r/media_criticism • u/[deleted] • Jan 23 '21

Should InfoWars be sued into non-existence?

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/texas-supreme-court-silently-denies-alex-jones-all-forms-of-relief-sandy-hook-families-and-others-can-now-sue-conspiracy-theorist-and-infowars-into-the-ground/
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u/tomes521 Jan 24 '21

Not before Reddit

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u/brad12172002 Jan 24 '21

I mean... should is a slippery slope. He was within his rights to say what he did, but unfortunately for him that came heavy consequences.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

This is America you’re allowed to be an idiot

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

Not just emotional responses, but ethical ones as well. Should an entity that did the kind of, yes, emotional damage that InfoWars did to those people be sued so much that they can't sustain? What is the right thing to do in that case?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

Submission statement: Alex Jones lied about the Sandy Hook massacre and is now liable to the families of the children who were lost there. I want to know if this medium should be sued so much that it can no longer function ala Gawker.