Alex Jones and the believers in conspiracy theories
BBC disinformation correspondentThose were the words of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones broadcasting live from his studio as a court in Connecticut ordered him to pay $965m in damages for pushing the false theory that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
The split screen on his live stream is a stark moment where the conspiracy world he has created comes up against reality. When it comes to Alex Jones himself, a former insider who worked at Infowars tells me that he thinks this could be the beginning of the end. He'll struggle to continue if he does have to pay these damages.
Polling from the Journal of Social and Political Psychology suggests that almost 20% of Americans believe high-profile mass shootings have been staged, usually by the government. This survey was carried out in 2020 but there's no reason to believe that figure would be any less if carried out today. The jury's out on whether the huge damages that Jones has been ordered to pay will deter others promoting disinformation or damaging conspiracies.Alex Jones now acknowledges that the Sandy Hook shooting was "100% real"
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