(CNN) When I worked for Alex Jones from 2013 to 2017, I spent the majority of my time behind a camera. I spoke to journalists, writers and filmmakers, hoping to provide context and clarity to the inner workings of Jones' conspiracy machine. While I had escaped Jones' world, fragments of the country continued to look alarmingly similar. But over time -- as I stood behind a camera and watched Jones ignore, conflate, misrepresent and fabricate information -- my critical thinking skills improved. Jones began chanting "Texas!"

Source: CNN June 13, 2022 13:40 UTC