Jon Ronson
The Guardian
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Jon Ronson on the fall of Alex Jones: Politics Weekly America
Documentary maker Jon Ronson has followed Alex Jones’ career from the very beginning. This week, Jonathan Freedland asks him for his take on the fall of one of America’s most famous conspiracy theorists → Read More
Making sense of conspiracy theorists as the world gets more bizarre
It is 20 years since Jon Ronson wrote Them, his eye-popping investigation into conspiracy theorists. Now, in a world awash with tales of paedophile elites and puppet masters, is he any closer to understanding it all? → Read More
Jon Ronson on bespoke porn: ‘Nothing is too weird. We consider all requests’
Turned on by gremlins? Excited by ketchup or rare stamps? There’s a porn film for that. Inside California’s new growth industry → Read More
Jon Ronson: Strange answers to the psychopath test
Is there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With a hair-raising delivery, Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test, illuminates the gray areas between the two. (With live-mixed sound by Julian Treasure and animation by Evan Grant.) → Read More
'It's a hustle': Jon Ronson on how he made it into movies with the help of Okja the giant pig
When Jon Ronson was asked to work on a screenplay about a girl’s fight to rescue a fantastic beast, it was the start of a $60m adventure → Read More
Ariel Leve: 'I was the parent and my mother was the child'
The journalist grew up on New York’s Upper East Side with her mother, a celebrated poet who partied with Andy Warhol and Saul Bellow. Now she’s lifting the lid on a deeply unhappy childhood → Read More
Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’
Nearly 20 years ago, Monica Lewinsky found herself at the heart of a political storm. Now she’s turned that dark time into a force for good → Read More
Jon Ronson: ‘I felt rage every time there was an online shaming and Twitter and Google made money’
When Ronson wrote about the injustice of trial by Twitter, he found that he too became a target of the online lynch mob. How did we become unpaid shaming interns for companies that don’t care about us? → Read More
Jon Ronson: How the online hate mob set its sights on me
When Ronson wrote about the injustice of Justine Sacco’s trial by Twitter, he found that he too became a target of an internet witch hunt. How did we become unpaid shaming interns for companies that don’t care about us? → Read More
Josh Ostrovsky: ‘The internet is like a giant weird orgy’
Instagram superstar, comic, rapper ... and plagiarist, too? Meet Josh Ostrovsky, aka the Fat Jew → Read More
Marwencol: the incredible WWII art project created by a cross-dresser who was beaten up by bigots
Mark Hogancamp nearly died after being jumped by five men in 2000. After waking from a coma with no memories, he developed an extraordinary coping device: he built a miniature town in his garden where he reimagines the horrors of war → Read More
Marwencol: the incredible WWII art project created by a cross-dresser who was beaten up by bigots
Mark Hogancamp nearly died after being jumped by five men in 2000. After waking from a coma with no memories, he developed an extraordinary coping device: he built a miniature town in his garden where he reimagines the horrors of war → Read More
Jon Ronson: What happens when online shaming spirals out of control
For the longest time Jon Ronson reveled in the fact that Twitter gave a voice to the voiceless ... the social media platform gave us all a chance to speak up and hit back at perceived injustice. But somewhere along the way, things took a turn. In this passionate, eloquent talk, Ronson explains how too often we end up behaving like a baying mob -- and that it's time to rethink how we interact… → Read More
Jon Ronson: What happens when online shaming spirals out of control
For the longest time Jon Ronson reveled in the fact that Twitter gave a voice to the voiceless ... the social media platform gave us all a chance to speak up and hit back at perceived injustice. But somewhere along the way, things took a turn. In this passionate, eloquent talk, Ronson explains how too often we end up behaving like a baying mob -- and that it's time to rethink how we interact… → Read More
Katie Hopkins: ‘I definitely identify with that murderer thing, where you click off’
The reality TV star and columnist mocks autism, but says her daughter is ‘on the spectrum’. She derides the ‘National Hotel Service’, but has epilepsy so severe it puts her in hospital. Is Katie Hopkins for real → Read More
Katie Hopkins: ‘I definitely identify with that murderer thing, where you click off’
The reality TV star and columnist mocks autism, but says her daughter is ‘on the spectrum’. She derides the ‘National Hotel Service’, but has epilepsy so severe it puts her in hospital. Is Katie Hopkins for real → Read More
Do Twitter users have the right to ruin someone's life? – video
Jon Ronson says users of social media now hold the power to determine the severity of some punishments. But how merciless do we want to be? → Read More
Jon Ronson: Do Twitter users have the right to ruin someone's life? – video
Jon Ronson says users of social media now hold the power to determine the severity of some punishments. But how merciless do we want to be? → Read More
'Nobody cares any more': the relatives looking for flight MH370
It’s nearly a year since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished – and despite an international rescue operation, no trace of it has emerged. Could relatives of the missing passengers solve modern aviation’s biggest mystery for themselves? → Read More
'Overnight, everything I loved was gone': the internet shaming of Lindsey Stone
When a friend posted this photograph of charity worker Lindsey Stone on Facebook, she never dreamed she would lose her job and her reputation. Two years on, could she get her life back? → Read More