Saturday, 17. March 2007
Alex Jones = Big Brother?
ats, 21:22h
Alex Jones = Big Brother?
A Cover by Victor Thorn & Lisa Guliani As much as we despise the New World Order elitists that are systematically destroying this country, we must say one thing: they have never censored, suppressed, or removed one of our articles from the Internet. Regrettably, we cannot say the same for Alex Jones’ Prison Planet website. On May 20th, 2003, an article that we had written entitled Deprogramming 101 appeared on Prison Planet. The only problem was: Lisa Guliani’s name was the only one to appear on the piece. (Lisa had, at that time, recently become a weekly columnist for Prison Planet, and her pieces had appeared in the first three weeks of May). To rectify this situation, Lisa contacted Paul Watson (Prison Planet’s webmaster) and told him that the article in question had been co-authored by her and Victor Thorn. To his credit, Watson quickly made the appropriate change.
Then, on May 21st, without notice or explanation, Deprogramming 101, along with other archived articles by Lisa Guliani (The American Media Violates Its Own Code of Ethics and Apostles of the War Machine) were ABRUPTLY PULLED from the Prison Planet website. Since that time, Lisa has repeatedly e-mailed Paul Watson to find out why this material has been removed, especially since he had so favorably received her previous political articles. She has yet to receive a response. To make matters worse, Prison Planet columnist Randy Lavello wrote a piece which had, in its original form, a direct link to Lisa Guliani’s article entitled Destruction of Dissent. But when it ran on Prison Planet, Alex Jones removed an entire sentence referencing this article - along with a link to it – another result of DIRECT CENSORSHIP, and again without explanation!
From our perspective, Alex Jones and Prison Planet are acting in not only a hypocritical way, but also in one that should alarm every person reading these words. Why? Because Alex Jones has become quite renowned via his books, videos, and radio show for denouncing the Patriot and Homeland Security Acts for infringing on our First Amendment rights of free speech and freedom of the press. Yet he is now suppressing vital information in a much more heavy-handed way than the current administration ever has. As we said: GEORGE BUSH HAS NEVER REMOVED OUR MATERIAL FROM THE INTERNET; ALEX JONES HAS!
The big question at this point is: why did Alex Jones, with whom the ultimate responsibility lies, make this decision? As we said earlier, no one at Prison Planet has answered Lisa’s queries, but we have heard on good authority that Mr. Jones did not approve of the content that appeared in our former publication, Babel Magazine. And why is that? Quite simply, because we ran a smattering of ‘adult-oriented’ material which was (without any candy-coating) quite risqué in nature.
But here’s the rub: our article – Deprogramming 101 – did not even remotely contain any offensive material; nor does any of our other anti-New World Order writing. It was strictly political in nature (and right on the mark, if we do say so ourselves). Yet the powers-that-be at Prison Planet found it necessary to suppress this information. But all we’re doing is precisely what Alex Jones and every other person who believes in the Constitution says we should be allowed to do – exercise our First Amendment right to free speech and freedom of expression.
At this point we would like to ask one very important question: is Alex Jones becoming an embodiment of that which he is supposedly fighting against? In our eyes, the only way we can save this country is by making as many people as possible aware of the New World Order cabal’s nefarious motives. This requires a vast dissemination of information to people in all walks of life. Yet Alex Jones, who is in a prime position to do just that, refuses to let people see the above-mentioned material. This stance is confirmed in an article by Louis Black that appeared in The Austin Chronicle on July 14, 2000 where he wrote: “Jones’ respect and support for freedom of speech ends with those voices with which he personally agrees.” We shudder at the ramifications of such hypocrisy!
In the end, what differentiates Alex Jones from the Controllers that he opposes (at least superficially)? Our local newspaper does not want its readers to become aware of Victor Thorn’s explosive expose, The New World Order Exposed (which is now in its twelfth printing and is one of the hottest alternative-political books in the country), so they refused to review it. But at least they published an announcement/blurb when it was released. Alex Jones and Prison Planet, on the other hand, engaged in a none-too-subtle form of suppression by deliberately deleting an entire sentence and link to Lisa Guliani’s article. Which one is worse? Likewise, although George Bush’s Justice Department is passing horrifyingly unconstitutional legislation, they have yet to censor one word we have ever published. Alex Jones and Prison Planet have now done so on more than one occasion. Which one is worse? Finally, similar to a stonewalling Congressman that acts in an Orwellian fashion, yet fails to offer any explanation, Alex Jones and Paul Watson at Prison Planet have similarly failed to answer any of Lisa Guliani’s repeated e-mails. Again, which one is worse?
