Ted Anderson

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Ted Anderson is a former gold-salesman from Minnesota who is largely responsible for Alex Jones having a career.

Having begun his career in gold/precious metals sales around 1980, in 1998 Ted started his own operation called Midas Resources. He almost immediately started a radio syndication company, Genesis Communications Network (GCN). The two companies are functionally the same company, or more accurately, GCN is the marketing department of Midas Resources. Ted Anderson once described it this way:

"They actually work hand-in-hand. One fits like a glove. They're partnership-type businesses; Midas Resources needs customers, Genesis Communications Network needs sponsors."

Very early into the life of GCN, Ted Anderson began courting voices he felt could best market his gold and precious metals. He became a sponsor of Alex Jones' show on KJFK, and when Alex got fired from the station, Ted offered him a place on his radio network. Alex was fired from KJFK on Dec. 10, 1999, but clearly Alex was working for Ted before that, as evidenced from the header of Alex's website from Oct. 9, 1999.

Over the years, Ted Anderson used Alex Jones' program to transmute an audiences' fear into gold-sales. The two men even had a routine they would pull out in order to maximize sales. Their technique would go like this:

• Alex would have a seemingly unrelated guest on the show, who is always presented as an economic expert. This role would often be filled by Bob Chapman, but when he was not available, sometimes Gerald Celente or Peter Schiff have filled in.
• Alex would interview this "guest" about how the economy was just about to collapse, and that it was only a matter of time before the "Globalists" decide to destroy the value of the dollar.
• Somewhere along the way, both Alex and the guest would inevitably say that the only safe thing to do is buy gold. They always say that gold's price would be higher, if only the nefarious "Globalists" weren't artificially holding down the prices, something they absolutely can't do for much longer. In fact, they will often even say that the artificial manipulation of gold prices will end as soon as next week, so of course, you need to buy gold now before it's too late.
• Once this card has been played, Alex calls in Ted Anderson to close the deal. He will come on the show, pretending that wasn't the plan all along, and rattle off his specials. Everything is the best deal you'll ever find, everything is always running out.

This game is played out repeatedly, and presumably, Ted made a lot of money off it.

Appearance on Alex's show on 9/11

On the day of 9/11, Ted made a disgusting and exploitative appearance on Alex's show to sell gold (see Episode #703: 9/11, Part 1). In it, he played up fears of a financial collapse because some of the victims were involved in the financial system, and even noted that if there was gold stored in the WTC, it would be possible to dig it out of the rubble (unlike paper currency). Selling your product by fear mongering with the rubble of the twin towers on the day they fell is a choice that really tells you everything you need to know about Ted's character.

Legal Trouble

On September 11, 2015, Ted Anderson began a court proceeding that would result in his license to sell gold and precious metals being revoked by the state of Minnesota. He was ordered to pay full restitution to consumers he had defrauded, and he was "prohibited from being an owner, officer, member or shareholder" in any bullion company for two years.

In addition, he was required to pay $310,000 of the restitution immediately, and approximately $60,000 a month to the people he'd ripped off, until he'd made full restitution. If he failed to make a payment, he would incur an additional $100,000 fine. Put simply, Ted was in a bad way in late 2015, finding himself in the hole approximately $1 million, and having the state order him to cease and desist from doing the thing he did to make money. Undoubtedly, the timing of Alex Jones' 2015 Money Bomb being held on September 16 (where they ended up raising almost exactly what Ted needed to pay off his victims) was completely unrelated.

The loss of his license was the culmination of the Minnesota Commerce Actions and Regulatory Department receiving numerous complaints about Midas Resources. Upon review, it was determined that:

"MRI [Midas Resources Inc.], Anderson and Huebner engaged in acts and practices that demonstrate they are incompetent, financially irresponsible, and otherwise unqualified to act under the authority of the Commissioner.""MRI [Midas Resources Inc.], Anderson and Huebner engaged in acts and practices that demonstrate they are incompetent, financially irresponsible, and otherwise unqualified to act under the authority of the Commissioner."

They found further:

"MRI regularly misappropriated money received in the course of buying, selling, soliciting, or marketing bullion coins or investments in bullion coins to consumers in violation of Minnesota statutes.

MRI routinely failed without prior agreement to deliver bullion coins to its customers within 30 days of payment and otherwise misrepresented to consumers the terms of sale and delivery date of bullion coins.

Anderson and Huebner misappropriated a customer's money and otherwise misrepresented terms of sale and delivery dates."

