A former video editor and field producer for Alex Jones’s Infowars has said his work for the notorious conspiracy theorist was “nonsense” and “lies”, but he kept at it for four years in his 20s because the far-right media company’s founder was a magnetic presence and it earned him good money.
Josh Owens made those revealing remarks in an NPR interview published on Tuesday promoting his new memoir about once having been an employee of Jones and Infowars – a conversation that also detailed the hand he said he had in fabricating a video of an operative of the Islamic State (IS) terror group sneaking into the US from Mexico immediately after a beheading.
“In Jones’s world, it was all about making things look cinematic,” Owens, who left Infowars in 2017, said to NPR. Likening the aesthetic to that seen in pieces by Vice News, he continued: “We would go out there, we would shoot videos … like we were in the weeds, we were showing what was really going on.
“But it was nonsense. It was lies.”
He was complicit and knew it was wrong. What an ass
He knew it was bullshit, but hey at least the pay was good right? It’s ok to be publicly sorry after the moneys been spent right? But then again this interview was about his memoirs, so really it’s still just about making more money. It’s ok to be sorry for money I guess. /s
Exactly. He’s not sorry; he’s promoting his book.
Hey Sandy Hook parents, found you someone else to sue
“Yeah it was all lies and bullshit, but I made good money. Buy my book!” What a self serving asshole. I’d say I hope he never gets work again, but I’m sure some right wing shitstain would hire him in a second.
yeah go to hell, josh
Fuck you, Josh. You helped bring [gestures wildly at everything] about.
There’s no such thing as an honest conservative.
There’s no such thing as an
honestconservative.
Shocking revelation of shock jock schlock
What a fucking shame that a judge stop the Sandy Hooks families to sell their infowar asset to the Onion
whaaat? Fuck you!
Heh. I did work for a client who was a Jones partner for about seven years because the pay was very good.
Yeah, the lies, conspiracy theories, and general insanity were annoying, but it was interesting to watch them spiral themselves into oblivion.
