Alex Jones Ordered To Pay $4.1 Million In Compensatory Damages. Punitive Damage Amount To Come Tomorrow. Bad Week For Conservatives Only Gets Worse

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Just so Im tracking. If someone makes money by saying things that are untrue on TV, Radio, etc people are intitled to take said money through the courts?

No, there is more to defamation than that. So you don't even know the most basic stuff regarding this material? Why are you even commenting?

 

[surada]

No, there is more to defamation than that. So you don't even know the most basic stuff regarding this material? Why are you even commenting?

What amazes me is why Alex Jones would say such things.

 

[Couchpotato]

And that is just for the first two families

17 to go

An unpopular guy with money said horrible things to/about a sympathetic group of plaintiffs. Thats worth tons of money to a jury. You can like it because you dont like the person it’s happening to but you can’t think this is a good idea in general.

 

[rightwinger]

An unpopular guy with money said horrible things to/about a sympathetic group of plaintiffs. Thats worth tons of money to a jury. You can like it because you dont like the person it’s happening to but you can’t think this is a good idea in general.

What Jones said about grieving families was reprehensible
He made money off of his lies

The Jury is making him pay

 

[Couchpotato]

What Jones said about grieving families was reprehensible
He made money off of his lies

The Jury is making him pay

That’s what I said.

 

[surada]

An unpopular guy with money said horrible things to/about a sympathetic group of plaintiffs. Thats worth tons of money to a jury. You can like it because you dont like the person it’s happening to but you can’t think this is a good idea in general.

Are you defending Jones?

 

[Couchpotato]

Are you defending Jones?

No. He’s a asshole apparently. Though I haven’t seen or heard anything that would lead me to believe he’s liable for 45 million dollars. It’s not illegal to be an asshole. If it were there would be more people in jail than out.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

What amazes me is why Alex Jones would say such things.

To make money. He has carved out an audience of nutters who are like baby birds waiting to be fed total horseshit.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

What did he do exactly?

What did Alex Jones say about the Sandy Hook shooting?

Alex Jones is facing a lawsuit tied to comments he made about the Sandy Hook school shooting, which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults.

www.yahoo.com

Alex Jones called the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax on his radio show "Infowars," claiming it was "staged" by the government so they could "go after our guns” and “start a civil war.”

In the aftermath of the tragedy, Jones called the shooting “completely false” and accused grieving parents of being “crisis actors," or people acting as victims of a tragic event to sway public opinion.

 

[flan327]

What amazes me is why Alex Jones would say such things.

Because he’s brain dead

And a publicity whore

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

No. He’s a asshole apparently. Though I haven’t seen or heard anything that would lead me to believe he’s liable for 45 million dollars. It’s not illegal to be an asshole. If it were there would be more people in jail than out.

I guess that you never lost a child to violence and were then taunted about it.

 

[Couchpotato]

I guess that you never lost a child to violence and were then taunted about it.

Were the parents chained to a chair and forced to listen to it? Someone saying things that hurt your feelings doesn’t entitle you to millions of dollars.

 

[Couchpotato]

What did Alex Jones say about the Sandy Hook shooting?

Alex Jones is facing a lawsuit tied to comments he made about the Sandy Hook school shooting, which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults.

www.yahoo.com

So, he minimized the suffering of these parents. Is it terrible? Yes. Is Jones a dick? Yes. Would I punch him in the face were I one of those parents or maybe just on GP. For sure. Are these parents entitled to millions of dollars because he hurt their feelings? Not unless he somehow forced them to listen to it or directed his listeners to harass them.

 

[surada]

Because he’s brain dead

And a publicity whore

He's playing the victim claiming that he wasn't himself because he was going through a divorce, but he did the same thing over January 6.

 

[Couchpotato]

He's playing the victim claiming that he wasn't himself because he was going through a divorce, but he did the same thing over January 6.

You just want to punish people saying things you don’t like. That’s a dangerous game.

 

[flan327]

Were the parents chained to a chair and forced to listen to it? Someone saying things that hurt your feelings doesn’t entitle you to millions of dollars.

I disagree

 

[flan327]

You just want to punish people saying things you don’t like. That’s a dangerous game.

Nope

Second Amendment rights do not extend to nut jobs

 

[surada]

You just want to punish people saying things you don’t like. That’s a dangerous game.

You're too stupid to know about decency?

Grumet: Alex Jones plays the victim as Sandy Hook parents — and the truth — prevail

Alex Jones tells his viewers they’re the victims of some sinister force. He gets them riled up to do something about it. Too often, people get hurt.

www.statesman.com

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

These desperate cultists act like they have never heard of defamation and don't understand why we are such an unfair country, the moment one of their high priests pays the price for their behavior.

It's an act. They are bad actors.

 

[Couchpotato]

I disagree

Nope

Second Amendment rights do not extend to nut jobs

You're too stupid to know about decency?

Grumet: Alex Jones plays the victim as Sandy Hook parents — and the truth — prevail

Alex Jones tells his viewers they’re the victims of some sinister force. He gets them riled up to do something about it. Too often, people get hurt.

www.statesman.com

These desperate cultists act like they have never heard of defamation and don't understand why we are such an unfair country, the moment one of their high priests pays the price for their behavior.

It's an act. They are bad actors.

I’ll sum all this up then I’m out.

But ma feelz.