This is not the first time Ted Anderson was in trouble with the law over the dealings of Midas Resources. In 2006, he was sued by a man named Stephen Papol, who alleged that he entered into a scheme with Midas Resources, who then proceeded to defraud him. Papol told a detective that this is how he got involved with Midas:

"Back when I was going through a divorce, okay, I sold my house, okay, and I got referred to these people to buy the coins from them. They had told me that they were going to be able to lose this money, and you know, buy this private gold, and it was untraceable, so whatever, um, money I had to hide or anything, they can do it, because there's no documentation of this private gold...

Even if they wanted to come look for the money, they would never, if, you know, if the courts would come look for the money they would never find the money. Still kind of skeptical about the whole thing and 'cause I really, you know, I'm in New York and they're all the way in Minnesota."

Papol very clearly describes a plan that was hatched with a representative from Midas Resources in order to hide money from his wife while he was going through a divorce. Clearly, the person who referred Papol to Midas knew that Midas was the kind of company that was okay with committing this kind of fraud.

Initially, Papol purchased $455,700 in gold coins, and after Midas representatives told him his investment was gaining value, he bumped the total of his purchase up to $986,701 worth of coins. These transactions were made around December 2003. In January 2004, after Papol resolved his divorce settlement, he was told by Midas representatives that if he were to sell off his coins, he would lose over $400,000 in value, claiming "normal dealer mark-ups and market fluctuations."

This doesn't make a lot of sense, since gold was valued (prices per oz.) at $406.95 in December 2003, and it was worth $413.79 in January 2004. It seems pretty clear that Midas was just skimming.

Papol's lawsuit ultimately was flawed, largely because he was arguing that he was trying to commit a crime, and in the process of it, Midas committed a crime against him, which is a complicated place for the law. Regardless, the story that Papol tells and the allegations that he makes against Midas Resources sound exactly like tons of stories other customers have told of their interactions with Midas.

"I found that Midas overcharged me with premium of over $4.20 per ounce which amounted to about $1000.00."

"He [a Midas salesman] ended up charging me 40% over spot for each gold coin."

Even people on the Ron Paul Forums are not thrilled with what Midas Resources is up to.

Political Activities

Ted Anderson has been a longtime supporter of Ron Paul, and even served as a Minnesota delegate for Paul in past elections.

His bio touts that he, through Midas Resources, has "been a Torch Bearer Supporter of the Campaign For Liberty (C4L) since it's inception." Campaign For Liberty is basically just a non-profit that sprung out of the ashes of Ron Paul's failed 2008 run for president. In April 2018, they held a rally where they gave away an AR-15 to fight back against the "nanny-statists who want to ban it."

Ted Anderson and Midas Resources created something called the Ron Paul Air Corps, a campaign of aerial advertisements for Paul during the 2008 election.

For some reason, Ted Anderson was who RT (Russia Today) decided to interview about Ron Paul's 2012 campaign.

