Ex-Alex Jones employee reflects on job at Infowars: ‘It was nonsense. It was lies’
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A former Infowars employee, Josh Owens, has publicly described his work for Alex Jones as fabricated and based on lies. In an NPR interview promoting his new memoir, Owens, who worked as a video editor and field producer until 2017, detailed how Infowars would create misleading content, including a staged video purporting to show an ISIS operative entering the US from Mexico. Owens said he participated in creating false narratives despite his misgivings, citing good pay and Jones's charismatic personality as reasons for staying. He ultimately left Infowars after a personal experience made him reconsider the impact of the company's Islamophobic content. Infowars did not respond to NPR's request for comment.
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AI-ExtractedOwens left Infowars in 2017.
Former Infowars employee Josh Owens said his work for Alex Jones was “nonsense” and “lies”.
Infowars allegedly dressed a reporter as an IS operative with a severed head prop.
Owens claims he helped fabricate a video of an IS operative sneaking into the US from Mexico.
The fabricated video of the IS operative crossing the border scored 1 million views.
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