Jury decides Alex Jones must pay $965 million

5 things to know about Alex Jones after CT jury awards Sandy Hook families nearly $1 billion
The controversial Infowars host has a long history with violence and a contentious relationship with the truth.
A Connecticut jury Wednesday awarded eight families of Sandy Hook victims and one former FBI agent nearly $1 billion in damages from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for lies he spread that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax and the families were actors.
The shooting claimed the lives of six adults and 20 children aged 6 and 7 on Dec. 14, 2012. Jones has pushed baseless conspiracy theories about the shooting for nearly a decade and must now pay for those lies.
Jones livestreamed the reading of the verdict during his Infowars show. He continued to mock the trial, remarking he was "happy to be here...laughing at this" and used the verdict to solicit donations to his company, saying "your pennies counter their millions."
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Alex Jones is a 48-year-old, right-wing conspiracy theorist who has amassed millions of dollars and followers by using conspiracy theories and vague, inflammatory language to drive viewers to his online store where they can purchase products to fend off some manufactured hysteria.
Jones got his start in Austin, Texas on public access shows in 1990s where he spewed conspiracy theories, including the 1993 Waco, Texas siege. That led to a talk radio gig he was ultimately fired from when conspiracy theories got too big.
Jones began broadcasting from home and distributing through Genesis Communications Network while still appearing on public access. He became an early adopter of blog and vlog platforms and before the sun had set on Sept. 11, 2001, he was accusing the federal government of being responsible for the tragedy.
Jones isn’t the only marquee name to emerge from Channel Austin, the public access network where he first began peddling falsehoods. Richard Linklater, the celebrated writer/director behind groundbreaking films like “Boyhood” and “Waking Life” also got his start at Channel Austin.
Robert Rodriguez, who broke out in the mid-90s with action films like “From Dusk Till Dawn” and “Desperado” before venturing into more family friendly movies like the “Spy Kids” franchise also started there. He even borrowed equipment from the station to film “El Mariachi,” the film that got him his start and would eventually be remade into “Desperado.”
Jones became such an integral part of the burgeoning “Keep Austin Weird” scene that the Austin Chronicle voted him “Best Looking Crank” and best talk radio host. At the time, Jones wasn’t necessarily politically aligned, but pushed anti-government theories. He was a staunch critic of George W. Bush when he was governor of Texas and again as president.
Jones leaned into conspiracy theories and was soon producing films about those theories, while building a personal brand promising his audience he was the only one they could trust.
Jones uses visual styles and sets similar to television news programs to create the appearance of journalism. Corporate representative testified Jones has said internally that his company is not a news organization.
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