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Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax

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What happened Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax.
The headline split The center frames it as "Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was h...". The right frames it as "Court slashes Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook judgment by a whopping $43 million".
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CenterTexas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax

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Right / center-rightCourt slashes Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook judgment by a whopping $43 million

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BizPac ReviewNews report · Aug 22, 3:17 PM

Court slashes Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook judgment by a whopping $43 million

Conspiracy theorist and provocateur extraordinaire Alex Jones just got a slight break in the hefty defamation costs he owes. Four years ago, a Texas jury in Austin […]

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AllSidesNews report · Aug 22, 12:53 PM

Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax

A Texas appeals court has slashed the $50m judgment to $1.5m against Alex Jones, founder of the rightwing platform Infowars, over falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newt...

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