Alex Norman Berenson[2] (born January 6, 1973) 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.

His 2019 book Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence sparked controversy, earning denunciations from many in the scientific and medical communities.

[22][23] In July 2012, The Shadow Patrol was named a finalist for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, given by Britain's Crime Writers' Association.

The book "received positive coverage from The New Yorker and Mother Jones for what some called its troubling truths"[26] but was denounced as alarmist and inaccurate in the scientific and medical communities because of his claims that cannabis causes psychosis and violence; many scientists state that he is drawing inappropriate conclusions from the research, primarily by inferring causation from correlation,[3]: 1 [6]: 1 [27]: 1 [4]: 1 [8]: 1 as well as cherry picking[5]: 1 data that fits his narrative, and falling victim to selection bias via his use of anecdotes[5]: 1 to back up his assertions.

However, by July 2020, amid surges in coronavirus cases across parts of the United States, Fox News appeared to have backtracked and removed the announcement of his show from its website.

[12] The Atlantic called him "The pandemic's wrongest man", owing to what they termed his "dangerously, unflaggingly, and superlatively wrong" claims of the vaccine's ineffectiveness.

[10] On January 25, 2022, 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that existing mRNA vaccines are "dangerous and ineffective" against COVID-19, and further demanding that they be withdrawn from the market immediately.

[34] Goldman stated that Internet company executives have always been advised by their attorneys not to make promises to or even to speak to anyone about their individual accounts "for reasons that should now be obvious".

[34] On April 14, 2023, Berenson filed a lawsuit in a federal district court against president Biden in his official capacity, members of his administration in their individual capacities, and a board member and the CEO of Pfizer regarding allegations of First Amendment violations and other claims resulting from the Twitter ban of Berenson.