL. I HAVE WATCHED THE FOOTAGE.
182. 10:33>> WHEN YOU SAY PARENTS FAKED THEIR CHILDREN'S DEATH, PEOPLE
183. 10:37GET ANGRY. >> I KNOW.
184. 10:39THEY DON'T GET ANGRY ABOUT THE HALF MILLION DEAD IRAQIS FROM
185. 10:43SANCTIONS. >> THAT'S A DODGE.
186. 10:45>> IT'S NOT A DODGE. THE MEDIA NEVER COVERS THE EVIL
187. 10:48WARS -- >> THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE WHAT YOU
188. 10:52DID AND SAID ABOUT NEWTOWN AND YOU KNOW IT.
189. 10:53>> HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE. I LOOKED AT ALL ANGLES OF
190. 10:56NEWTOWN. I MADE MY STATEMENTS LONG BEFORE
191. 10:59THE MEDIA EVEN PICKED UP ON IT. >> IN OUR INTERVIEW WE ASKED
192. 11:04JONES NUMEROUS TIMES WHAT HE NOW BELIEVES.
193. 11:06HE NEVER COMPLETELY DISAVOWED HIS PREVIOUS STATEMENTS.
194. 11:10>> I TEND TO BELIEVE CHILDREN PROBABLY DID DIE THERE.
195. 11:12YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER EVIDENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
196. 11:14I CAN SEE HOW OTHER PEOPLE BELIEVE NOBODY DIED THERE.
197. 11:18>> OF COURSE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
198. 11:25AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK OFFICE THE NEWTOWN BOARD OF
199. 11:27EDUCATION WROTE TO HIM IMPLORING THE PRESIDENT TO TRY TO STOP
200. 11:30JONES AND OTHER HOAXERS LIKE HIM SAYING JONES CONTINUES TO SPREAD
201. 11:34HATE AND LIES TOWARDS OUR TOWN. ALMOST FOUR MONTHS LATER,
202. 11:38ACCORDING TO THE BOARD CHAIRMAN, THE PRESIDENT HAS YET TO
203. 11:41RESPOND. THE LIES ABOUT SANDY HOOK HAVE
204. 11:44HAD REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES. JUST THIS MONTH, A FLORIDA WOMAN
205. 11:48WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE MONTHS IN PRISON FOR SENDING DEATH THREATS
206. 11:51TO A SANDY HOOK PARENT. HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAID SHE
207. 11:56WAS PRIMARILY MOTIVATED BY INFO WARS.
208. 11:58OTHER VICTIMS FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HARASSED OR
209. 12:00THREATENED, TOO. THE FAMILIES SAY JONES'S WORDS
210. 12:04CAUSED LASTING PAIN. AND THEY FEAR THE HARASSMENT
211. 12:07WILL CONTINUE. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S DISRESPECTFUL
212. 12:11TO ME. I DID LOSE MY SON AND 26 OTHER
213. 12:14FAMILIES LOST SOMEBODY. I TAKE THAT VERY PERSONAL.
214. 12:18>> YOU KNOW, THIS PIECE IS GOING TO AIR ON FATHER'S DAY.
215. 12:21>> CORRECT. >> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO HIM?
216. 12:26>> I THINK HE'S BLESSED TO HAVE HIS CHILDREN TO SPEND THE DAY
217. 12:36WITH, TO SPEAK TO. I DON'T HAVE THAT.
218. 12:39>> THE CONSEQUENCES OF JONES'S ACTIONS ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDY
219. 12:42HOOK. >> PIZZAGATE AS IT'S CALLED IS A
220. 12:45RABBIT HOLE THAT'S HORRIFYING TO GO DOWN.
221. 12:49>> IN 2016, JONES PROMOTED A CONSPIRACY THEORY KNOWN AS
222. 12:51PIZZAGATE. INFO WARS CLAIMED A CHILD SEX
223. 12:55RING WAS BEING RUN BY DEMOCRATS OUT OF A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES
224. 13:02AND SPECIFICALLY POINTED TO A WASHINGTON, D.C. PIZZERIA.
225. 13:03>> GO TO INFO WARS.COM AND SEE THE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS INSIDE
226. 13:06THESE PLACES. >> JONES ENCOURAGED LISTENERS TO
227. 13:11INVESTIGATE THE CASE THEMSELVES AND ONE DID, BRINGING A
228. 13:14SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE TO THE SHOP AND FIRING SEVERAL ROUNDS.
229. 13:19NO ONE WAS HURT AND THE SHOOTER WAS ARRESTED.
230. 13:25PIZZA RESTAURANT OWNER TOLD JONES TO APOLOGIZE AND HE DID.
231. 13:32>> WE REGRET ANY COMMENTARY ON COMIC PING-PONG OR ITS
232. 13:35EMPLOYEES. >> ANOTHER APOLOGY CAME THIS
233. 13:37SPRING. CHOBANI YOGURT SUED JONES AFTER
234. 13:43INFO WARS FANNED THE LIE THAT CHOBANI EMPLOYEES COMMITTED
235. 13:46SEXUAL ASSAULT IN IDAHO. >> I REGRET WE MISREPRESENTED
236. 13:52CHOBANI. >> YOU COULD HAVE FOUND OUT IF
237. 13:57YOU HAD A REPORTER DO A LITTLE REPORTING, CALL, CHECK OUT THE
238. 13:59FACTS. YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE HAD TO
239. 14:01APOLOGIZE. >> THIS IS MY STATEMENT ON THAT.