Relevant Episodes by Release Date

No.	Title	Coverage start date	Coverage end date	Air date	Episode type
2	2: December 31, 1999 (Y2K)	December 31, 1999	December 31, 1999	January 10, 2017	Time Travel
36	36: June 29, 2015	June 29, 2015	June 29, 2015	May 3, 2017	Time Travel
46	46: June 18, 2015	June 18, 2015	June 18, 2015	May 30, 2017	2015 Investigation
47	47: June 19-July 5, 2015	June 19, 2015	July 5, 2015	May 31, 2017	2015 Investigation
57	57: August 12-16, 2015	August 12, 2015	August 16, 2015	June 25, 2017	2015 Investigation
58	58: June 23, 2017	June 23, 2017	June 23, 2017	June 28, 2017	Present Day
66	66: September 6-17, 2015	September 6, 2015	September 17, 2015	July 25, 2017	2015 Investigation
75	75: January 7, 2011	January 7, 2011	January 7, 2011	August 21, 2017	Time Travel
82	82: Oct. 27-Nov. 9, 2015	October 27, 2015	November 9, 2015	September 11, 2017	2015 Investigation
84	84: December 21, 2012	December 21, 2012	December 21, 2012	September 20, 2017	Time Travel
105	105: March 18, 2014	March 18, 2014	March 18, 2014	November 22, 2017	Time Travel
109	109: December 4, 2017	December 4, 2017	December 4, 2017	December 5, 2017	Present Day
115	115: January 2, 2018	January 2, 2018	January 2, 2018	January 3, 2018	Present Day
119	119: August 16, 2012	August 16, 2012	August 16, 2012	January 15, 2018	Time Travel
123	123: March 18, 2008	March 18, 2008	March 18, 2008	January 26, 2018	Time Travel
127	127: February 8, 2018	February 8, 2018	February 8, 2018	February 9, 2018	Present Day
129	129: David Rothschild Interview			February 14, 2018	InfoWars Interview
133	133: Operation Paul Revere			March 5, 2018	Present Day
136	136: March 30-31, 2008	March 30, 2008	March 31, 2008	March 12, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
146	146: April 4, 2018	April 4, 2018	April 4, 2018	April 6, 2018	Present Day
155	155: January 7-9, 2009	January 7, 2009	January 9, 2009	April 27, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
158	158: January 21, 2009	January 21, 2009	January 21, 2009	May 7, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
160	160: January 22-25, 2009	January 22, 2009	January 25, 2009	May 14, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
162	162: May 19, 2018	May 19, 2018	May 19, 2018	May 21, 2018	Present Day
163	163: January 27-29, 2009	January 27, 2009	January 29, 2009	May 23, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
166	166: February 2-3, 2009	February 2, 2009	February 3, 2009	June 4, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
167	167: February 4-5, 2009	February 4, 2009	February 5, 2009	June 6, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
171	171: Loosh and Let Live			June 20, 2018	Project Camelot, Wacky Wednesday
173	173: February 6-10, 2009	February 6, 2009	February 10, 2009	June 25, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
174	174: February 11, 2009	February 11, 2009	February 11, 2009	June 26, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
183	183: February 12-16, 2009	February 12, 2009	February 16, 2009	July 23, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
189	189: February 19-20, 2009	February 19, 2009	February 20, 2009	August 6, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
202	202: September 4-6, 2018	September 4, 2018	September 6, 2018	September 7, 2018	Present Day
219	219: March 13, 2009	March 13, 2009	March 13, 2009	October 22, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
222	222: March 15-19, 2009	March 15, 2009	March 19, 2009	October 29, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
224	224: March 20, 2009	March 20, 2009	March 20, 2009	November 2, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
227	227: March 23, 2009	March 23, 2009	March 23, 2009	November 9, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
228	228: Old Alex Clips			November 12, 2018	Time Travel
230A	230A: Obama Deception, Part 1			November 19, 2018	Documentary
230C	230C: Obama Deception, Part 3			November 21, 2018	Documentary
231	231: March 24, 2009	March 24, 2009	March 24, 2009	November 26, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
237	237: March 27, 2009	March 27, 2009	March 27, 2009	December 10, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
243	243: April 1-2, 2009	April 1, 2009	April 2, 2009	December 24, 2018	Tea Party Investigation
248	248: January 2, 2019	January 2, 2019	January 2, 2019	January 4, 2019	Present Day
249	249: Predicting 9/11			January 7, 2019	Wacky Wednesday
250	250: Remote Poisoners And Crypto Bigotry			January 9, 2019	Project Camelot, Wacky Wednesday
252	252: April 7-8, 2009	April 7, 2009	April 8, 2009	January 15, 2019	Tea Party Investigation
283	283: January 4-6, 2013	January 4, 2013	January 6, 2013	April 12, 2019	Sandy Hook Investigation
290	290: April 25-26, 2019	April 25, 2019	April 26, 2019	April 29, 2019	Present Day
298	298: January 20-23, 2013	January 20, 2013	January 23, 2013	May 20, 2019	Sandy Hook Investigation
303	303: January 29-31, 2013	January 29, 2013	January 31, 2013	May 31, 2019	Sandy Hook Investigation
