Powerful forces in Texas, including those closely associated with Alex Jones, have been extending a blanket of censorship over the alternative news media like that which has never been seen before. In addition to verifiable, documented proof that Alex Jones censors articles on his website, as well as his radio show archives, we’re now seeing the ante being upped against any “critical talk” that is spoken against him.

Prior to delving into the specifics of this article, though, ponder for a moment exactly what we’re talking about. Alex Jones has in the recent past deleted entire sentences and hyperlinks from already published articles without notifying the author beforehand and without their permission. This is BLATANT CENSORSHIP, and has been proven by researcher Thomas Holbrook in his TH2 Underground Newsletter. In addition, he deletes entire portions of his radio show archives (reminiscent of George Orwell’s infamous Memory Hole in 1984) while failing to mention this fact to subscribers who PAY to get the entire broadcast. This is also blatant censorship, and we're including it at the beginning of this article because it shows an undeniable pre-existing tendency (or predilection) toward censorship on the part of Alex Jones.

What makes this situation even more egregious is that Alex Jones and his cohorts at Radio Free Austin are now attempting to control the content of other radio show hosts on entirely different networks than his own.

A perfect case in point is Frank Whalen, whose show – Frankly Speaking Radio – is carried on RBN (Republic Broadcasting Network), KFFK 1390 AM in Arkansas, as well as by Radio Free Austin. That was until Lisa Guliani and I made an appearance as guests on June 23, 2005 to discuss (ironically) the subject of censorship. 38 minutes into our segment of the interview, RBN and KFFK began receiving threats from Mike Hansen of Radio Free Austin that they were going to pull his signal. A very vocal on-air brouhaha ensued, and shortly thereafter four Texas-based micro-broadcasters, including RFA, dropped Frank Whalen from their schedule and refused to carry his show in the future. This ban is still in effect today simply because we were exposing Alex Jones’ penchant for censorship.

The following day, Joe McNeil, who heads the Micro-Broadcasters Association of America, said that such a move is certainly not indicative of their policy regarding censorship, and even went so far as to say the Texas micro-broadcasters were “acting like little girls!” Thus, as it stands now, citizens of the Lone Star state cannot hear Frank Whalen's show on Radio Free Austin, or any of the other Texas micros. And remember – the federal government didn’t shut down Whalen’s broadcast, the mainstream media didn’t shut them down; nor did local law enforcement or the CIA. Radio Free Austin – supposedly a member of the “independent” media – is the one who shut down Frankly Speaking Radio from its broadcast schedule.

It should also be noted at this point that Mike Hansen – one of the most influential members of the Radio Free Austin steering committee – is also a long-time associate and cameraman for none other than Alex Jones. Hansen was also involved in the notorious John Gray Affair with Jones. Furthermore, he was the individual who phoned into Frank Whalen’s June 23, 2005 show and initially made threats to remove his program from the airwaves. Once again, the censorship links all lead back to one person – Alex Jones.

But censorship at Radio Free Austin doesn’t end with Frank Whalen. Peter Schaenk, host of The Peter Principle on RBN, has pointed-out that his show was also cancelled by Radio Free Austin two days after Alex Jones called into his show on April 4, 2005 and disagreed with Schaenk’s views on Zionism and illegal immigration. TWO DAYS LATER the commissars at Radio Free Austin yanked Schaenk’s show. On top of that, Jones telephoned Schaenk directly after Lisa Guliani and I appeared on his show (June 30, 2005), and chastised him for having us on as guests to talk about his censorship practices.

Even radio talk show host Bill Brumbaugh (Proactive News on First Amendment Radio) was threatened with having his radio show pulled from the airwaves in the days prior to when he was scheduled to interview Lisa Guliani and myself.

As a recent viewer of WING TV commented, what we have here at Radio Free Austin is nothing less nefarious than Soviet-style COLLECTIVISM where a small cabal of individuals (Alex Jones & his cronies) are using heavy-handed tactics to censor not only his own radio show and pay-per-view website, but also the content of other people’s shows on other networks! And anyone that says this practice doesn’t smack of Iron Curtain policies in the old Soviet Union or Red China is fooling themselves.

Contrast the above information with an occasion when we recently protested George Bush’s appearance at Penn State University where we had a 14-foot long banner that declared: 9-11 WORLD TRADE CENTER CONTROLLED DEMOLITION. At this event, Lisa Guliani was yelling at the top of her lungs for ½ an hour straight, and guess what happened? Nobody censored us. Not the Secret Service, not the local police department, not the campus cops … nobody tried to muzzle our freedom of speech. The same lack of censorship took place when we protested in Oklahoma City for the tenth anniversary of the Alfred P. Murrah bombing.

But now we have Alex Jones and Radio Free Austin censoring information left-and-right. Can’t you see what’s taking place? Alex Jones doesn’t like the truth being told about him, so he effectively had Frank Whalen and Peter Schaenk’s shows removed from the airwaves so his Texas listeners couldn’t hear what was being said about him. Plus, with his sidekicks at Radio Free Austin in tow, it’s almost as if a Nixonian dirty tricks campaign is being waged. And who ultimately pays the price? The people of Texas, because now they can’t hear these fine shows on their radios.

I don’t know if you’re willing to tolerate this type of behavior from the “alternative” media, but Lisa Guliani and I sure as hell aren’t, and every time it takes place, we’re going to shout it from the rooftops.

Final Note: A very prominent 9-11 researcher recently wrote to us and made the following comment: "When trying to figure out if a person is an agent, I look at whether they are trying to stop people from talking." In this regard, Alex Jones isn't promoting the widespread dissemination of information, but rather he's trying to CONTAIN it solely to what he thinks you should be hearing. How does that make you feel having Big Brother watching over you? In addition, there's an old saying: Give a person a little bit of power and try to imagine what they would do with it. Specifically, what if Alex Jones suddenly had an extreme amount of power laid at his disposal. What do you think would result? Would there be MORE censorship in the world, or LESS? Please ponder that point for a moment, because from our perspective it is very troublesome. And remember, people that tolerate censorship will also tolerate even worse infringements on their civil liberties. Is that the slippery slope you want to be on?