The Auron MacIntyre Show The Rise and Fall of Infowars | Guest: Harrison Smith | 5/11/26
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May 11, 2026 Harrison Smith, longtime Infowars host and contributor, talks about the rise and collapse of Alex Jones's media network. He recounts InfoWars' start, its self-funded strategy, and how the internet amplified fringe ideas. They discuss deplatforming, legal and financial battles, audience-driven survival, and the broader clash over censorship and mainstream influence.
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How Alex Jones Built Independent Media
- Alex Jones pioneered alternative independent media by using cable access and early internet tools to bypass mainstream gatekeepers.
- Harrison Smith recounts Jones founding InfoWars as a self-funded, audience-supported operation that anticipated platform censorship risks.
Bombast Turned Into Activism
- Jones' alarmist style amplified messages that mainstream media normalized, making his 'you are the resistance' call translate into activism.
- Smith explains the showman delivery forced audiences to act rather than accept elite framing of events.
InfoWars Launched Many Media Careers
- InfoWars served as an onramp for many media personalities by letting unproven talent create and test shows.
- Smith says he was hired as a cameraman and editor and then grew into a host through that permission structure.