# Alex Jones lawyer says his radio persona is "Playing a character.. He's a performance artist". **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-lawyer-says-his-radio-persona-is-playing-a-character-hes-a-performance-artist/784632 "2017-04-17T15:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-lawyer-says-his-radio-persona-is-playing-a-character-hes-a-performance-artist/784632/41 "2017-06-13T03:13:31Z")
> [@](#): > > NBC anchor Megyn Kelly’s plan to air an interview with right-wing provocateur Alex Jones has caused a firestorm to erupt on social media, but so far advertisers have remained quiet—with at least one notable exception. > > J.P. Morgan Chase has asked for its local TV ads and digital ads to be removed from Ms. Kelly’s show and from all NBC news programming until after the show airs, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company doesn’t want any of its ads to appear adjacent to any promotions for the interview, the person added. NBC declined to comment. > > On Monday, Kristin Lemkau, J.P. Morgan’s chief marketing officer, questioned why Ms. Kelly would conduct the interview. “As an advertiser, I’m repulsed that @megynkelly would give a second of airtime to someone who says Sandy Hook and Aurora are hoaxes,” she tweeted. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-p-morgan-removes-nbc-news-ads-over-megyn-kelly-interview-with-alex-jones-1497311738](https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-p-morgan-removes-nbc-news-ads-over-megyn-kelly-interview-with-alex-jones-1497311738) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-lawyer-says-his-radio-persona-is-playing-a-character-hes-a-performance-artist/784632/42 "2017-06-13T03:51:44Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > He’s not a fan of lizard people or David Icke First rule of talk radio: You never go full lizard. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-lawyer-says-his-radio-persona-is-playing-a-character-hes-a-performance-artist/784632/43 "2017-06-13T03:57:58Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > [https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-p-morgan-removes-nbc-news-ads-over-megyn-kelly-interview-with-alex-jones-1497311738](https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-p-morgan-removes-nbc-news-ads-over-megyn-kelly-interview-with-alex-jones-1497311738) You can take the girl out of FoxNews but you can’t take the FoxNews out of the girl. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-lawyer-says-his-radio-persona-is-playing-a-character-hes-a-performance-artist/784632/44 "2017-06-13T04:08:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You can take the girl out of FoxNews but you can’t take the FoxNews out of the girl. My mind went to some dark places with this image. Thanks. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-lawyer-says-his-radio-persona-is-playing-a-character-hes-a-performance-artist/784632/45 "2017-06-13T04:59:32Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > [https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-p-morgan-removes-nbc-news-ads-over-megyn-kelly-interview-with-alex-jones-1497311738](https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-p-morgan-removes-nbc-news-ads-over-megyn-kelly-interview-with-alex-jones-1497311738) Hey asshole, ever heard of a goddamn _overton window_? Perhaps next she can do David Icke, and after that the ressurected corpse of Joseph Göbbels. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-lawyer-says-his-radio-persona-is-playing-a-character-hes-a-performance-artist/784632/46 "2017-06-13T13:31:13Z")
On the bright side, Alex Jones (at least publicly) is pissed off about his interview by Megyn Kelly: \*"At the top of the June 7 broadcast of The Alex Jones Show, Jones declared Kelly’s interview of him to be “fake news” and said of the show’s producer: “I felt like the lady that’s the lead producer – nice southern belle lady, older lady – is like somebody that leads you to the gas chamber, or to the hangman’s noose, or to the electric chair. They comfort you, give you your last meal.” Jones continued complaining about the interview later in the show, suggesting that Kelly is associated with the “New World Order” conspiracy theory and claiming that she “was kind of snickering about world government and forced population control.” He suggested that Kelly is a “sociopath” or “psychopath,” and also said Kelly is “not feminine” but instead is “cold, robotic, dead.” He added, “I felt zero attraction to Megyn Kelly.”\* I’m sure she is devastated. > **[Alex Jones melts down after being interviewed by Megyn Kelly](https://www.mediamatters.org/alex-jones/alex-jones-melts-down-after-being-interviewed-megyn-kelly)** ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-lawyer-says-his-radio-persona-is-playing-a-character-hes-a-performance-artist/784632/47 "2017-06-13T13:46:57Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > On the bright side, Alex Jones (at least publicly) is pissed off about his interview by Megyn Kelly: > > \*"At the top of the June 7 broadcast of The Alex Jones Show, Jones declared Kelly’s interview of him to be “fake news” and said of the show’s producer: “I felt like the lady that’s the lead producer – nice southern belle lady, older lady – is like somebody that leads you to the gas chamber, or to the hangman’s noose, or to the electric chair. They comfort you, give you your last meal.” > > Jones continued complaining about the interview later in the show, suggesting that Kelly is associated with the “New World Order” conspiracy theory and claiming that she “was kind of snickering about world government and forced population control.” > > He suggested that Kelly is a “sociopath” or “psychopath,” and also said Kelly is “not feminine” but instead is “cold, robotic, dead.” He added, “I felt zero attraction to Megyn Kelly.”\* > > I’m sure she is devastated. > > [https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/06/07/alex-jones-melts-down-after-being-interviewed-megyn-kelly/216823](https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/06/07/alex-jones-melts-down-after-being-interviewed-megyn-kelly/216823) In simple terms, this is all ratings BS. He and Kelly get to “feud” publicly (ala Katy Perry vs. Taylor Swift), and everyone tunes in to see if any sparks fly. Meanwhile, the $$ pours in. Talk about “fake news”. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-lawyer-says-his-radio-persona-is-playing-a-character-hes-a-performance-artist/784632/48 "2017-06-13T14:50:42Z")
Megyn Kelly _was_ scheduled to emcee the “Promise Champions Gala” for the “Sandy Hook Promise Foundation”, an anti-gun violence non-profit started by some of the parents of the children killed in Newtown. But because she is scheduled to interview Alex Jones and he has entertained the insane conspiracy theories about the school shooting, [she has been disinvited](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/13/megyn-kelly-dropped-as-host-for-sandy-hook-groups-gala-over-alex-jones-interview/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-lawyer-says-his-radio-persona-is-playing-a-character-hes-a-performance-artist/784632.md?page=2)