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Alex Jones ordered to pay $4.1 million to Sandy Hook parents in defamation case
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Posted on 08/04/2022 2:44:28 PM PDT by navysealdad

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To: Coronal; All

The sandy hook shooter, you know, the real criminal, and his family are products of their environment though, not really their fault. The guns made him do it.


81 posted on 08/04/2022 4:36:38 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: wiseprince

Nobody in this is claiming that. But there’s not much anyone can do, given that he’s DEAD.


82 posted on 08/04/2022 4:42:21 PM PDT by Coronal
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To: ought-six

It is difficult for public figures (politicians, government officials, astronauts, etc.) to win slander lawsuits. The courts set the bar high. And that’s as it should be. Otherwise people would be afraid to criticize public officials.

The bar is set much lower when the target of the slander is a private person. Alex Jones targeted private people, in a rather nasty way. He deserves whatever slap-down he gets.


83 posted on 08/04/2022 4:43:56 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: navysealdad

Pretty good haul for make believe kids


84 posted on 08/04/2022 4:51:18 PM PDT by roving (Blue Lives Matter More Than Children)
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To: Republican Wildcat

“Not exactly - still very defamatory.”

How? If he said actors were portraying the parents, how has Jones defamed the actual parents? If anyone is defaming them, it is the actors.

In any event, now I’m reading that this was a default judgment, because Jones never showed up at court.


85 posted on 08/04/2022 4:52:05 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: navysealdad
The parents should get a thousand bucks each.

But...

A $4.1 million fine would just begin to compensate for his horrendous violations against the English language, particularly his habit of bending nouns into verbs on whim.

86 posted on 08/04/2022 4:52:34 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan (Pot legalization licenses every degenerate pothead piece of trash to force drug neighbors.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

“Is that a real number?? That seems crazy high.”

I have no idea: I was responding TO that comment. I never made that statement. Read the thread.


87 posted on 08/04/2022 4:54:08 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: ought-six
"God knows who you are; trust in Him. As I’m sure you do."

Thanks. In this day and age, he's the only one you can truly trust.

88 posted on 08/04/2022 4:55:38 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Republican Wildcat

“Facts” based on his opinion.


89 posted on 08/04/2022 4:56:29 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Leaning Right

“The bar is set much lower when the target of the slander is a private person. Alex Jones targeted private people, in a rather nasty way. He deserves whatever slap-down he gets.”

I understand that; I handled libel and slander cases (in the insurance industry, those were considered PERSONAL injuries, as opposed to BODILY injuries or PROPERTY damage). But, what was the slander?


90 posted on 08/04/2022 4:58:22 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Wuli

He publicly stated that the parents were active participants in a hoax about the murder of their children. These people were private citizens not public figures… that’s defamation folks.

Pure and simple. You tell lies that you know to be lies about someone, that’s defamation.

They have his text messages. They know he knew he was lying and did it anyway.


91 posted on 08/04/2022 5:03:17 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Lower Deck

If he committed no crime there should be no punishment of any sort. Monetary damages alone should be forthcoming in a civil matter.


92 posted on 08/04/2022 5:05:55 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: crusty old prospector

good point. Not that I ever heard.


93 posted on 08/04/2022 5:08:11 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Roadrunner383

If they can take Alex Jones for all he’s worth why do the guys who slandered Nick Sandemann or whatever his name was get off scot free?


94 posted on 08/04/2022 5:10:26 PM PDT by jarwulf ( )
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To: ought-six

He claimed Sandy Hook was a hoax and that the grieving parents were crisis actors

He’s a psychotic jerk


95 posted on 08/04/2022 5:13:41 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Wuli

When you claim grieving parents are crisis actors

The man is a a psychotic jerk. Good for the parents


96 posted on 08/04/2022 5:14:45 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: babble-on

Alex’s attorney screwed up by sending all the phone phone records.


97 posted on 08/04/2022 5:15:08 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: miliantnutcase

You don’t have to name someone to defame them. That’s nothing new.


98 posted on 08/04/2022 5:15:12 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: ought-six

“Are they now subject to charges?”

There were no “charges”. It’s a civil suit. And yes, if you said something defamatory against those astronauts, the astronauts could sue you for defamation.

The difference is the astronauts were public figures, so proving a defamation case would be nearly impossible for them. But Jone was dumb enough to make his statements against people who were not public figures, so they could win their suits quite easily.


99 posted on 08/04/2022 5:17:48 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: DesertRhino

“nobody ever seems to post that video. Wonder why?”

Probably because all of Jones’ material was removed from youtube subsequent to that, and I doubt he republished that particular segment after he got slapped with the lawsuits.


100 posted on 08/04/2022 5:19:25 PM PDT by Boogieman
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