Alex Jones Isn't Going Away That Easily
Disinformation,Alex Jones,Criminal Justice,Sandy Hook School Shooting,Defamation,1st Amendment,Free Speech,Infowars
In this country, there are only so many ways to deal with a man like Alex Jones.
On Wednesday, a jury in Connecticut tried its best to force the Infowars host and owner to face consequences for the hurt that his lies have caused others, ordering Jones to pay $965 million to relatives of victims of a 2012 mass shooting and an FBI agent he accused of all being actors.
In an interview with “PBS NewsHour,” trial lawyer Jesse Gessin described the nearly $1 billion judgment as “probably one of the largest defamation verdicts in U.S. history.”
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