According to this week’s Financial Sense Newshour, Alex Jones has refused to appear on the program to debate Accuracy in Media on the subject of conspiracy. One can’t help but feel that Jones walks away weaker for having refused the invitation, as the FSN podcast is probably the most respected alternative media program that could address the topic in a way that is credible, informed and fair, not to mention the fact that it shares many of the same listeners as the Alex Jones radio show. I like Alex Jones as a media figure, and I think we’re all richer for what he’s brought to the debate, but it seems his rejection of the invitation betrays a lack of conviction in defending previous statements that he’s made on his program -- a warning, I think, to those that subscribe to his world view and believe his statements to be facts free from distortion and manipulation.