alt Hacker NewsAlex Jones' entire livelihood relies on making these bogus claims and maintaining his following, so I'm not surprised he was able to keep it up. He's also the most famous internet conspiracy theorist among countless others, so yeah I would chalk it up to acting talent.
Everybody's livelihood relies on the thing they do for a living. That's doesn't mean we're all lying.
People with fringe views do actually exist, they aren't all actors.