Editing Jeff Rense

{{Short description|American radio host and conspiracy theorist}}
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{{infobox person
|name=Jeff Rense
|birth_name=Jeffry Shearer Rense
|nationality=American
|alma_mater=[[University of California, Santa Barbara]]
|occupation=self employed podcaster
|known_for=Propagating [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]
|website={{URL|https://rense.com}}
}}
'''Jeffry Shearer Rense''' is an American Internet [[talk radio|radio talk-show]] host. His show, the ''Jeff Rense Program'', was broadcast via [[satellite radio]] and is now produced at his home in Ashland, Oregon and streamed through his personal website.<ref>{{cite web |last = James B. |first = Meigs |year = 2006 |url = http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a921/4199607/ |title = The Conspiracy Industry |work = [[Popular Mechanics]] |publisher = [[Hearst Communications, Inc.]] |access-date = 2016-07-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160324132219/http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a921/4199607/ |archive-date = 2016-03-24}}</ref>

Rense's [[podcast]] and [[website]] propagate [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]], including those of [[9/11 conspiracy theories|9/11 conspiracists]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adl.org/terrorism_america/ |title=What they are saying |publisher=Adl.org |access-date=2012-12-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929065551/http://www.adl.org/terrorism_america/ |archive-date=2012-09-29 }}</ref> [[Ufology|ufologists]] and [[paranormal phenomena|advocates of the paranormal]], [[List of conspiracy theories#Artificial diseases|the creation of diseases]], [[chemtrails]], evidence of advanced [[ancient technology]], [[List of emerging technologies#Energy|emergent energy technologies]], and [[alternative medicine]].

Rense's writings and website have been deemed pro-[[Nazi]] and [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] by the [[Anti-Defamation League]] and the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]].<ref name="adl">{{cite web|publisher=[[Anti Defamation League]]|url=http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/domestic-extremism-terrorism/c/rense-web-site-promotes.html|title=Rense Web Site Promotes Anti-Semitic View|date=March 17, 2009|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref><ref name="spf-antisemite">{{cite web|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|url=http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2015/04/27/jeff-rense-in-his-own-words/|title=Jeff Rense: In His Own Words|date=April 26, 2015|access-date=June 7, 2016|author=Beirich, Heidi}}</ref>

==Radio host==
Rense's first [[radio show|on-air]] experience came while he was a student at [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] in the 1970s.<REF NAME="DAILYNEXUS04131971">[https://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/downloads/rf55z8876 "IVCC HOLDS ELECTION, POLL"], ''The Daily Nexus'', University of California, Santa Barbara, issue April 13, 1971.</ref>

In 1994, Rense self-financed a radio show on Santa Barbara's [[KTMS]]. The show was originally broadcast as ''Sightings on the Radio'', the title being a direct reference to the television series ''[[Sightings (TV series)|Sightings]]''. The show was originally distributed by [[Premiere Radio Networks]] but was dropped in the late 1990s after it was deemed hate speech and banned in Europe. [[Talk Radio Network]] then carried the show through the early 2000s, when all references to ''Sightings'' were dropped and the title ''Jeff Rense Program'' was adopted.

[[Genesis Communications Network]] took over distribution and carried the show through August 2009, when Rense accused fellow GCN host [[Alex Jones]] of threatening to "destroy" him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypaul.com/node/88061 |title=Alex Jones threatens Jeff Rense, has him kicked off GCN &#124; Peace . Gold . Liberty |publisher=Dailypaul.com |access-date=2012-12-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831091050/http://www.dailypaul.com/node/88061 |archive-date=August 31, 2009 }}</ref> ''Jeff Rense Program'' is now streamed through Rense's personal website.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beirich|first1=Heidi|title=Rense Radio Network Apparently Kicked off its Satellite Provider|url=http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2015/04/30/rense-radio-network-apparently-kicked-off-its-satellite-provider/|website=Southern Poverty Law Center|date=20 August 2014 |access-date=13 May 2015|ref=global-star}}</ref>

Guests on the show have included former [[United States Congress|Congresswoman]] [[Cynthia McKinney]], host of ''[[The Political Cesspool]]'' James Edwards, [[Brad Steiger]], British conspiracy theorist [[David Icke]], [[Texe Marrs]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/04/26/jeff-rense-his-own-words|title = Jeff Rense: In His Own Words| date=27 April 2015 }}</ref> and [[David Duke]].

==Criticism of anti-Semitic content==
The [[Anti-Defamation League]] and the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] have stated that Rense disseminates antisemitic and pro-Nazi speech while promoting people with similar ideologies.<ref name="adl" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/04/27/new-report-jeff-rense-and-his-rense-radio-network|title=New Report on Jeff Rense and His Rense Radio Network|author=Beirich, Heidi |date=April 26, 2015|work=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/04/28/used-canard-salesman|title=Used Canard Salesman|work=Southern Poverty Law Center|access-date=2017-08-21|language=en}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Silva, Veronica C. "Cyberspace: Host to Host". ''BusinessWorld'' ([[Philippines]]). 4 September 1997. p.&nbsp;18.

==External links==
*[http://www.rense.com Jeff Rense Program] – official site

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