240. 14:04WE KNOW IT WAS BASICALLY A P.R. EVENT.
241. 14:05WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU'VE GOT A YEAR OF REPORTING ON A REPORTED
242. 14:08SEXUAL ASSAULT. >> ALL OF WHICH HAS NOTHING TO
243. 14:12DO WITH CHOBANI. >> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET ME
244. 14:14GET IT OUT. >> I DON'T WANT TO SMEAR THE
245. 14:16MAN. YOU SAID YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT
246. 14:20CHOBANI. YOU SAID THAT.
247. 14:23>> WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY CHOSE TO GO AFTER ME AND SO I
248. 14:28SIMPLY POINTED OUT THAT WE WERE REPORTING OTHER PEOPLE'S REPORTS
249. 14:31THAT WERE NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE AND WE WERE SORRY BECAUSE IT WAS
250. 14:33TRUE. >> YOU DON'T SOUND VERY SORRY.
251. 14:37>> WELL, THE MEDIA SAID STUFF ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT THAT WASN'T
252. 14:40TRUE. >> WHAT?
253. 14:43YOU SAID THINGS ABOUT CHOBANI AND THE OWNER THAT WERE NOT
254. 14:46TRUE. ARE YOU SORRY?
255. 14:48>> I WILL TELL YOU AGAIN. THE MEDIA REALLY WAS UPSET THAT
256. 14:51THEY SAID IT WAS A HOAX. >> IT'S NO THE MEDIA.
257. 14:53YOU. >> SO WHAT THEY DID.
258. 14:57>> ARE YOU SORRY? >> WHAT THEY DID.
259. 14:59WHAT THE MEDIA DID AND WE KNOW IT WAS THE MEDIA.
260. 15:02WE HAVE THE P.I.s AND THE LAW FIRMS.
261. 15:04WE'RE WORKING ON IT NOW. LET'S SAY CHOBANI WAS REAL HAPPY
262. 15:10TO GET OUT OF THE LAWSUIT. >> BUT IT WAS CLEAR INFO WARS
263. 15:14WAS THE ONLY MEDIA OUTLET TO REPORT THE LIE THAT FORCED JONES
264. 15:17TO APOLOGIZE. WITH THAT APOLOGY THEY CONSIDER
265. 15:20THE MATTER CLOSED. >> DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF AS A
266. 15:23JOURNALIST? >> I HAVE JOURNALISTS WHO WORK
267. 15:26FOR ME. I DO JOURNAL LIS TICK WORK.
268. 15:31>> IN THE INFO WARS STUDIO THERE IS NO SCRIPT.
269. 15:35INSTEAD IT IS A FREEWHEELING SPIN THROUGH PILES OF ARTICLES
270. 15:37STRAIGHT OFF THE INTERNET. >> 95% OF WHAT WE COVER IS
271. 15:42LOOKING AT A NEWS ARTICLE AND THEN DISCUSSING IT.
272. 15:47>> IF YOU LOOK AT AN ARTICLE AND DISCUSS IT, IT'S GARBAGE IN,
273. 15:50GARBAGE OUT. IF IT'S ALL B.S. AND YOU SPEND
274. 15:53TWO HOURS TALKING ABOUT IT YOU PUT OUT A BUNCH OF
275. 15:55MISINFORMATION. WHAT'S THE VETTING PROCESS?
276. 15:59>> WE ALL GET HILLARY WAS 15 POINTS AHEAD.
277. 16:02WE GET MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS A BIG PROBLEM.
278. 16:07>> THE INFO WARS STAFFERS WE MET HAVE FREE REIN TO COVER WHATEVER
279. 16:13THEY LIKE WITH VIRTUALLY NO OVERSIGHT.
280. 16:15WE SPOKE WITH EMPLOYEES INCLUDING OWEN SHROYER.
281. 16:19>> ON A DAILY BASIS HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WILL DO?
282. 16:22>> I WAKE UP, LOOK AT THE NEWS. I PRAY.
283. 16:25I RARELY GET DIRECTIVES FROM ALEX OR MY BOSS.
284. 16:27THEY LEAVE IT UP TO ME. >> IS THAT WHAT YOU CONSIDER
285. 16:32YOURSELF TO BE -- A JOURNALIST? >> I DON'T LIKE CALLING IT THAT.
286. 16:36I'M A HUMAN LOOKING FOR TRUTH. I'M TRYING TO REACH OUT AND BE
287. 16:39WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. >> WHEN YOU SAY PEOPLE WHO DO
288. 16:41YOU MEAN? >> THE DEPLORABLES, THE FLYOVER
289. 16:46COUNTRY, THE FORGOTTEN AMERICANS.
290. 16:47>> WE ARE GOING TO GET TO WORK IMMEDIATELY FOR THE AMERICAN
291. 16:49PEOPLE. >> WITH THE ELECTION OF DONALD
292. 16:52TRUMP, ALEX JONES HAS PLANS TO EXPAND INFO WARS.
293. 16:58MORE STUDIOS, MORE SHOWS, MORE EMPLOYEES, MORE INFLUENCE.
294. 17:04>> I SAID THE WAR HAS JUST BEGUN.
295. 17:06WE'VE JUST GOT A BEACH HEAD. SO THAT'S JUST THE START OF THE
296. 17:09WAR FOR ME. >> ALEX JONES GOES INTO BATTLE
297. 17:12WITH A POWERFUL ALLY. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THE
298. 17:16TRUMP/PENCE CAMPAIGN E-MAILED THIS MESSAGE TO SUPPORTERS.