I actually went to my mam's house. She spoke about how people were whispering in her mother's house about conspiracy theorists denying the shooting and questioning the official narrative. So of course, i wanted to know. And ah, they were telling me that, ah, there we some one saying that, a, that the tragedy hadn't happened which was so crazy to me, because i was having it. I have owned mone at your house. Es, that is that because of the safety for fears that you have, yes. Yo.
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In a landmark ruling, a jury in Texas ordered Alex Jones, America’s most prominent conspiracy theorist, to pay millions of dollars to the parents of a boy killed at Sandy Hook for the damage caused by his lies about the mass shooting.
What is the significance of the trial, and will it do anything to change the world of lies and misinformation?
Guest: Elizabeth Williamson, a feature writer based in the Washington bureau of The New York Times.
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