THE CONSPIRASPHERE

NOEL ROONEY wonders whether conspiracy shock jock Alex Jones is being unfairly singled out by opportunistic lawyers over the Sandy Hook ‘false flag’ theory

PAIN AND PROFIT I’m not a fan of Alex Jones. I find his shock jock style of manic bombast very difficult to listen to. His mouth tends to run away with him, making him – and by extension the conspiracist community – look foolish and crude. His comments on the Sandy Hook school shootings were perhaps the most egregious example of vitriol unsupported by facts, but they were by no means unique. So the series of civil lawsuits brought against him by parents of Sandy Hook victims (the latest has just concluded) could reasonably be seen as just desserts for a man who consistently labelled the tragedy a hoax. On the face of it, it’s entirely reasonable that people should claim damages for the trauma caused by his ill-judged and…

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