16 Facts About Alex Berenson

Alex Norman Berenson was born on January 6,1973 and is an American writer who was a reporter for The New York Times, and has authored several thriller novels as well a book on corporate financial filings.

Alex Berenson spent much of the pandemic arguing that its seriousness was overblown.

Alex Berenson was born in New York, and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey.

Alex Berenson joined The Denver Post in June 1994 as a business reporter.

In December 1999, Alex Berenson joined The New York Times as a business investigative reporter.

Alex Berenson then covered the pharmaceutical and health care industries, specializing in issues concerning dangerous drugs.

In 2010, Alex Berenson left the Times to become a full-time novelist.

Alex Berenson has written 12 spy novels, all featuring the same protagonist, CIA agent John Wells.

In 2008, Alex Berenson released his second thriller, The Ghost War.

In 2019, Alex Berenson authored the book Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence, which argues that marijuana use contributes to psychotic disorders and violent crime.

Early in the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Alex Berenson vocally argued that people and the media were overestimating the risk of the new virus, that it posed little risk to young Americans, and that it was being used as a cover for government overreach.

In 2021, Alex Berenson tweeted that COVID-19 vaccinations had led to 50 times more adverse effects than flu vaccine.

On January 25,2022, Alex Berenson appeared on the Fox News show Tucker Carlson Tonight declaring that existing mRNA vaccines are "dangerous and ineffective" against COVID-19, and further demanding that they be withdrawn from the market immediately.

Alex Berenson did not regain Twitter access because of a First Amendment free speech claim, which was rejected by the judge.

Alex Berenson describes growing up "center, center-right" but always voting Democrat.

Alex Berenson says he voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 election.