Paul Joseph Watson | |
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Born |
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, U.K. |
24 May 1982
Nationality | English |
Other names | PJW, Prison Planet, PropagandaMatrix |
Citizenship | British |
Occupation | writer, editor, YouTube personality |
Years active | 2002–present |
Employer | Alex Jones |
Movement | Conservative |
Website | www |
Paul Joseph Watson (born 24 May 1982), also known as PJW, is an English YouTube personality, radio host, writer, editor, and conspiracy theorist. He has been described as 'alt-right' by multiple sources, though he does not associate himself with that label, instead identifying himself with the "New Right". He publishes content that is critical of Islam, feminism, pop culture and left-wing politics.
He is the editor-at-large of Infowars.com, an online publication that promotes conspiracy theories about American and international politics, and a contributor to Infowars' talk radio programme The Alex Jones Show, where he occasionally either hosts or co-hosts instead of or with radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Watson has been working on Infowars.com since October 2002. As of August 2017, he has over one million subscribers on his political YouTube channel.
Watson, along with Jones and Infowars as a whole, used to discuss conspiracy theories such as Chemtrails, the New World Order and the Illuminati before switching to material against feminism, Islam, and left-wing politics. In an interview, Watson recalled, "I've talked about some quite fruity things in the past in my younger days, in terms of conspiracy theories. We don't all believe what we believed ten years ago." Watson has been described as a member of "the new far-right" by The New York Times, who wrote in August 2017 that his "videos are straightforward nativist polemics, with a particular focus on Europe" and also noted his opposition to modernist architecture and modern art.