Commenters express sympathy for Alex Jones name confusion and suggest alternatives
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Users acknowledged the unfortunate naming coincidence and discussed how the Welsh Alex Jones has likely experienced ongoing confusion, with some suggesting the BBC use 'Alexandra' or full names in headlines to avoid future mix-ups.
“Man, I feel for the Alex Joneses out there. Well, not /that/ one Alex Jones”
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"No way. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks."
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I read that the American Alex Jones died when he popped like a balloon in his car
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I'm British (apologies), years ago I was watching a politics show and they said their guest was Alex Jones, I assumed it was the Welsh Presenter but was confused about the angry American red tomato who was in the studio. I wish I was that ignorant of American political stuff still
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We are sweltering in a never ending heat wave in Austin. I don’t know what off brand peptides and over doses of testosterone do to heat tolerance but I bet it’s not good.
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"There was nothing wrong with it... until I was about twelve years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started ."
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I thought for a minute, the BBC was wanting to be the Onion.
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It's the woman in the picture. Her name is also Alex Jones. That's why her picture is in the article.
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Impossible, I watched him pop like a balloon
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Yeah we’re making it pretty hard to ignore the cesspool these days. But our government is doing its level best to promote European fascists, so the crazy is coming to town wherever you are.
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Having a unique name seemed like such a pain as a kid.I appreciate it more now.
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to be fair, he wouldn't need to buy a red nose
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It's funny because their names are the same. You seemed confused, so I wanted to help.
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The female Alex Jones is a national treasure unlike the male Alex Jones who is a national disgrace.
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What the ALMIGHTY FUCK? This is the same guy (unless the BBC is referring to another Alex Jones) that said for 15 years that Sandy Hook was a 'staged' shooting and was sued successfully for millions of dollars for defaming them. BBC, what the hell are you thinking!
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It pays to research things before commenting. Apologies ✌️
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There is a whole world outside the US, you know
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Yeah, I was startled for a moment, but then realized: *This is the UK, and there are a lot of people named Alex Jones.*
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She doesn’t need to change her name but maybe make the spelling of it more British? Add a “u” into Jones or something 🤔
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Plus three names is the naming convention for serial killers.
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Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. We should all, from now on, refer to him as Alex Emerick Jones, since this nice lady deserves to not be mixed up with him.
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Almost nobody in the UK knows who /your/ Alex Jones is. Meanwhile, almost everyone knows who /our/ Alex Jones is. Given the intended audience of the article, why would the BBC bother adding a clarifier?
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Why? She’s a lot more famous than the American one in Britain.
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The Michigan sports blog I follow has a cute little in-joke for whenever Miami of Ohio shows up as an opponent- they call it Miami (Not That Miami), or MiamiNTM for short. So, for this situation, I propose Alex Jones (NTAJ)
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I will say that The One Show is known for having eccentrically eclectic features but it's more likely to run "Conservation of Frogs in Slimbridge" than "They're Turning The Frogs Gay"...
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