When all is said and done, we’re beginning to wonder if Alex Jones has become what he supposedly most despises – an iron-fisted Big Brother-type demagogue who feels that the only information the public should be made aware of is what HE thinks they should be made aware of. We certainly hope that this is not the case, and that in the future Mr. Jones chooses to not only answer these questions, but to also make vital information available to his readers and listeners rather than suppressing and censoring it.
NOTE: This article was originally published in June, 2003
A Cover by Victor Thorn & Lisa Guliani
Then, on May 21st, without notice or explanation, Deprogramming 101, along with other archived articles by Lisa Guliani (The American Media Violates Its Own Code of Ethics and Apostles of the War Machine) were ABRUPTLY PULLED from the Prison Planet website. Since that time, Lisa has repeatedly e-mailed Paul Watson to find out why this material has been removed, especially since he had so favorably received her previous political articles. She has yet to receive a response. To make matters worse, Prison Planet columnist Randy Lavello wrote a piece which had, in its original form, a direct link to Lisa Guliani’s article entitled Destruction of Dissent. But when it ran on Prison Planet, Alex Jones removed an entire sentence referencing this article - along with a link to it – another result of DIRECT CENSORSHIP, and again without explanation!
From our perspective, Alex Jones and Prison Planet are acting in not only a hypocritical way, but also in one that should alarm every person reading these words. Why? Because Alex Jones has become quite renowned via his books, videos, and radio show for denouncing the Patriot and Homeland Security Acts for infringing on our First Amendment rights of free speech and freedom of the press. Yet he is now suppressing vital information in a much more heavy-handed way than the current administration ever has. As we said: GEORGE BUSH HAS NEVER REMOVED OUR MATERIAL FROM THE INTERNET; ALEX JONES HAS!
The big question at this point is: why did Alex Jones, with whom the ultimate responsibility lies, make this decision? As we said earlier, no one at Prison Planet has answered Lisa’s queries, but we have heard on good authority that Mr. Jones did not approve of the content that appeared in our former publication, Babel Magazine. And why is that? Quite simply, because we ran a smattering of ‘adult-oriented’ material which was (without any candy-coating) quite risqué in nature.
But here’s the rub: our article – Deprogramming 101 – did not even remotely contain any offensive material; nor does any of our other anti-New World Order writing. It was strictly political in nature (and right on the mark, if we do say so ourselves). Yet the powers-that-be at Prison Planet found it necessary to suppress this information. But all we’re doing is precisely what Alex Jones and every other person who believes in the Constitution says we should be allowed to do – exercise our First Amendment right to free speech and freedom of expression.
At this point we would like to ask one very important question: is Alex Jones becoming an embodiment of that which he is supposedly fighting against? In our eyes, the only way we can save this country is by making as many people as possible aware of the New World Order cabal’s nefarious motives. This requires a vast dissemination of information to people in all walks of life. Yet Alex Jones, who is in a prime position to do just that, refuses to let people see the above-mentioned material. This stance is confirmed in an article by Louis Black that appeared in The Austin Chronicle on July 14, 2000 where he wrote: “Jones’ respect and support for freedom of speech ends with those voices with which he personally agrees.” We shudder at the ramifications of such hypocrisy!
In the end, what differentiates Alex Jones from the Controllers that he opposes (at least superficially)? Our local newspaper does not want its readers to become aware of Victor Thorn’s explosive expose, The New World Order Exposed (which is now in its twelfth printing and is one of the hottest alternative-political books in the country), so they refused to review it. But at least they published an announcement/blurb when it was released. Alex Jones and Prison Planet, on the other hand, engaged in a none-too-subtle form of suppression by deliberately deleting an entire sentence and link to Lisa Guliani’s article. Which one is worse? Likewise, although George Bush’s Justice Department is passing horrifyingly unconstitutional legislation, they have yet to censor one word we have ever published. Alex Jones and Prison Planet have now done so on more than one occasion. Which one is worse? Finally, similar to a stonewalling Congressman that acts in an Orwellian fashion, yet fails to offer any explanation, Alex Jones and Paul Watson at Prison Planet have similarly failed to answer any of Lisa Guliani’s repeated e-mails. Again, which one is worse?
When all is said and done, we’re beginning to wonder if Alex Jones has become what he supposedly most despises – an iron-fisted Big Brother-type demagogue who feels that the only information the public should be made aware of is what HE thinks they should be made aware of. We certainly hope that this is not the case, and that in the future Mr. Jones chooses to not only answer these questions, but to also make vital information available to his readers and listeners rather than suppressing and censoring it.
NOTE: This article was originally published in June, 2003
