Alex Jones, The Washington Post, A New CO2 Record

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🗓️ 7 June 2024

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Alex Jones, the right-wing media personality who trades in conspiracy theories, requests Chapter 7 liquidation to pay Sandy Hook families who sued him for defamation. NPR media reporter David Folkenflik shares his own experiences with Washington Post publisher Will Lewis, who reportedly pushed to squash a story involving him. Atmospheric CO2 hits a new record.

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0:00.0	Alex Jones, the talk show host who Petal's conspiracy theory says he's going to liquidate his assets.
0:08.5	Which brings him closer to Pang's Sandy Hook families who sued him for defamation.
0:13.0	What would a fire sale on his media empire raise?
0:16.0	I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Insky
0:18.0	and this is up first from MTR News.
0:20.0	New Washington Post CEO Will Lewis is accused of pressuring the paper's top editor
0:26.3	to squash a story involving him when he worked at a different media organization that
0:30.6	editor recently quit.
0:32.2	We hear from NPR Media Correspondent David
0:34.2	Falken flick who says Lewis applied the same pressure to him.
0:37.7	Also it is really really hot in the southwest. A heat dome put the region in a
0:42.2	headlock sending temperatures 20 to 30
0:44.4	degrees higher than normal, and scientists link that to record levels of
0:49.0	carbon dioxide in the
0:53.0	news you need to start your death.
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