American radio host and conspiracy theorist (born 1974)
Here's why why some people love a conspiracy theory: Who do people want to believe conspiracy theories such as the one about Sandy Hook?
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‘The Truth vs. Alex Jones’ Review SXSW: Sandy Hook Parents Get Their Revenge: The powerful ‘The Truth vs. Alex Jones,’ featuring interviews with parents of ...
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‘It got vile very quickly’: how Alex Jones turned a tragedy into a battleground: Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed spent four years following the circus ...
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Elon Musk and Alex Jones: A Curious Alliance: Elon Musk and Alex Jones weren't natural allies until the Twitter owner drifted far enough into the ...
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Quick Glance: Elon Musk Brings Back Conspiracy Theorist to Twitter
- Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter led to changes on the platform.
- After a vote, Elon Musk brought back Infowars operator Alex Jones to Twitter/X.
- Elon Musk emphasized freedom of speech on the platform and surprisingly brought back Jones.
- Elon Musk reaffirmed freedom of speech as the platform's highest priority since taking over Twitter a year ago.
Sandy Hook: A mom marks a decade since her 6-year-old's death by helping ease others' pain
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Alex Jones has advised people who want children to try and get pregnant early on as she opens up on her difficult journey to having a family ... Show more Metro Entertainment
"I had never heard any kid that young say stuff like that before."
Andrew Callaghan talks about the experience of filming his HBO documentary "This ... Show more National Geographic https://bit.ly/3YZfaZ2
Stylist Live Sessions: presenter Alex Jones reveals her biggest life lessons: The presenter shared her wisdom on the Stylist Live Sessions podcast.
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Twitter won’t restore Alex Jones’ account, Elon Musk says: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones won't be returning to Twitter and will remain banned from the platform ...
cnn.com/2022/11/21/tech/alex-jones-twitter-ban/
Alex Jones Files for Bankruptcy: The Infowars broadcaster has been ordered by courts to pay about $1.5 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families hurt by his ...
nytimes.com/2022/12/02/us/politics/alex-jones-bankruptcy.html
'I'm Jewish. Kanye West's Words Should Shock Me—But They Don't': Lindsay Karp writes about how antisemitism has impacted her family, in this exclusive essay.
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Elon Musk Says He Wanted To 'Punch' Kanye West After He Tweeted A Swastika: "That's not cool," Musk said on a Twitter roundtable.
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Quick Glance: Elon Musk suspends Kanye West's Twitter account for violating Twitter rules.
- Kanye West tweeted an image today that combines a Nazi-Hakenkreuz and a Davidstern.
- The account has been locked.
- West has been at the center of media attention since yesterday evening, when he appeared on Alex Jones' Infowars show and praised Hitler.
- Musk also offered "general amnestie" for previously locked accounts, based on the results of a poll.
Elon Musk Tweets Photo of Guns: 'My Bedside Table': Musk posted a photo of two firearms surrounded by opened cans of Diet Coke.
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Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million to Sandy Hook families: The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host over his relentless promotion of ...
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones Sandy Hook damages could follow him the rest of his life
- "Do these people actually think they're getting any of this money?
- " Jones stated.
- Lawyers told Insider that the damages were astounding for a slander case, with Barhoma calling the payout a "jaw-dropping" number.
- "Compensatory damages are looking to make a plaintiff whole," Barhoma said, adding that while Jones will almost certainly appeal the verdict, an appellate court will be less inclined to interfere with compensatory damages awarded by a jury.
- Furthermore, unlike punitive penalties, compensatory damages are not capped in Connecticut, according to some lawyers.
5 toons about Alex Jones' billion-dollar penalty: Artists take on his Sandy Hook lies, his dire financial straits, and more
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Alex Jones’ Downfall Could Spell the End for the Disinformation Business Model: Alex Jones’ business could be crushed, but will that mean other disinfo peddlers ...
thedailybeast.com/alex-jones-downfall-could-spell-the-end-for-the-disinformation-business-model
Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after Sandy Hook $1B verdict: The move comes less than two months after being ordered to pay $1 billion.
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Alex Jones punitive damages phase begins; Sandy Hook families’ lawyers suggest he could owe $2.75 trillion
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The $1 Billion Alex Jones Effect: The Infowars host now knows the cost of “free speech”—but does the landmark judgment signal a crackdown on disinformation?
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Quick Glance: Will Alex Jones give $1 billion to Sandy Hook families? What you need to know about the massive reward.
- Infowars founder Alex Jones was sentenced to pay almost $1 billion to family of Sandy Hook mass shooting victims for spreading the idea that the tragedy was staged — a startling judgement described by one lawyer as "probably one of the largest defamation verdicts in U.S. history."
- The compensatory damages granted by a Connecticut jury on Wednesday were the most so far in various lawsuits filed by families of victims in the Newtown, Conn., attack that killed 20 children and six instructors.
