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Paul Joseph Watson

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'''Paul Joseph Watson''' (born in [[Sheffield]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thetab.com/uk/sheffield/2016/11/07/interview-paul-joseph-watson-18264|title=An interview with Paul Joseph Watson|date=2016-11-07|work=The Tab Sheffield|access-date=2017-03-07|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="ES" /> is a [[YouTube]] personality based in [[London, England]]. <ref name="Vice clinton"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Britain’s extremist bloggers helping the ‘alt-right’ go global, report finds|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/11/how-britains-extremist-bloggers-helped-the-alt-right-go-global|website=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=16 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/28/the-alt-rights-take-on-clintons-speech-botched-but-legitimizing/|title=The alt-right’s take on Clinton’s speech: Botched, but legitimizing|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="BBC" /> He is the editor of [[Infowars.com]], and he has been identified as a member of the [[alt-right]].<ref name="BBC">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39033165 |title=Alt-right editor challenges journalists to visit Sweden |last=UGC and Social News team}}</ref>

He has promoted the [[alt-right]] on the Internet<ref name="ES">{{Cite web |url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/these-are-the-faces-of-londons-young-altright-a3477731.html |title=Are these the faces of London's young 'alt-right'? |last=Macbain |first=Hamish |publication-place=Evening standard magazine |publication-date=1 March 2017}}</ref> and called [[conservatism]] "the new [[counter-culture]]".<ref name="independent counter culture">{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/alt-right-counter-culture-conservativism-trump-fake-news-trump-a7583286.html |title=There's a very simple reason why the alt-right is not the new counterculture |last=Walter |first=Damien |publication-place=The Independent |publication-date=18 February 2017}}</ref> However, in November 2016, he denied that he was a member of the alt-right, posting on Facebook that he instead considers himself a member of the "New Right".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-alt-right-analysis-20161121-story.html|title=The 'alt-right' splinters as supporters and critics agree it was white supremacy all along|first=Matt|last=Pearce|publisher=}}</ref> He has also been called one of "the right-wing commentators of the digital age".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/weird-british-conservative-commentators|title=Examining the Right Wing British Blowhards Using YouTube to 'Prove Everybody Wrong' - VICE|publisher=}}</ref>

== In the media ==
In 2016, he became known for being an early proponent of the unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that [[Hillary Clinton]] suffers from numerous serious medical conditions, which gained significant coverage in the mainstream media in the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 U.S. presidential election]].<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/26/hillary-clinton-conspiracy-theories-activists-rightwing|title=Conspiracy central: the activists painting Clinton as a sick, terrorist-friendly killer|first=Amber|last=Jamieson|date=26 August 2016|publisher=|via=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="Vice clinton">{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/hillarys-health-conspiracy-theory |title=How Conspiracy Theories About Hillary Clinton's Health Went Mainstream |last=Cheadle |first=Harry |publication-place=Vice |publication-date=26 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/09/is-hillary-dying-hoax-started-by-pal-of-alex-jones.html|title=‘Is Hillary Dying’ Hoax Started by Pal of Alex Jones|first=Ben|last=Collins|date=9 August 2016|publisher=}}</ref>

In February 2017, he offered via [[Twitter]] to pay any journalist who thinks Sweden is safe to visit the country and stay in the 'crime ridden migrant suburbs' of Malmo.<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="Local Sweden" /> Many journalists took him up on the offer,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/paul-joseph-watson-twitter-sweden-trip_uk_58ab04f6e4b037d17d29b00a |title=Paul Joseph Watson’s Twitter Offer For Journalist Trip To Sweden Spectacularly Backfires |last=Bowden |first=George |publication-place=Huffington Post |publication-date=20 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="Local Sweden">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20170221/far-right-editors-offer-to-pay-travel-costs-to-crime-ridden-malmo-backfires-as-dozens-accept |title=Far-right editor's offer to pay travel costs to 'crime-ridden Malmö' backfires as dozens accept |last=Roden |first=Lee |publication-place=The Local Sweden |publication-date=21 February 2017}}</ref> and Watson chose New York journalist and videographer [[Tim Pool]], who was already planning a similar investigation.<ref name="malmo huff post" /> Watson provided $2000 USD to Pool for the trip.<ref name="malmo huff post">{{Cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/paul-joseph-watson-sweden-tim-pool_uk_58ac3790e4b0f077b3edc0a1 |title=Paul Joseph Watson Comes Good On Twitter Offer To ‘Investigate Malmo, Sweden, Crimes’ |last=Bowden |first=George |publication-place=Huffington Post |publication-date=21 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="Local Sweden" /> Tim Pool also ran a fundraiser to fund an investigation into other 'no-go zones' in other areas of Sweden and Europe.<ref name="malmo huff post" />

==Biography==
Watson was born in [[Sheffield]], [[South Yorkshire]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/prisonplanet/status/441675992466477057|title=Paul Joseph Watson on Twitter|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="tab interview" /> where he grew up on a [[council estate]].<ref name="ES"/> In a November 2016 interview with ''[[the Tab]]'', he described his adolescence as "not particularly conventional", and said that he exercised for three hours each day and did not drink alcohol.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thetab.com/uk/sheffield/2016/11/07/meet-the-pro-trump-youtuber-from-sheffield-whos-impacting-the-u-s-election-18332 |title=Meet the pro-Trump YouTuber from Sheffield who’s impacting the U.S. Election |last=Worswick |first=Marie-Elise |website=The Tab |publication-date=7 November 2016}}</ref> As of November 2016, he lives in the [[London]] neighborhood of [[Battersea]].<ref name="tab interview">{{Cite web |url=http://thetab.com/uk/sheffield/2016/11/07/interview-paul-joseph-watson-18264 |title=An interview with Paul Joseph Watson |date=7 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2017/feb/09/next-celebrity-big-brother-alt-right-on-the-night |title=The next Celebrity Big Brother? It’ll be alt-right on the night |last=Hyde |first=Marina |publication-place=Guardian |publication-date=9 February 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{YouTube|user=PrisonPlanetLive}}
*{{Twitter|PrisonPlanet}}

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Paul Joseph Watson

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