Jeff Rense

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'''Jeff Rense''' is an [[American]] [[conspiracy theorist]] and [[alternative medicine]] [[woo]]-peddler who resembles something close to an aging hybrid of [[John Stossel]] and Michael Bolton. He is the proprietor of the website '''Rense.com''' and has his own show on satellite [[radio]]. His style is a marked contrast from [[Alex Jones]], defined less by ranting and raving and more by a smooth, laid-back, "velvet-voiced" manner of speaking that wouldn't be out of place on [[National Public Radio|NPR]] (albeit with some obvious differences in subject matter).<ref name="usedcanard">Smith, James L. [https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/04/28/used-canard-salesman "Used Canard Salesman."] ''[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]'', 27 April 2015 (recovered 5 October 2015).</ref> Topics covered include the [[New World Order]], [[9/11 conspiracy theories]], [[UFO]]s, [[Holocaust denial]], [[Goldbug|goldbuggery]], [[International Jewish conspiracy|Jewish conspiracy theories]], [[Big Pharma]] conspiracies, [[AIDS denial]] (Rense's single book is entitled ''AIDS Exposed''), and much more. The [[crank]] factor of Rense's show and site (which includes plenty of [[green ink]]) rates fairly close to [[Whale.to]]. 

==Racism and antisemitism==
Rense is not as loath as many of his conspiracist brethren to let his [[antisemitism]] shine through. His site contains a disclaimer that he does not endorse antiSemitism, using the tired excuse of not being against the Jews but being opposed to ''the [[Zionism|Zionists]]'' in his explanation of his position on this issue.<ref>[http://www.rense.com/general74/und.htm A Personal Message from Jeff Rense]</ref> Naturally, this is all while he and his site's contributors spew all the usual antisemitic [[canard]]s. In addition to its hosting of just about every conspiracy theory on the [[black helicopters]] and [[militia movement|militia]] circuit, the site commonly features "artwork"<ref>We hesitate to call it that, given that most of it consists of crappy Photoshop jobs that any respectable magazine, ad agency, or other buyer would find laughably amateur. Seriously, this guy makes [[Jon McNaughton]] look like Michelangelo in terms of both quality and subtlety. And no, we're not linking to the site. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080925231953/https://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/David_Dees.htm Here's] a non-offensive overview of what the guy publishes.</ref> by antisemitic conspiracy theorist [[David Dees]], as well as cross-postings and links to antiSemitic and [[white supremacy|white supremacist]] hate sites. In recent years, he's made his [[Nazi]] flirtations increasingly overt, running a growing number of laudatory articles on [[Adolf Hitler]] and adding [[Stormfront]] Radio, [[David Duke]], and [[Nathanael Kapner]] to the site's list of featured podcasts.<ref name="usedcanard"></ref>

Rense has featured notorious [[neo-Nazi]] crank [[Ernst Zündel]] on his show<ref>[http://www.archive.org/details/RenseWithGuestErnstZundel Rense with Guest Ernst Zündel], recording at the Internet Archive</ref> and rense.com features copious amounts of material supportive of him.<ref>One example: [http://www.rense.com/general75/admire.htm Why I Admire Ernst Zündel] by Curtis Maynard</ref> Rense has also given a platform to white supremacist and Holocaust denier Ted Pike, who believes that Auschwitz never existed. 
On a side note, Jeff Rense's show used to be on a handful of American broadcast radio stations in the early 2000s before they pulled him for his extremist conspiracy theories. The show started out being similar to [[Coast to Coast AM]] and covered a variety of paranormal topics. 
<ref>[http://www.adl.org/Learn/Ext_US/pike/affiliations.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=2&item=tp Ted Pike/National Prayer Network Affiliations], ADL</ref>

==Stopped clock==
Aside from being a conspiracist and bringer of [[medical woo]], Jeff Rense does have a useful list of the characteristics of [[fascism]] on his website.<ref>[http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm The list of the fourteen characteristics of fascism]</ref>

==The day they tried to get him==
In late April 2015, near his home, Rense was involved in a serious car crash. He was taken, unconscious, to the local ICU where he eventually recovered. Since he has no actual memory of the crash, he now declares that it was obviously an attempt on his life. It didn't succeed, so nyer nyer neener neener to the vast international conspiracy.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd0v512XMwE Youtube account of the 
assassination attempt
accident]</ref>

==See also==

*[[Henry Makow]]:  A former contributor to Rense.com turned critic.

==External links==


*[http://www.rense.com/ Rense.com]
*[http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/Rense_Web_Site.htm Rense Web Site Promotes AntiSemitic Views], [[Anti-Defamation League]]
*[http://www.alternet.org/media/meet-jeff-rense-velvet-voice-conspiracy-theory-radio Meet Jeff Rense -- The Velvet Voice of Conspiracy Theory Radio]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060428100128/http://rensewatch.blogspot.com/ Rense Watch blog] (defunct, but archived by Wayback Machine)

==References==
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