- Families and allies of the victims said the verdict proves "the truth matters."
Alex Jones, the radio personality who built an empire on conspiracy theories : The alt-right host of Infowars has been ordered to pay $965 million dollars in ...
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FBI Agent Offers Devastatingly Emotional Testimony At Alex Jones' Sandy Hook Trial
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Jury sent home; Alex Jones testimony to continue next week: WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Lawyers in the defamation trial of Alex Jones agreed Friday not to return him ...
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones testifies in court about his Sandy Hook fake liesf
- Alex Jones testifies in a trial about how much he must pay in damages for calling the Sandy Hook school massacre a fabrication.
- "This is not really a trial," he explained.
- He said that the hoax lies were irresponsible and that the incident was "100% real."
- Jones said that the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy was staged by actors as part of gun control efforts.
Corona risk patients: In the eternal lockdown: Many people with pre-existing conditions are still living as if they were in lockdown. What will happen to them if ...
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Paid articlePaid 5 things to know for October 13: January 6, Ukraine, Alex Jones, Immigration, Iran
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Infowars Traffic Spiked As Alex Jones Told Sandy Hook Lies, Trial Reveals: A Connecticut jury will decide how much money Jones will have to pay to several ...
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Alex Jones faces 2nd trial over Sandy Hook hoax claims: Alex is Jones is "liable under Connecticut law," the judge said.
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Alex Jones Is the Real Victim, Argues Lawyer in Sandy Hook Trial: The conspiracy theorist's lawyer described him as a "scapegoat" and "whipping boy" during the ...
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The plaintiffs, immediate family members of children and educators killed in at Sandy Hook as well as one first responder ... Show more https://abcn.ws/3CGTqZf
Gazette-Mail editorial: Defanging poisonous, reckless rhetoric: Attorney Mark Bankston said in a recent interview that the question he gets the most is ...
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Alex Jones' 2nd defamation trial over Sandy Hook massacre to move forward: A jury decided Jones must pay a victim's family $49 million in damages.
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Quick Glance: The parent company of the bankrupt Infowars will face a second Sandy Hook defamation trial.
- The Connecticut trial will decide how much FSS and its creator, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, should pay in a defamation complaint brought by family relatives of the shooting victims.
- On July 29, when the Texas defamation trial was well underway, Free Speech Systems filed for Chapter 11.
- The corporation first claimed that coming to trial in Connecticut would imperil its capacity to reorganize, but it consented to participate after a Connecticut judge ruled that the trial against Jones, who is not bankrupt, could proceed.
- During the Texas trial, Jones admitted that the shooting was "100% real."
What's next for Alex Jones? More defamation trials, more damages and, possibly, criminal charges
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones was ordered to pay $45.2 million to the Sandy Hook family.
- These punitive damages are in addition to the $4.1 million in compensatory damages he must pay to the mother and father of a 6-year-old boy slain in the 2012 shooting.
- Late Friday, jurors issued a decision against Alex Jones, ordering him to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
- "[Alex Jones] is worth almost $270 million that we know of."
- The verdict concluded off a terrible trial for the conspiracy theorist, which included his own lawyers handing a lawyer for the Sandy Hook victim's family two years' worth of Jones' damaging text conversations.
Alex Jones Hit With $45 Million Ruling In Damages For Sandy Hook Lies: For years, Jones has used his platform on Infowars to spread horrific lies that the 2012 ...
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Quick Glance: "Your attorneys messed up": Alex Jones confronted in Sandy Hook defamation trial with texts from his phone
- #AlexJones' attorney, Mark Bankston, told him that his attorney made a mistake and handed him Jones' entire cell phone history.
- Jones' attorney, Andino Reynal, argued during closing arguments that the plaintiffs failed to prove that Jones' acts and words caused actual harm, and that the trial lacked evidence of the harassment, pain, and reputation defamation that the parents claimed.
- "A COWARDLY DISPLAY": Alex Jones fails to testify during his Sandy Hook deposition.
- HOW MUCH WILL ALEX JONES PAY? : The trial has begun after a court determined that he defamed the Sandy Hook parents.
Alex Jones and His Lawyer Lost a Defamation Case. Their Legal Troubles Are Just Beginning.
slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/08/alex-jones-perjury-inept-lawyer-sanctions.html
Quick Glance: Alex Jones' Lies Blow Up in His Face During Extensive Sandy Hook Trial
- If there is justice in the world, **Alex Jones,** the prominent conspiracy theorist on trial for the abominable, despicable [falsehoods he spread](https://www.vanityfair.com/index.php/Alex-Jones/), should be convicted.
- Further justice would be for him to be fully ostracized by society and for a witch to take away his voice so that no one ever has to hear from him again. Total justice would be for him to be completely despised by society and for a witch to take away his voice so that no one ever has to hear from him again.
- When questioned by Jones, the parents' lawyer, **Mark Bankston**, [argued](https://www.npr.
