{"source_url": "https://www.theguardian.com", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/31/alex-jones-pay-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory", "title": "Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case", "top_image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5024bc594a465db9c327e9adf9fdfa39914f10c1/0_5_4275_2565/master/4275.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=2930e0ac00c842e2bc66658dff38fd01", "meta_img": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5024bc594a465db9c327e9adf9fdfa39914f10c1/0_5_4275_2565/master/4275.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=2930e0ac00c842e2bc66658dff38fd01", "images": ["https://phar.gu-web.net/count/pvg.gif", "https://phar.gu-web.net/count/pv.gif", "https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Newtown+shooting%2CUS+school+shootings%2CGun+crime%2CMedia%2CTexas%2CUS+news", "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5024bc594a465db9c327e9adf9fdfa39914f10c1/0_5_4275_2565/master/4275.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f4a3be82b12caac59ba4357c61e40a2a", "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5024bc594a465db9c327e9adf9fdfa39914f10c1/0_5_4275_2565/master/4275.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=2930e0ac00c842e2bc66658dff38fd01"], "movies": [], "text": "Infowars host used his show to promote the theory that the shooting, which killed 20 children and six educators, was a hoax\n\nA Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 (\u00a376,000) in another court setback over the Infowars host using his show to promote falsehoods that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.\n\nJones is being sued for defamation in Austin, Texas, by the parents of a 6-year-old who was among the 26 people killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, attack.\n\nState district judge Scott Jenkins ruled on 20 December that Jones and his defense team \u201cintentionally disregarded\u201d an earlier order to provide witnesses to attorneys representing a Sandy Hook father who brought the lawsuit, Neil Heslin. Jenkins also denied Jones\u2019 request to dismiss the lawsuit.\n\nAn attorney for Jones did not immediately comment Tuesday. Jenkins\u2019 orders were first reported by The Daily Beast.\n\nSandy Hook father awarded $450,000 after suing conspiracy theorist Read more\n\nJones operates Infowars in Texas. He is fighting similar lawsuits in Connecticut brought by other families of Sandy Hook victims for promoting a theory that the shooting was a hoax. A 20-year-old gunman killed 20 first-graders, six educators and himself at the school, after having killed his mother at their Newtown home.\n\nThe families said they have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones\u2019 followers because of the hoax conspiracy.\n\nJones has since acknowledged that the Sandy Hook killings occurred. His attorneys have defended his speech in court as \u201crhetorical hyperbole\u201d and deny it was defamation.\n\nIn June, the father of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, one of the Sandy Hook victims, won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": ["Newtown shooting", "US school shootings", "Gun crime", "Media", "Texas", "US news"], "tags": [], "authors": ["Associated Press"], "publish_date": "Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 2019", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "Infowars host used his show to promote the theory that the shooting, which killed 20 children and six educators, was a hoax", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/favicons/fee5e2d638d1c35f6d501fa397e53329/152x152.png", "meta_data": {"description": "Infowars host used his show to promote the theory that the shooting, which killed 20 children and six educators, was a hoax", "format-detection": "telephone=no", "HandheldFriendly": "True", "viewport": "width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1", "apple-mobile-web-app-title": "Guardian", "application-name": "The Guardian", "msapplication-TileColor": "#052962", "theme-color": "#052962", "msapplication-TileImage": "https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/favicons/023dafadbf5ef53e0865e4baaaa32b3b/windows_tile_144_b.png", "thumbnail": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5024bc594a465db9c327e9adf9fdfa39914f10c1/0_5_4275_2565/master/4275.jpg?width=620&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=256fd3f12bb33b68ac6ecf617ef0ba9e", "keywords": "Newtown shooting,US school shootings,Gun crime,Media,Texas,US news", "news_keywords": "Newtown shooting,US school shootings,Gun crime,Media,Texas,US news", "og": {"url": "http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/31/alex-jones-pay-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5024bc594a465db9c327e9adf9fdfa39914f10c1/0_5_4275_2565/master/4275.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=2930e0ac00c842e2bc66658dff38fd01", "description": "Infowars host used his show to promote the theory that the shooting, which killed 20 children and six educators, was a hoax", "type": "article", "title": "Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case", "site_name": "the Guardian"}, "article": {"author": "Associated Press", "publisher": "https://www.facebook.com/theguardian", "section": "US news", "published_time": "2019-12-31T22:22:19.000Z", "tag": "Newtown shooting,US school shootings,Gun crime,Media,Texas,US news", "modified_time": "2019-12-31T22:22:22.000Z"}, "al": {"ios": {"url": "gnmguardian://us-news/2019/dec/31/alex-jones-pay-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory?contenttype=Article&source=applinks", "app_store_id": 409128287, "app_name": "The Guardian"}}, "fb": {"app_id": 180444840287, "pages": 516977308337360}, "twitter": {"app": {"id": {"iphone": 409128287, "ipad": 409128287, "googleplay": "com.guardian"}, "name": {"googleplay": "The Guardian", "ipad": "The Guardian", "iphone": "The Guardian"}, "url": {"ipad": "gnmguardian://us-news/2019/dec/31/alex-jones-pay-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory?contenttype=Article&source=twitter", "googleplay": "guardian://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/31/alex-jones-pay-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory", "iphone": "gnmguardian://us-news/2019/dec/31/alex-jones-pay-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory?contenttype=Article&source=twitter"}}, "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5024bc594a465db9c327e9adf9fdfa39914f10c1/0_5_4275_2565/master/4275.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&s=9714d6425b46370015c994348eef47a6", "site": "@guardian", "card": "summary_large_image", "dnt": "on"}}, "canonical_link": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/31/alex-jones-pay-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory"}