Alex jones has been spreading conspiracy theories about 9/11 and the sandy hook massacre. The families of six-year-old Jesse Heslin filed four lawsuits against him for defamation. Jones stonewalled on the discovery process in all o f those cases for nearly four years. At the end of last year, judges ruled him liable by default, meaning he lost.
This episode contains descriptions of distressing scenes.
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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