As suggested here, a large and receptive audience of ignorant and hateful people is an absolute requirement for the success of people like Alex Jones and Donald Trump. That’s an insoluble problem in America, when you think about it. Jones …
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Alex Jones Goes Down Hard: The Beginning of a New Era?
The defamation settlement of just short of $1 billion that the jury ordered Alex Jones to pay his victims may just another titillating piece of news, but it’s also possible that it represents a turning point in American justice. If …
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Trusting Science
When you think about it, the meme here makes the exact opposite point it’s intended to. In all four cases, business created and marketed a product, only to have science come along and study it, determine it was dangerous, and …
How To Win Friends and Influence People
Do you have what it takes to be a high-profile defense attorney? Take this simple test. Imagine your client is being sued to the tune of $150 million because his behavior was off-the-charts inflammatory to dozens of people grieving the …
The Newsmax Brand Shouldn’t Center Around Trump
Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy (shown here) says, “We don’t want to be known as the Trump Channel.” Well, that makes sense. Today, at least 90% of Newsmax programming is pro-Trump lies. But what about next month, or next year, when Trump …
In the Alex Jones/Sandy Hook Elementary Trial, Justice Will Need to Come from Texas
As I covered in my recent post Alex Jones Goes on Trial in Huge Defamation Case, it appears that justice is on its way. Well, we hope. This trial will be conducted in Texas, a state that is home to …
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Is Alex Jones / Infowars Financially on the Ropes?
Alex Jones says, due the bankruptcy filing of his incredibly lucrative website Infowars, “I can barely pay my bills. Can’t even afford a bankruptcy attorney!” I hope this is true, though I doubt it. He was grossing more than $30 …
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Alex Jones Is Likely Laughing at Judge in Contempt of Court Charge
Seriously? The annual income he derives from selling “survival” products to hateful morons, according to a biographer, is ~$50 million, or 191,780 per weekday. If this judge wants to represent himself as an agent of truth and justice, why on …
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Alex Jones Found Liable for Damages in Defamation Cases
Alex Jones, who claimed the Sandy Hook shooting was a “giant hoax,” was found liable for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in the shooting. A reader, apparently someone from abroad, asks: I don’t understand why he …
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David Brooks: “The Rotting of the Republican Mind”
In his most recent article, columnist and social observer David Brooks analyzes the forces that are widening the chasm between the political left and right, noting that it’s not as much economic as it is intellectual. In particular, he discusses …
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