Knowledge Fight

#23: March 16-17, 2017

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Mar 20, 2017
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INSIGHT

Why Cataloguing Alex Jones Matters

  • Dan and Jordan frame Knowledge Fight as a corrective to Alex Jones by cataloguing his repeated misrepresentations and lies.
  • They launched knowledgefight.com to archive Jones's claims and invite public discussion and correction.
ANECDOTE

Alex's On Air Staffing Pitch For A Mothership

  • Alex Jones repeatedly solicits allies like Mark Dice and Paul Joseph Watson as staff for a proposed 'mothership' media empire.
  • Jones details on-air HR-style calls, praising Mark and asking for legal/libel expertise to expand Infowars' propaganda reach.
INSIGHT

How Anecdotes Become Apocalyptic Narratives

  • Jones conflates isolated anecdotes and fringe quotes into sweeping claims about transgender people and refugees.
  • Hosts debunk his Sweden and trans-statistics use, noting small local clinic anecdotes don't justify exponential global claims.
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