Sandy Hook Parents Sue Alex Jones for Defamation

[Applewood]

Sandy Hook Parents Sue Alex Jones for Defamation

Three parents whose children were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 filed a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist who has long claimed the shooting was “completely fake” and a “giant hoax” perpetrated by opponents of the Second Amendment.

Mr. Jones, the popular radio show host who also operates the conspiracy theory website Infowars, has questioned for years whether 20 children and six adults died in the school massacre in Newtown, Conn. To bolster his false claims, he often cites news reports and video clips from the hours after the shooting that turned out to be incomplete or based on wrong information.

Soon after they buried their children, many Sandy Hook parents started to come under fierce attack by conspiracy theorists who have said they are actors in an elaborate scheme to enact stricter gun control laws. The fringe theories still thrive in small forums online but have reached a far greater audience through Mr. Jones, the most vocal propagator.

Excerpt.  More at:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/business/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html

[txradioguy]

I wonder if he'll have an on-air meltdown over this like he did the other night over the Syria bombing?

[guitar4jesus]

I wonder if he'll have an on-air meltdown over this like he did the other night over the Syria bombing?

[jmyrlefuller]

I wonder if he'll have an on-air meltdown over this like he did the other night over the Syria bombing?

When DOESN'T he have an on-air meltdown? It's the central part of his schtick.

[TomSea]

Some of what he reports on is directly from Russian state media, Russia is ranked 142nd among 180 nations for freedom of the press.  Yet, he makes the US to always be the bogeyman, he's a joke, I remember when I first listened a few times, he brought up these FEMA zones where there would be concentration camps. Unbelievable.

[ABX]

Good,
It is time that mask comes off Bill Hick's little game. He destroys people and families pulling his crap.

[GtHawk]

I wonder if his defense will be that it was just a parody, I'm sure there is plenty of evidence in his past shows and statements to support the claim.

[ABX]

I wonder if his defense will be that it was just a parody, I'm sure there is plenty of evidence in his past shows and statements to support the claim.

His own lawyer actually admitted his entire show is fake in Jones' divorce trial.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/infowars-alex-jones-performance-artist-playing-character-lawyer-conspiracy-theory-donald-trump-a7687571.html

[jmyrlefuller]

Let's not forget that before Obama, Jones's main claim to fame was as a 9/11 "truther."

[mountaineer]

They'll have to cite instances where he defamed them personally, I should think.