The parents of Jesse Lewis who died at Sandy Hook said he was slow and easily manipulated by these deep state lawyers that the that he's convinced the families have, you know, this is all another conspiracy. So he's blowing up in public and on his show and saying I'm finished apologizing in him. This is just a plot to get me by Democrats and my deep state enemies. Liz: How many people in America believe that Sandy Hook was a false flag and how did they come to believe that was it from Alex or was it from like a whole firmament of conspiracy? LZ: One fifth of Americans believe that every high profile mass shooting is staged by the government.
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One in five Americans believe that every high profile mass shooting is staged by the government. In this episode New York Times journalist Elizabeth Williamson joins author and filmmaker Jon Ronson to delve into the dark world of conspiracies and examine one of America’s most prominent and controversial theorists, Alex Jones. Elizabeth Williamson joins us from Connecticut where she is reporting on Alex Jones' second defamation trial this year, sued by the parents of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting after he repeatedly claimed the tragedy was a hoax.
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