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Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies

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The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host over his relentless promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened.

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  1. KSDK

    Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million to Sandy Hook victims' families (opens KSDK)

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    KSDK's feed description

    The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host over his relentless promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened.

  2. The Daily Caller

    Jury Orders Alex Jones To Pay Nearly $1 Billion To Sandy Hook Victims’ Families (opens The Daily Caller)

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    A jury declared Wednesday that InfoWars host Alex Jones must give at least $965 million in damages to Sandy Hook victims' families and an FBI Agent

  3. Deseret News

    Alex Jones lied about Sandy Hook. He now has to pay $965 million for it (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    Alex Jones will now have to pay nearly $1 billion in a settlement. Can he afford it?

  4. Fox7 Austin

    Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook hoax claims (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered by a Connecticut jury to pay $965 million to people who suffered from his false claim that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

  5. The Times of Israel

    Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million to victims of his Sandy Hook lies (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Testifying during the trial, conspiracy theorist acknowledges he was wrong about school shooting, but both in the courtroom and on his show he has remained defiant

  6. KGW Portland

    Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies (opens KGW Portland)

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    KGW Portland's feed description

    The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host over his relentless promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened.

  7. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Jury reaches decision in Sandy Hook trial that will determine how much Alex Jones should pay for lies about the massacre (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    (CNN) — A Connecticut jury has reached a decision on […]

  8. CBS News

    Alex Jones ordered to pay over $965 million for Sandy Hook lies (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host.

  9. Boston

    Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion for Sandy Hook lies (opens Boston)

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    Boston's feed description

    Alex Jones should pay $965 million to people who suffered from his false claim that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, a jury in Connecticut decided Wednesday.

  10. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Nearly $1 Billion in Sandy Hook Trial in Connecticut (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    Infowars host Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $965 million to people who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. The jury in Waterbury, Connecticut had been asked to decide how much money Infowars host Alex Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, should pay for spreading …

  11. Deutsche Welle

    Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook families almost $1 billion for hoax claims | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A jury in Connecticut has awarded damages to the families of eight victims from the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and an FBI agent who responded to the scene.

  12. Engadget

    Alex Jones owes victims of Sandy Hook $965 million, jury finds (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    A jury awarded $965 million to 15 victims of Alex Jones' conspiracy theories about the 2012 mass shooting.

  13. Al Jazeera

    Jury orders Alex Jones to pay families $965m for Sandy Hook lies (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Verdict is second large judgement against Infowars host, who for years falsely claimed 2012 school massacre was staged.

  14. FOX 61 Hartford

    Reaction to Alex Jones Sandy Hook trial verdict pours in from across the internet (opens FOX 61 Hartford)

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    FOX 61 Hartford's feed description

    Alex Jones was ordered to pay the families of Sandy Hook $965 million in damages.

  15. New York Times

    Live Updates: Jury Reaches Verdict on Damages in Alex Jones’s Sandy Hook Trial (opens New York Times)

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    A jury in Connecticut will detail the damages it is awarding to the families of eight victims killed in the 2012 shooting and an F.B.I. agent who responded to the scene. Jones had already been found liable for defamation after he spent years falsely describing the shooting.

  16. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Alex Jones ordered to pay $965M for Sandy Hook lies (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay $965 million to people who suffered from his false claim that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, a jury in Connecticut decided Wednesday.

  17. Brainerd Dispatch

    Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook families $1B for hoax claims, jury says (opens Brainerd Dispatch)

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    Brainerd Dispatch's feed description

    The verdict came after three weeks of testimony in a state court in Waterbury, Connecticut, not far from where a gunman killed 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. Jones claimed for years that the massacre was staged as part of a government plot to…

  18. Forbes

    Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Nearly $1 Billion To Sandy Hook Parents (opens Forbes)

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    For years, Jones spread conspiracy theories that the elementary school shooting was a hoax.

  19. Fox News

    Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to families of Sandy Hook massacre victims (opens Fox News)

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    A Connecticut jury ordered Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion to families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

  20. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook families nearly $1 billion for hoax claims, jury says (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay at least $965 million in damages to numerous families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for falsely claiming they were

  21. Newsweek

    Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1B to Sandy Hook families (opens Newsweek)

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    Wednesday's verdict is more than 19 times the amount awarded in August's Texas lawsuit.

  22. Portland Press Herald

    Jury indicates verdict reached in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ trial (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The 6-person jury is tasked with determining how much the Infowars show host should pay to 15 plaintiffs for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre a hoax.

  23. Breitbart News

    Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $965 Million in Sandy Hook Judgment (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Radio host Alex Jones should pay $965 million to people who suffered from past false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, a jury in Connecticut decided Wednesday.

  24. Tucson

    Jury says Alex Jones should pay $965 million to people who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre (opens Tucson)

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    Jury says Alex Jones should pay $965 million to people who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre.

  25. KESQ Palm Springs

    Jury decides conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay nearly $1 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families for his lies about the school massacre (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Far-right talk show host Alex Jones should pay eight families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and one first responder $965 million in compensatory damages, a Connecticut jury decided Wednesday, capping a wrenching weeks-long trial that put on displa…

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