Compare Alex Jones to other media personalities and describe the audience that follows him.
He's a useful idiot - a counterweight to similar out of touch characters such as Maddow and Matthews, who have done their fair share of conspiracy theorizing and conjecture over the last 6 months (most of which have fallen flat - like Maddow's cringe worthy tax return coverage). Difference is, a fringe group within the right follow Jones. Maddow and Matthews on the other hand, are "journalists" on major networks.