305	305: February 1, 2013	February 1, 2013	February 1, 2013	June 5, 2019	Sandy Hook Investigation
307	307: February 3-5, 2013	February 3, 2013	February 5, 2013	June 10, 2019	Sandy Hook Investigation
308	308: February 6-8, 2013	February 6, 2013	February 8, 2013	June 12, 2019	Sandy Hook Investigation
331	331: March 13-14, 2013	March 13, 2013	March 14, 2013	August 12, 2019	Sandy Hook Investigation
338	338: March 27-28, 2013	March 27, 2013	March 28, 2013	September 2, 2019	Sandy Hook Investigation
341	341: September 5, 2019	September 5, 2019	September 5, 2019	September 9, 2019	Present Day
342	342: September 6-11, 2019	September 6, 2019	September 11, 2019	September 13, 2019	Present Day
370	370: November 14-15, 2019	November 14, 2019	November 15, 2019	November 18, 2019	Present Day
384	384: January 3, 2020	January 3, 2020	January 3, 2020	January 6, 2020	Present Day
390	390: Grab Bag Minisode			January 22, 2020	Present Day, Wacky Wednesday
394	394: January 31, 2020	January 31, 2020	January 31, 2020	February 3, 2020	Present Day
406	406: March 1-4, 2020	March 1, 2020	March 4, 2020	March 9, 2020	Present Day
412	412: March 24-25, 2020	March 24, 2020	March 25, 2020	March 27, 2020	Present Day
413	413: March 27, 2020	March 27, 2020	March 27, 2020	March 30, 2020	Present Day
414	414: Bill Cooper's Ambitiously Bad Idea			April 1, 2020	Wacky Wednesday
454	454: December 17, 2013	December 17, 2013	December 17, 2013	July 8, 2020	Time Travel
463	463: July 28-30, 2020	July 28, 2020	July 30, 2020	July 31, 2020	Present Day
465	465: August 3-4, 2020	August 3, 2020	August 4, 2020	August 5, 2020	Present Day
481	481: September 13, 2012	September 13, 2012	September 13, 2012	September 14, 2020	Time Travel
516	516: December 31, 2020- January 1, 2021	December 30, 2020	January 1, 2021	January 4, 2021	Present Day
518	518: January 7-8, 2021	January 7, 2021	January 8, 2021	January 11, 2021	Present Day
528	528: 2021 Super Bowl Commercial Spectacular	February 7, 2021	February 7, 2021	February 8, 2021	Present Day, Special Edition
535	535: October 16, 2014	October 16, 2014	October 16, 2014	February 26, 2021	Time Travel
536	536: February 28, 2021	February 28, 2021	February 28, 2021	March 1, 2021	Present Day
537	537: July 16-18, 2010	July 16, 2010	July 18, 2010	March 3, 2021	Time Travel
544	544: May 1, 2003	May 1, 2003	May 1, 2003	March 29, 2021	2003 Investigation
548	548: May 5, 2003	May 5, 2003	May 5, 2003	April 14, 2021	2003 Investigation
557	557: May 11, 2021	May 11, 2021	May 11, 2021	May 14, 2021	Present Day
561	561: Jordan Takes The Wheel 6			May 26, 2021	Jordan Takes the Wheel
579	579: May 30, 2003	May 30, 2003	May 30, 2003	July 21, 2021	2003 Investigation
586	586: August 11-12, 2021	August 11, 2021	August 12, 2021	August 16, 2021	Present Day
622	622: June 30-July 1, 2003	June 30, 2003	July 1, 2003	December 2, 2021	2003 Investigation
623	623: July 2-3, 2003	July 2, 2003	July 3, 2003	December 2, 2021	2003 Investigation
626	626: December 9, 2021	December 9, 2021	December 9, 2021	December 13, 2021	Present Day
627	627: Reset Wars: Episode 2			December 15, 2021	Special Edition
635	635: January 6-7, 2022	January 6, 2022	January 7, 2022	January 10, 2022	Present Day
647	647: February 8, 2022	February 8, 2022	February 8, 2022	February 11, 2022	Present Day
674	674: April 22, 2022	April 22, 2022	April 22, 2022	April 25, 2022	Present Day
675	675: April 25, 2022	April 25, 2022	April 25, 2022	April 27, 2022	Present Day
685	685: Formulaic Objections Part 7			May 25, 2022	Formulaic Objections
701	701: June 23, 2004	June 23, 2004	June 23, 2004	July 11, 2022	Time Travel
703	703: 9/11, Part 1	September 11, 2001	September 11, 2001	July 18, 2022	Time Travel
709	709: 2 Dan's 2 War			July 31, 2022	Documentary
711	711: August 2, 2022	August 2, 2022	August 2, 2022	August 3, 2022	Present Day
763	763: December 15, 2003	December 15, 2003	December 15, 2003	January 4, 2023	2003 Investigation
770	770: January 20, 2023	January 20, 2023	January 20, 2023	January 23, 2023	Present Day
778	778: January 8, 2004	January 8, 2004	January 8, 2004	February 20, 2023	2003 Investigation
783	783: March 2, 2006 (Live)	March 2, 2006	March 2, 2006	March 6, 2023	Live Show, Time Travel
793	793: January 27-29, 2004	January 27, 2004	January 29, 2004	April 7, 2023	2003 Investigation
832	832: July 26, 2023	July 26, 2023	July 26, 2023	July 28, 2023	Present Day
838	838: August 11, 2023	August 11, 2023	August 11, 2023	August 14, 2023	Present Day
863	863: Keepin' It Fake, With Vivek	October 24, 2023	October 24, 2023	October 27, 2023	Present Day, InfoWars Interview
875	875: The Most Important Man In The World	December 7, 2023	December 7, 2023	December 9, 2023	Wacky Wednesday
882	882: April 1, 2004	April 1, 2004	April 1, 2004	December 29, 2023	2003 Investigation
896	896: February 2, 2024	February 2, 2024	February 2, 2024	February 5, 2024	Present Day
919	919: April 15, 2024	April 15, 2024	April 15, 2024	April 19, 2024	Present Day
926	926: March 4, 2011	March 4, 2011	March 4, 2011	May 20, 2024	Live Show, Time Travel
931	931: February 2, 2014	February 2, 2014	February 2, 2014	June 7, 2024