Jeffry Shearer Rense is an American

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host. His show, the ''Jeff Rense Program'', was broadcast via satellite radio and is now released through his personal website. Rense's

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and

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propagate

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, including those of 9/11 conspiracists,

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and advocates of the paranormal, the creation of diseases,

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, evidence of advanced ancient technology, emergent energy technologies, and alternative medicine. Rense's writings and website have been deemed pro-

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and antisemitic by the Anti-Defamation League and the

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Radio host

Rense's first on-air experience came while he was a student at

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in the 1970s."IVCC HOLDS ELECTION, POLL"
''The Daily Nexus'', University of California, Santa Barbara, issue April 13, 1971. In 1994, Rense self-financed a radio show on Santa Barbara's

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. The show was originally broadcast as ''Sightings on the Radio'', the title being a direct reference to the television series '' Sightings''. The show was originally distributed by

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but was dropped in the late 1990s after it was deemed hate speech and banned in Europe.

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then carried the show through the early 2000s, when all references to ''Sightings'' were dropped and the title ''Jeff Rense Program'' was adopted.

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took over distribution and carried the show through August 2009, when Rense accused fellow GCN host

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of threatening to "destroy" him. ''Jeff Rense Program'' is now streamed through Rense's personal website. Guests on the show have included former

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Cynthia McKinney; host of '' The Political Cesspool'' James Edwards;

Brad Steiger Brad Steiger (February 19, 1936 – May 6, 2018) was an American author of fiction and non-fiction works on the paranormal, spirituality, UFOs, true crime and biographies. His books sold well to the public but were widely criticized by academ ...

; British conspiracy theorist

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; Texe Marrs; and

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Criticism of anti-Semitic content

The Anti-Defamation League and the

have stated that Rense disseminates antisemitic and pro-Nazi speech while promoting people with similar ideologies.

Notes

References

* Silva, Veronica C. "Cyberspace: Host to Host". ''BusinessWorld'' (

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). 4 September 1997. p. 18.

External links

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– official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Rense, Jeff Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 9/11 conspiracy theorists American conspiracy theorists American talk radio hosts Anti-Zionism in the United States John F. Kennedy conspiracy theorists American critics of Islam Critics of Judaism Radio personalities from St. Louis University of California, Santa Barbara alumni UFO conspiracy theorists American neo-Nazis