I've started listening to Alex Jones pretty often.
He does a little carried away sometimes, but I believe that:
1) He truly loves America and the Constitution,
2) He reports the news that many "mainstream" media sources and radio show hosts fail to report
3) He is correct about the emergence of a police state, and the goals of the NWO.
I've never listened to alex Jones, I was also shocked to see the ad on NewsMax' web site. But in defense of Ruddy & NewsMax I will say that Ruddy's done a lot of very good work regarding Vince Foster & Ron Brown's plane crash and on other issues too. That he allows Alex Jones a place on his web site that Alex surely pays for does not make me think bad of NewsMax at all. Ruddy is a far more honest journalist than most. Remember how so many journalists have covered things up for clinton, but Ruddy didn't do that.
After Waco, OK City bombing and other events my personal opinion is that we should be open minded as to Mr. Jones' theories. Mr. Jones is not yet 30 years old I believe. he's unconventional in that he leaps to conclusions, but that does not mean that he is of no value.