Like biting into an onion. Families of murdered children defeat US conspiracy

Robbie Parker has had to deal with two major mental struggles in the past twelve years. First, he lost his six-year-old daughter, Emilia, in the Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, and then he fought a long, debilitating battle with a conspirator who reported on the massacre of the -his daughter publicly as “registered”.

It’s about him Alex Jones and his company Infowars, built on conspiracy theories and “exposing” fake news. His broadcast was picked up by hundreds of radio stations across the United States and spread through social media. As one of the biggest and most famous merchants in America, Jones has more than three million followers on his X account.

The infamous Sandy Hook shooter, where twenty 6-7 year olds died brutally on December 14, 2012, Infowars called the fake news of a decade and parents as “pimp actors”.

According to Jones, the President wanted Barack Obama staged shooting to emotionally blackmail America and get the people of the country to support the removal of the right to bear and bear arms guaranteed to Americans by the Second Amendment ‘Constitution.

Now it seems that the bereaved families have defeated this fate once and for all. They first confronted him for his false accusations about the murder and brought him to trial last year. Jones lost the argument and the judge ordered him to pay compensation in almost 34 billion crowns. According to the judge, the conspirator damaged the reputation of the survivors and caused them unimaginable stress coupled with emotional pain.

According to their court and media statements, the families faced insults and threats from Infowars listeners because of Jones’ coverage of the “stage murder.” They called or sent hate mail to the families. They constantly bullied them, made fun of them and threatened them with violence.

It went so far that one of the users of the Jones program went to Newtown, where he urinated on the grave of a seven-year-old victim of the murder and even wanted to dig it up up the coffin to bury this child.

However, the families have not yet received compensation. Jones said he didn’t have that kind of money on hand and declared bankruptcy. The judge later ordered his property to be auctioned and the proceeds to go into the family account.

The judge offered the buyers Infowars’ physical and intellectual assets, including cameras, mixing consoles, microphones, studios, warehouses, electronic archives, social media accounts, an armored personnel carrier, and eventually Jones’ health food business .

Jones, now 50, hoped his friends would come up with the highest bid, which would ultimately mean Infowars would survive and he would stay “on the air.” “.

But there was an unexpected plot, they entered the game The Onion’s digital newspaper (The Onion), which has become famous for publishing satirical texts about local and international news, digs at politicians, shows business stars, rich and influential businessmen, athletes and ordinary people.

Managing Director of The Onion Ben Collinswho once worked as a disinformation reporter for NBC News, shares with US media how he managed to get Infowars. At first, with the idea of ​​entering the auction as one of the buyers, he approached the survivors, who gave him their permission. And not only that.

Family members even contributed financially to allow Ben Collins to fend off offers from rivals, friends and friends of Alex Jones. According to CNN sources, the group was offering a “seven-figure sum”.

However, Infowars fell to Collins and his digital newspaper. “Families (from Newtown) have decided to join our appeal, support it and try to get us over the finish line. Because at the end of the day, it would be us or Alex Jones, who could then continue to do what he’s done for these families over the years unhindered, largely free of charge,” Collins said. . AP Group.

Collins plans to turn Infowars into a satirical site, poking fun at conspiracists like Jones. But he also plans to launch far more serious ventures. One is to point out how people like Jones get rich.

“We’re going to shine a light on the economy that has completely consumed our mainstream media, which is to drive you away and then take you to a page to buy the panacea,” Collins said. CNN.

It is no secret that Alex Jones himself made the most profit from selling health food products. So he first attracted his potential customers with his live broadcast on Infowars, where he often spoke for several hours a day, and then offered them products with the Infowars logo. For example, he sold products to increase brain activity or male vitality with names such as Life Brain Force or Life Super Male Vitality.

According to Ben Collins, the exclusive advertising partner for the new Infowars is Everytown for Gun Safety, a non-profit organization that raises awareness about gun violence and urges elected representatives to enact laws that would ban the purchase and use guns in the US.

In response to the Infowars loss, Alex Jones angrily declared a “war on free speech” against the Onion newspaper by “Connecticut Democrats”. According to NPR, one member of Jones’ own team made a joke when he said that “they (Jones’ people) feel like they’re just bringing in an onion.”

Jones himself challenged the outcome of the auction in court and expects the decision to award his company to the satirical media company will be overturned. But many experts expect this will not happen.

“Hollywood couldn’t have written a funnier ending to Infowars, especially one in which the victims of the Jones bill would find financial and moral relief,” he said. NPR Bruce Markell, a former US bankruptcy judge and now a professor at Northwestern University.

The families of those who lost their lives are hoping that Alex Jones will disappear for the last time in their lives. At least they got the conspirator to admit in 2022 that the Sandy Hook massacre really happened, 100 percent. Now he lost his building and his brand, which he had been building since 1999, when he founded Infowars.

“The dissolution of the estate of Alex Jones and the death of Infowars is the justice for which we have been waiting for a long time and have been fighting,” said Emilia’s father Robbie Parker who was murdered.