- Jones earlier stated that he "couldn't find any" (https://jezebel.
U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' defamation trial continues to determine how much he must pay parents of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook mass ... Show more #AlexJones #Reuters #News #Live #DefamationTrial #SandyHook
Psychiatrist says Sandy Hook parents fear for their lives: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim live with a complex ...
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Fox News Host Trey Gowdy Blasts ‘Abhorrent’ Alex Jones, Says ‘He Was the False Flag’
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Why the Alex Jones Verdict Felt So Unsatisfactory: Even defamation trials largely leave fake news untouchable.
slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/08/alex-jones-will-keep-broadcasting-infowars-despite-verdict.html
Alex Jones' media company files for bankruptcy amid trial: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company Free Speech Systems filed for ...
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones, the owner of Free Speech Systems, declares bankruptcy.
- Alex Jones has previously declared bankruptcy.
- Jones was found liable in Sandy Hook families' lawsuits last year after falsely claiming that the 2012 school shooting was a fake.
- The Sandy Hook families had criticized Jones' last bankruptcy filing in April as a "sinister" attempt to shelter his assets from liability.
- In explaining the current bankruptcy petition, Schwartz stated that the Sandy Hook litigation caused InfoWars to be avoided by major internet, social media, and financial organizations.
Alex Jones finally faces consequences. Hateful lies have to come with a cost.: A jury shows Alex Jones the price for being a monster, for leveraging the pain of ...
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Alex Jones' ex-wife will seek phone records after her lawyer'messed up'
- A lawyer for the Sandy Hook parents told Alex Jones on Wednesday that his counsel "messed up" and disclosed two years of phone data.
- Kelly Jones, Alex Jones' ex-wife, wants access to a treasure trove of information – several years of phone records — thanks to a blunder by Alex Jones' attorneys.
- Kelly Jones told Insider that, like the January 6 committee, she is ready to subpoena phone records because she feels they would help her in her current child custody dispute with Alex Jones.
- "Another stunning and unbelievable attorney gaffe by Alex Jones' attorneys," said Kelly Jones on Wednesday.
Alex Jones grilled about defamation suit over false accusation he sent child porn to Sandy Hook families
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Second Day Of Alex Jones Trial Focuses On Notorious Sandy Hook Conspiracist: Wolfgang Halbig spent years harassing the families of dead children ...
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Judge berates Alex Jones like a child over his courtroom behavior: Judge Maya Guerra Gamble told Jones that he should "sit down" and that she didn't "want to see ...
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Jan. 6 Committee Gets 2 Years Of Alex Jones’ Text Messages: The messages were first revealed during a trial last week after Jones was told one of his lawyers ...
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones' $49.3 million verdict and the Future of Misinformation
- Alex Jones is facing a large fine for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre – $49.3 million in damages, and counting — for claiming the nation's bloodiest school shooting was a fabrication — a severe volley in a burgeoning fight on harmful misinformation.
- "Alex Jones was attacking individuals," said Stephen D. Solomon, a law professor at New York University and the founding editor of First Amendment Watch.
- "You do want to chill that speech," Solomon suggested.
- "These kinds of damages and verdicts do have a chilling effect," said Volokh.
InfoWars' Alex Jones: Damages Trial Underway in Defamation Case: The conspiracy theorist was already found guilty of defaming the parents of murdered children ...
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Paid articlePaid Testimony to start in civil lawsuit against Alex Jones, who falsely said Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones must pay for Sandy Hook deceptions, according to parents' lawyer as defamation trial begins
- "Mr. Jones was continually churning out this idea that Sandy Hook was fake," Bankston told jurors.
- Jones and Infowars, he claimed, were behind the "most despicable and vile campaign of defamation and slander in American history."
- During the Alex Jones jury trial in Austin, a video of a Sandy Hook shooting victim is shown on the screen.
- The defamation suit, filed in Texas, where Infowars is situated, is one of several filed by victims' families who allege they were harassed and suffered emotional distress after Jones claimed the shooting was staged.
Infowars Revenue Jumped After Publishing Bogus Sandy Hook Story, Trial Reveals: The site saw a boost of nearly $200,000 on the day it spread a false story titled ...
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Have yourselves so!: The limits are clear, we know them too. Nevertheless, hate speech is constantly played down and those affected are told what they should do
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'Alex Jones Lied About My Child. But I Forgave Him': The compassion I felt for Alex Jones fueled my expression as I stated my truth for the world to hear.
newsweek.com/alex-jones-lied-sandy-hook-scarlett-lewis-forgiveness-1732290
Sympathetic portrayal of Alex Jones rebuked as 'hypocrisy': AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A producer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s media company tried to paint a ...
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Conspiracy narrator Alex Jones must pay million-dollar fine: In 2012, 20 children were killed. Right-wing radio host Alex Jones' statements that the massacre was ...
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