Memoir dives into the lies of Alex Jones' Infowars
Josh Owens dedicated four years of his twenties to his role as a video editor and field producer for Alex Jones' Infowars. In his memoir, The Madness of Believing, he provides an incisive account of the deceptive practices that permeate the operations of this controversial media company.
Owens elucidates how content creation at Infowars was focused on crafting stories to appear cinematic, often at the expense of truth. He recounts a specific incident where he was deployed to El Paso, Texas, under the pretense of investigating a fabricated report claiming the existence of an ISIS training camp. Upon discovering no supporting evidence for this narrative, the team resorted to staging a complex video featuring a reporter posing as an ISIS operative.
"In Jones' world, it was all about making things look cinematic," Owens articulated. "We would shoot videos that did not accurately reflect reality but rather presented exaggerated narratives."
Although Owens grappled with increasing discomfort regarding his work, he remained at Infowars due to the lucrative compensation and the dynamic atmosphere cultivated by Jones. A turning point was reached during a flight home when he encountered a Muslim woman and her child, which prompted him to contemplate the racial biases inherent in the narratives perpetuated by Infowars.
Owens ultimately departed from the company in 2017 and subsequently contributed to an HBO documentary titled The Truth vs. Alex Jones, where he offered vital testimony in a defamation lawsuit brought against Jones by the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims. His memoir unveils the opaque landscape of conspiracy theories and their profound consequences on real individuals.
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