American alt-right Internet personality (born 1980)
Stewart Peters[ 1] (born April 1, 1980) is an American alt-right internet personality ,[ 2] white nationalist ,[ 3] political commentator , Holocaust denier ,[ 4] and conspiracy theorist . He is known for promoting COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories ,[ 10] as well as anti-LGBTQ , antisemitic , and white supremacist beliefs.[ 3]
Having previously been a rapper and bounty hunter,[ 11] [ 12] Peters launched the Stew Peters Show in 2020, which airs on weekdays. His show routinely features conspiracy theories about governmental organizations, such as the CDC . His guests have included established proponents of conspiracy theories such as Paul Gosar ,[ 13] Mark Meadows ,[ 14] and L. Lin Wood .[ 15] In 2022, Peters released the anti-vaccine film Died Suddenly , and a subsequent 2023 film titled Final Days .
^ "Impostor lived at governor's mansion" . Brainerd Dispatch . Associated Press . June 19, 2002. Archived from the original on June 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023 .
^ Butler, Kiera. "The far-right bounty hunter behind the explosive popularity of "died suddenly" " . Mother Jones . Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2024 .
^ a b "Stew Peters: Five Things to Know | ADL" . Anti-Defamation League . Center on Extremism. June 30, 2023. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023 .
^ a b Dickinson, Tim (November 29, 2023). "Conspiracy Kingpin Shows Twitter Is a Safe Space for Antisemitism" . Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2024 .
^ Petrizzo, Zachary (February 3, 2022). "Spotify Booted Far-Right Podcaster Stew Peters Over COVID Lies" . The Daily Beast . Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022 . Stew Peters, a right-wing shock jock known for making inflammatory and false claims, including baselessly calling the COVID-19 vaccine a "bio-weapon,"...
^ Spocchia, Gino (February 23, 2022). "Trump's Truth Social snubbed for censoring radio host's death threats" . The Independent . Archived from the original on February 25, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022 . Mr Peters, who has fiercely pushed conspiracy theories about Covid in recent months...
^ McCarthy, Bill (April 21, 2022). "Radio host Stew Peters' 'Watch the Water' film ridiculously claims COVID-19 is snake venom" . Poynter Institute . Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022 . The video is an interview between far-right radio host Stew Peters, who has a history of using inflammatory rhetoric and spreading COVID-19 conspiracy theories...
^ " 'Died Suddenly' film amplifies false Covid-19 vaccine claims" . Agence France-Presse . November 29, 2022. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022 . Peters, a far-right talk show host, regularly promotes conspiracy theories and false claims about the coronavirus and vaccines on his program "The Stew Peters Show."
^ "Died Suddenly: A tsunami of antivax misinformation and conspiracy theories" . Science-Based Medicine . December 5, 2022. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022 . Two weeks ago, COVID-19 conspiracy theorist Stew Peters released an antivaccine pseudodocumentary on Rumble titled Died Suddenly.
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^ Hutton, Rachel (February 2, 2019). "Minnesota's best-known bounty hunter captures state's most wanted" . Star Tribune . Archived from the original on August 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022 .
^ Sommer, Will (November 5, 2021). "MAGA's New Shock Jock Is a Bounty Hunter With a Troubled Past" . The Daily Beast . Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2022 .
^ "Paul Gosar defends AOC anime video as trying to reach "newer generations" " . Newsweek . November 16, 2021. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021 .
^ Petrizzo, Zachary (December 2, 2021). "Far-Right Shock Jock Confronts Mark Meadows on Alleged Ties to China" . The Daily Beast . Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021 .
^ Wade, Peter (December 8, 2021). "MAGA World's Biggest Conspiracy Theorists Are Going at Each Others Throats" . Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021 .