26 July 2022
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones (click here) repeatedly “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” when he told his Infowars audience that the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a hoax, an attorney for one of the victim’s parents told a Texas jury on Tuesday at the outset of a trial to determine how much Jones must pay for defaming them.
Jones created a “massive campaign of lies” and recruited “wild extremists from the fringes of the internet … who were as cruel as Mr Jones wanted them to be” to the families of the 20 first-graders and six educators who were killed in the 2012 attack on the school in Newtown, Connecticut, attorney Mark Bankston said during his opening statement as Jones looked on and occasionally shook his head....
Millions of Americans tune into media services all based in falsehoods and flat out lies. This is not entertainment, it is legitimizing propaganda as if the truth. It is not.
Alex Jones in his Info Wars is not about a conservative point of view. At the very least it is tabloid wars and not one that is struggling against massive "lamestream media."
There needs to be warnings on all these services. They are very used to propagating lies and advancing political candidates based in lies. Some might call that politics, but, it is not. Politics is about alternatives and choosing the best person to govern. Voters aren't supposed to be violated in their basic understanding of life.
The Infotainment Media is often viewed as a legitimate form of information to be counted on to bring the truth.
THAT IS FRAUD.
When Infotainment crosses the line of decency in a way that inflicts pain on grieving parents, it is way over the lie and causes damage. There is nothing decent about Alex Jones. He lies without any conscience as to what it may be doing to others. Infotainment is engaged in profound fraud and causes damage.
The FCC should never see this as a legitimate use of the First Amendment. Our laws demand THE TRUTH when making court testimony. The press is a form of a trial court. The press is expected to be honorable and carry the truth. Basically, these entities, including Jones, use that presumption to deceive the public without notification. There isn't a day that goes by the infotainment industry isn't engaging in lying in a political method. They are always tuned into the American people to lie for a strong leaning into the right wing political theme. Never is their representation of infotainment favoring all political leanings. Never.
Alex Jones practices some of the most egregious method of infotainment and does nothing that benefits the public. The underlying theme of these forms of media is adverse to democracy.
I might add, besides causing Sandy Hook parents unnecessary pain in their profound loss of a child, Jones contributes to the underlying motivations that occurred on January 6th.
