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Lawyers Are The Heroes And The Villains In Alex Jones Defamation Case with Elizabeth Williamson
Episode 105
Published 4 years, 5 months ago
Description
In this episode of The Jabot Kathryn chats with Elizabeth Williamson, author of Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth. They chat about the ins and outs of the defamation cases filed by families of the victims of the tragic Sandy Hook mass shooting against the infamous Infowars host Alex Jones. What was billed as an epic First Amendment showdown fizzled to a default judgment with a lot of money potentially on the line. Elizabeth and Kathryn discuss the role of lawyers on both sides of this legal battle.
Episode Resources
- Sandy Hook by Elizabeth Williamson
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-williamson-252014b6
- https://twitter.com/NYTLiz
- https://www.nytimes.com/by/elizabeth-williamson
Episode Highlights - The motivation to deciding to write her book
- What was behind the families' motivation for suing for defamation
- The legal strategies that families used to stop what's happening
- How the whole saga begins with going after Alex Jones
- The kind of level of distinction between fake news, the hoax is that we're seeing propagated and this sort of bright shining ideal of what the first amendment should be
- In Elizabeth's opinion, what's the optimal outcome for each family
- Other legal avenues that people should be pursuing in order to stern the tide of disinformation
- How Elizabeth feels the case will end
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