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The award of nearly $1 billion to parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims to compensate for harmful lies spread by fabulist Alex Jones isn't likely to do much to curb disinformation, experts say
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“It’s easy to revel in Alex Jones being punished,” said Rebecca Adelman, a communications professor at the University of Maryland. “But there’s a certain shortsightedness in that celebration.”
The $1 billion Sandy Hook defamation judgment would be ruinous for most broadcasters. Not necessarily for Alex Jones.
Sandy Hook parents suffered their first loss when their children were killed. Now, they are tormented by further by conspiracy theorists who question what happened.
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