{"id":2121847,"date":"2023-12-11T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-jones-reinstated-on-x-alongside-rest-of-conspiracy-driven-press-corps\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T14:46:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T19:46:38","slug":"alex-jones-reinstated-on-x-alongside-rest-of-conspiracy-driven-press-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-jones-reinstated-on-x-alongside-rest-of-conspiracy-driven-press-corps\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Jones returns to X, joining other conspiracy-driven journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falex-jones-reinstated-on-x-alongside-rest-of-conspiracy-driven-press-corps%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2121847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Jones\"><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Alex Jones Returns to X After Online Poll<\/h2>\n<p>American broadcaster\u200d Alex Jones made\u2062 a triumphant comeback to X, formerly known as Twitter, this weekend. The platform&#8217;s CEO, Elon Musk,\u200b held an online poll to gauge public opinion on Jones&#8217; return, and the people have spoken.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The people have spoken and so it shall be<\/p>\n<footer>&#8211; Elon \u2063Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1733733520235696526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2023<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Jones wasted no time in \u2064making his presence felt. His first post since his 2018 ban was a\u2063 &#8220;repost&#8221; from social media influencer Andrew Tate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re so back,&#8221; Tate wrote.<\/p>\n<h3>A Controversial Decision<\/h3>\n<p>This decision marks a stunning reversal from Musk&#8217;s previous declaration in November 2020 that Jones would never be allowed back on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Legacy press \u2064outlets were left in disbelief over the &#8220;conspiracy \u2064theorist&#8217;s&#8221; return, especially after Jones was ordered to pay \u2063over $1 billion in damages to the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary \u200cSchool shooting victims.<\/p>\n<h3>Headlines React<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Elon Musk restores account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on X,&#8221; headlined The Washington\u200c Post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elon Musk Brings Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Back to X,&#8221; read another headline in The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones,&#8221; declared NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;The people have spoken&#8217;: Elon Musk restores the X account\u2063 of conspiracy theorist \u2062Alex Jones after poll,&#8221; a \u2064headline from CNN read.<\/p>\n<h3>The Hypocrisy of Legacy Media<\/h3>\n<p>If spreading conspiracies were grounds for being banned\u2063 from social media, these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-clash-with-cops-threaten-to-burn-dc-during-black-lives-matter-march\/\" title=\"Protesters Clash With Cops, Threaten To \u2018Burn\u2019 DC During \u2018Black Lives Matter\u2019 March\">legacy media outlets<\/a> would have been wiped out long ago. Despite routinely spreading lies, The Washington Post, New York Times,\u200d NBC, and \u200cCNN continue to operate with impunity, propped \u2062up and\u2062 protected by the government, academia,\u2064 and Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Did any of \u200dthese outlets ever find those Russian pee tapes featuring former President Donald Trump? Or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mollie-hemingway-drops-adam-schiff-after-elon-musks-twitter-deal-triggers-him\/\" title=\"Mollie Hemingway Drops Adam Schiff After Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter Deal Triggers Him\">smoking gun evidence<\/a> \u2062to indict\u200b the \u200dRepublican president as a covert Kremlin agent? The answer is no.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s \u200dno wonder \u2064that American distrust in the corporate \u200dpress is\u2063 at an all-time high.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/04\/20\/dont-let-washington-post-get-away-with-memory-holing-its-anti-kavanaugh-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Don&#8217;t Let The Washington Post Get Away With Memory-Holing Its Anti-Kavanaugh Campaign<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Jones wasn&#8217;t deplatformed for spreading false\u2064 information. He was removed from Twitter \u200din 2018 simply because he yelled \u200cat CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy.<\/p>\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image2.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Jones Yelling at CNN\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I was taken down not because we lie but because we tell the truth and because we were popular,&#8221; Jones said on his \u200down program. &#8220;And\u2064 then when we ran into Oliver\u2063 Darcy, who is the secret police captain, who admits he \u2062goes around and gets people like Infowars taken off other platforms, because we confronted that monster that has abused us and \u2063lied about us, attacked our speech, because of that they took us\u200b down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064other words, Jones \u200cgot taken down because he yelled at CNN.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice\u200c is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter\u2062 on culture, health, and wellness. He\u2062 has also written for The\u2064 Washington Examiner \u2063and The Daily Signal. His \u2062work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George\u200b Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What concerns \u2062does the return \u200dof Alex Jones to X platforms \u2063raise about the influence and power of individuals like Elon Musk in the governance \u2062of social media platforms, and the potential lack of accountability and transparency in their decision-making processes<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200bHemselves banned\u2063 from social media for their false reporting on \u200cthe\u2064 Iraq\u200b War, or for perpetuating the false narrative of \u2064Russian collusion in the 2016 election? Of course not.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d decision to bring back Alex Jones, while controversial, \u200chighlights the hypocrisy of these\u2062 legacy\u2062 media outlets. It raises questions about\u200b the role\u2062 of free\u200d speech in the online world and the power that \u200dplatforms like X hold in determining who is allowed to participate in public discourse.<\/p>\n<p>Many argue that censorship of any kind \u200dis\u2064 a dangerous path to go down, as it\u2064 opens the door to arbitrary decisions and the suppression of dissenting voices. While Jones has been heavily criticized for his conspiracy theories and false\u200d claims, some believe that\u200b it\u200c is up to individuals to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-climate-regulations-could-destabilize-grid-electricity-operators-tell-epa\/\" title=\"Electricity operators warn EPA: New climate rules may disrupt grid.\">make informed \u2062decisions<\/a> about the content they consume, rather than relying \u200don platforms to dictate what\u2064 is acceptable or not.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-surging-fuel-prices-hurt-poorer-americans-the-most\/\" title=\"Report: Surging Fuel Prices Hurt Poorer Americans the Most\">online poll conducted<\/a> by Elon Musk brings into question the legitimacy of such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-post-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-used-to-buy-foreign-influence\/\" title=\"Foreign post delivered to Hunter Biden's art buyer linked to corruption and foreign influence.\">decision-making \u2064processes<\/a>. Can \u2062the \u200bopinion of the majority be trusted when it comes to matters of\u2064 free\u200d speech and \u2064controversial figures? Or does it simply validate the views \u2064of those who are the loudest or most organized?<\/p>\n<p>This latest development also raises \u2063concerns about the influence and power that individuals like Musk hold over social media platforms. \u2062As the CEO of X, his decision to reinstate Jones could be seen as a reflection of his own personal beliefs or agenda. \u200cIt highlights the lack of accountability and transparency in \u200dthe governance of these platforms, where the actions\u200b of a few individuals \u200ccan have far-reaching consequences for public discourse.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the\u2063 return of Alex Jones to X sparks a larger conversation about the balance between free speech and responsible\u2063 content moderation in the digital age. While individuals like Jones\u2062 may\u200c push\u200c the boundaries of acceptable discourse, it is crucial\u200d that we uphold the principles of free expression and avoid the pitfalls of censorship.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell \u2064how this decision \u200cwill impact the future of online platforms and the broader conversation around free speech and democracy. But one thing is clear -\u2063 the debate is far\u2062 from over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American broadcaster Alex Jones was reinstated to X (formerly Twitter) after an online poll approved his return. Elon Musk tweeted, &#8220;The people have spoken, and so it shall be.&#8221; Jones&#8217; first appearance on the platform occurred this weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2121848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2121847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2121848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}