Far-right podcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reportedly hosted a livestream on social media with "Assassinate Biden" in the title, causing the internet to erupt in calls for an investigation.
Independent multimedia journalist David Leavitt flagged Jones' stream on X, which was formerly ...
Did he?
Yeah. It doesn’t really get any less ambiguous without adding “I really mean it in a legally actionable way!” or some such nonsense.
I ask because the article says nothing about him encouraging others to do it. I was hoping someone would link or explain more.
Putting it in the title is pretty suggestive, no?
Did you read the article? The full title of the livestream was, “Will the Deep State Assassinate Biden If He Refuses To Leave?”
As far as I can tell, the title was clickbait and he did not encourage violence, but I would love to be corrected. Look, I hate defending this guy, I’m just doing this because I hate sensational headlines.
I hate Alex Jones but I don’t follow your logic. Can you be less ambiguous to help me out? What did Alex say? The only articles I can find only admit that his stream title was asking if the “deepstate” will off Biden. To be clear, deepstate doesn’t refer to his listeners.
The reason this matters is that Alex has done many bad things, but if we cry wolf when it isn’t warranted, then it becomes fuel for Mr. Jones to tell his followers about fake news.