Ted Anderson is the owner of the Genesis Communications Network . Anderson created the network in 1998 " as a way to promote his company , Midas Resources , a precious metals firm which as of September 11 , 2015 , Theodore Anderson 's bullion coin representative registration . No. 40389579 , was revoked . Further , Theodore Anderson was prohibited from being an owner , officer , member , or shareholder of any entity that holds a bullion coin dealer registration in the State of Minnesota for two years . Based in Minnesota , the network carries " a lot of conspiracy talk radio " . " By far the biggest star " on the network is Alex Jones , a conspiracy theorist who became one of Genesis Communications Network 's first personalities in 1998 . Alex Jones promotes many conspiracy theories , include 9/11 conspiracy theories and claims that the Boston Marathon bombing , Washington Navy Yard shooting , and other events " are actually ' false flag ' operations " by the U.S. government " or evil ' globalist ' forces planning to take over the world . " Jones ' syndication with the network allowed him to reach a much larger audience ; " a lmost overnight , he was on a hundred stations . " In May 2018 , Genesis Communications Network and Midas Resources were named in a defamation lawsuit brought against Alex Jones and his syndicators . The suit was brought by the families of six victims killed at Sandy Hook Elementary and an FBI agent who was at the scene
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