<p>If promoting harmful conspiracy theories can be a lucrative way to make money, then is the best way for victims to fight back by hitting those responsible in the wallet?
Alex Jones made a fortune from his Infowars website, before he was ordered to pay nearly £1.5 billion in defamation damages for falsely claiming that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting ... Show More
Aug 2022
The Alex Jones Verdict and the Fight Against Disinformation
This episode contains descriptions of distressing scenes. In a landmark ruling, a jury in Texas ordered Alex Jones, America’s most prominent conspiracy theorist, to pay millions of dollars to the parents of a boy killed at Sandy Hook for the damage caused by his lies about the ma ... Show More
33m 31s
Nov 2022
The Early Internet & 9/11 Conspiracies
Jordan Klepper has heard a lot of 9/11 conspiracy theories, including this shiny emerald: Osama bin Laden was a CIA operative named Tim Ossman. Together with Dr. Joan Donovan, research director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Jordan unpacks h ... Show More
1h 13m
Mar 2023
Ep. 305: The 10 Best Conspiracy Theories: Trudeau, JFK, Aliens, Moon Landing, Free Masons, Epstein, Bill Gates, Birds Aren’t Real & More!
Conspiracies are undoubtedly real sometimes… like the conspiracy that the FBI was weaponized against the Trump administration. But that’s different from conspiracy theories, in which case unfalsifiable evidence doesn’t equal the truth. Taking a step back from politics, Liz analyz ... Show More
48m 20s
Jul 2023
The Early Internet & 9/11 Conspiracies | Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy
Jordan Klepper has heard a lot of 9/11 conspiracy theories at Trump rallies, including this shiny emerald: Osama bin Laden was a CIA operative named Tim Ossman. Together with Dr. Joan Donovan, research director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, ... Show More
1h 14m