The news service's host claimed that federal authorities were going to shut down his studios in Austin, Texas, on Friday night.

In what he described as an “emergency broadcast” on Saturday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed that his far-right news company, Infowars’, studios in Austin, Texas, might be shut down by federal authorities soon.

“This is going to be Infowars’ last show, because I learned yesterday that they were going to padlock the door and kick us out last night,” Jones said while on Infowars on Saturday.

On the same day, Friday, May 31, the news outlet published an article saying it might be shut down in 48 hours.

Newsweek contacted Infowars by email on Sunday morning for comment and any evidence of the alleged attempt to shut down the company’s studios.

Jones said that he spotted “guards looking at me weird” at the entrance of the Infowars building and believed that his company was going to be shut down.

Basically, the entire studio has been repossessed, has guards around the perimeter.

You can currently find clips of him breaking down and crying on twitter, and the whole broadcast is viewable on rumble, but I don’t have an x account nor am I going to post a rumble link.

He played out the end of the broadcast with, of course, ‘My Way’ by Sinatra.

  • lobut@lemmy.ca
    27·
    6 months ago

    I wonder how his listeners can keep hearing this same message for years?

    • aesthelete@lemmy.world
      20·
      6 months ago

      Reminds me of the mattress store down the street that is always running a going out of business sale.

    • neo
      5·
      6 months ago

      Like rabid goldfish

      Like toast in the rain
      like drunken dogs
      in rage without reason

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      Think of how many times you can trick a dog that trusts you before it starts to figure things out, and consider that Jones’ audience is more loyal and less intelligent than a typical dog.

    • rayyy@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 months ago

      I wonder how his listeners can keep hearing this same message for years?

      Try to understand stupidity at the infinity level