Paul Joseph Watson
Paul Joseph Watson (born 24 May 1982) is a British right wing YouTuber, radio host, and conspiracy theorist. Until July 2016, Watson embraced the label "alt-right", but he now identifies as part of the New Right. In May 2019, Facebook and Instagram permanently banned Watson for violation of hate speech policies.
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Watson outside the 2013 Bilderberg Conference | ||||||||||
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| Born | 24 May 1982 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Blogger, radio host, YouTube personality | |||||||||
| Website | https://modernity.news/ | |||||||||
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| Also known as | PJW, Paul J. Watson, PropagandaMatrix (formerly), Anything Goes | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2011–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 1.9 million | |||||||||
| Total views | 518.5 million | |||||||||
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Last updated: 21 January 2022 | ||||||||||
Watson's career emerged through his work for conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones. As editor-at-large of Jones' website InfoWars, he helped promote fake news and advocated for 9/11, chemtrail, and New World Order conspiracy theories. Subsequently, reaching a significant audience, both Watson and Jones altered their focus. They now mainly criticise feminism, Islam, and left-wing politics. Watson also contributes to InfoWars's talk radio program The Alex Jones Show, which he occasionally hosts or co-hosts. Watson has been working at InfoWars since October 2002.
Since 2011, Watson has hosted his own YouTube channel, prisonplanetlive, on which he expresses his views on topics such as contemporary society, politics, and modern liberalism in an often mocking manner. He rose to prominence on his YouTube channel by criticizing and mocking the "woke mob", social justice warriors, feminism and anti-racist movements. As of May 2023, his channel has over 1.9 million subscribers.