The NXR Podcast Off Limits News - Harrison Smith: What Really Happened To INFOWARS
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May 8, 2026 A deep dive into the Infowars saga, tracing lawsuits, deplatforming and bankruptcy. Discussion of how internet growth, political shifts and media campaigns shaped independent media. Claims about legal tactics, default judgments and auctions that affected the network. A call to defend free speech and reflections on parallels with other media figures.
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How Alex Jones Became A Political Threat
- Alex Jones rose from 1994 cable access to a major independent media force that shifted national discourse on globalism and false flags.
- Harrison Smith links that influence to why establishment actors targeted InfoWars after 2016, seeing it as a political threat.
Fund Independent Media Directly
- Support independent media financially and directly to prevent platform chokepoints from silencing them.
- Smith points to Infowars' store-based funding strategy that sustained the outlet after 2018 deplatforming.
Why Deplatforming Replaced Ignoring
- The internet removed gatekeepers so ignoring dissident media no longer worked; institutions had to actively discredit or censor them.
- Smith argues deplatforming and later lawfare were evolved tactics to regain control after 2016.