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mfcorey1

(10,997 posts)
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 07:51 AM Dec 2016

Alex Jones Scrubs Pizzagate Content; Complaint Reveals New Tie Connecting Shooter To Jones

Jones is a radio host who has claimed that the government perpetrated the 9/11 attacks and the tragedies at Columbine, Oklahoma City, Sandy Hook, and the Boston Marathon. Jones has also repeatedly accused the Clintons of murder. He has been elevated from the fringes to the mainstream by President-elect Donald Trump, who appeared on his show and praised his “amazing” reputation. Trump adviser Roger Stone is also a regular Jones guest and contributor.

Jones and his Infowars website have promoted the false conspiracy theory dubbed "pizzagate," which alleges that top Clinton associates such as campaign manager John Podesta are trafficking children through the Comet Ping Pong restaurant.

The false claims took a dangerous turn when Edgar Maddison Welch fired an assault rifle inside the pizzeria because he was trying to “self-investigate” the conspiracy theory. FBI special agent Justin Holgate stated in a criminal complaint that Welch said he sent a video on the night of December 1 with the message “Watch PIZZAGATE: The Bigger Picture on YouTube” to a friend before the shooting:

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/13/alex-jones-scrubs-pizzagate-content-complaint-reveals-new-tie-connecting-shooter-jones/214809

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Alex Jones Scrubs Pizzagate Content; Complaint Reveals New Tie Connecting Shooter To Jones (Original Post) mfcorey1 Dec 2016 OP
Croward Jones can not hide from his vile crap! riversedge Dec 2016 #1
That filth needs to be prosecuted... President Obama, are you listening?! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #6
The Internet is forever, Afromania Dec 2016 #2
Deep pockets. The pizza parlor owner should sue. BIGLY. Vinca Dec 2016 #3
Let's hope so... would enjoy seeing that maggot Jones sweat!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #8
About time! get the red out Dec 2016 #4
I hope that infowars and Jones are sued Gothmog Dec 2016 #5
Delete the evidence so they can't sue your ass into the ground. Initech Dec 2016 #7
And, In A Lawsuit. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2016 #11
trumps minister of propaganda. Javaman Dec 2016 #9
The Internet is forever, indeed! Staph Dec 2016 #10

Afromania

(2,767 posts)
2. The Internet is forever,
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 08:25 AM
Dec 2016

the minds of the folks that read that drivel not so much. He knows his base well and as long as they don't see it anymore it never happened.

get the red out

(13,459 posts)
4. About time!
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 09:12 AM
Dec 2016

It is about time that this fear-monger, lying asshole got noticed by someone other than his followers. His crap is not harmless, I am very pro-first amendment, but it is nice that this guy is finally being called on his shit! The first amendment works both ways, and what he tells people really needs to be discredited in a big way.

ProfessorGAC

(64,421 posts)
11. And, In A Lawsuit. . .
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 02:42 PM
Dec 2016

. . .should one occur, attempting to eliminate discovery items is worse than the lawsuit! That's what our lawyers told us in a IP suit back 20 years ago. They said just make everything available. Trying to hide or delete stuff is way more trouble than the suit itself.

Staph

(6,245 posts)
10. The Internet is forever, indeed!
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 02:40 PM
Dec 2016

I had an illuminating experience with my sister recently, when she needed to get access to an education website that was down (or deleted - at the time we were not sure). She's a librarian and pretty tech-savvy, but she'd never heard of the Wayback Machine. And being the good liberal like most of the family, she highly approved of the idea of a full archive in Canada.

I suspect that Alex Jones has no idea that all of his content is readily accessible, forever. Have a heaping cup o' karma, baby!

And now I wonder, has the Internet Archive ever been used in a court case?



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