Alex Jones: Glenn Beck Is Ripping Me Off!

Frozen, alive, or zombie-fied?

(NEWSER) - The fish had barely begun to nibble on Osama bin Laden before wild conspiracy theories about his demise—or lack of—began to circulate. The US government is considering releasing photos and video of the dead al-Qaeda kingpin, but in the meantime, conspiracy theorists are having a field day:

• Radio host Alex Jones, who has long insisted that the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks, believes the government "had Osama bin Laden frozen for years," Politico reports.
• Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, meanwhile, is among those who think bin Laden may be still alive and kicking. "I am sorry, but if you believe the newest death of OBL, you're stupid. Just think to yourself—they paraded Saddam's dead sons around to prove they were dead—why do you suppose they hastily buried this version of OBL at sea?" she asked.

Victims approached, alarmed by reps from one website site proclaiming just that

(NEWSER) - The conspiracy theories about the Gabrielle Giffords shooting have started to crop up—and one website in particular has been alarming survivors and others connected to the tragedy. The site, run by a Texas man, claims the Tucson shootings were actually a hoax staged by the government using actors. Two men connected to the site “tried to get into my home,” one victim tells the New York Times . They first claimed to be investigators attempting to discover whether the shooting was a hoax, and “wanted to know if I had any pictures,” the victim says. More»

Will pal Glenn Beck now call for Jason Chaffetz's head?

(NEWSER) - We don’t know the real truth behind the 9/11 attacks, Utah congressman Jason Chaffetz said at a town-hall meeting yesterday. Asked by a group that believes “it was a false flag terrorist attack, that the buildings came down with internally placed demolition,” the Republican said, “there’s still a lot to learn about what happened and what didn’t happen, we should be vigilant and continue to investigate that, absolutely.” More»

Responds to charges of opportunism, 'Nobody's watching Charlie Rose'

(NEWSER) - His words reach about 30 million people a month, and though his detractors both left and right seem to number at least as many, the wildly successful populist Glenn Beck shows himself to be "cheerful and affable" in responding to his critics in a lengthy profile in the Wall Street Journal . In the interview, Beck insists he's not a conspiracy theorist, not an opportunist, and not a journalist. More»

He's offering 'platform to extremists,' report charges

(NEWSER) - Right-wing Fox mouth Glenn Beck is the most toxic media hate monger operating in the US today, according to a report by the Anti-Defamation League. "Beck has made a habit of demonizing President Obama and promoting conspiracy theories about his administration," the r eport states. He "has even gone so far as to make comparisons between Hitler and Obama and to promote the idea that the president is dangerous." More»