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🗓️ 2 August 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Alex Jones, the slowly bloating Texan broadcaster, is currently on trial in Austin for peddling conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook massacre. Jones has already lost—the trial will eventually set damages.
Amid this, Jones’ companies are filing for bankruptcy and a new documentary about him is playing the festival circuit. He says this is all about the First Amendment. In a way, he’s right. Defamation cases are about the First Amendment.
On this episode of Cyber, Motherboard Senior Staff Writer Anna Merlan comes on to discuss all things Alex Jones. Merlan has written extensively about Jones and is following the trial for Motherboard.
Stories discussed in this episode:
As Damages Trial Begins, Alex Jones’ Lawyers Fight for His Financial Life
InfoWars Cannot Stop Covering Its Own Damages Trial
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0:00.0 | Tadmin, it's got the code it's going to launch. |
0:10.4 | It's a unit system. |
0:12.7 | I know this. |
0:14.7 | It's how all the files of the whole park. |
0:16.9 | It tells her everything. |
0:18.7 | Sir, he's uploading the virus. |
0:21.4 | Eagle One. The package is being delivered. |
0:25.0 | Hello, out there on the internet. |
0:27.2 | I am Matthew Galt, and this is Cyber. |
0:30.5 | For me, Alex Jones is synonymous with the internet. |
0:35.0 | The slowly bloating Texan broadcaster is currently on trial in Austin. |
0:38.7 | This all goes back to Jones peddling conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Massacre, |
0:42.7 | and Jones has already lost. The current trial is just about setting damages. |
0:48.5 | Now amid this, Jones' companies are filing for bankruptcy, |
0:52.3 | and a new documentary about him as playing the festival circuit. |
0:55.2 | He says this is all about the First Amendment, and in a way he's right. |
0:58.4 | Defamation cases are about the First Amendment. |
1:01.5 | With us today to talk about all things Alex Jones is Motherboard Senior Staff writer Anna Merlin. |
1:06.8 | Merlin has written extensively about Jones and is following the trial for Mothermore. |
1:11.9 | Anna, thank you so much for joining us. |
1:14.2 | Thanks for having me. |
1:15.7 | Okay, so for people who just don't have the very basics about, because I know Jones is in and out of the news and it's hard to keep track of all of his legal woes. |
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