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‘The Truth Against Alex Jones’
iHeart Podcast Awards 2024
HBO has released the first trailer (below) for its upcoming documentary chronicling the rise and fall of one of the most controversial and disgraced voices in American media: Alex Jones.
In The truth against Alex Jonesfilmmaker Dan Reed (Leaving Neverland, Four hours in the Capitol) shows how Jones built an empire selling supplements to listeners of his popular InfoWars radio show and then fueled his own collapse by promoting a conspiracy theory that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was staged and his devastated parents They were actors.
“With his embrace of the Sandy Hook hoax theories, Jones discovered that a high-octane mix of conspiracy and politics could ignite his audience like never before, boosting his online supplement business,” Reed said in a statement. “The parents of the children murdered at Sandy Hook confronted Jones in court and exposed his lies. My documentary is about this epic legal battle of the age of misinformation. “Many more will follow as misinformation continues to spread in the United States.”
From the official description: “Filmed over four years with unprecedented access to the courts, the story of how families whose children were murdered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting took on conspiracy giant Alex Jones in two court trials historical events, in an attempt to hold Jones and InfoWars accountable. for the lies they began to spread a few hours after the tragedy. Bringing Jones to trial involved years of effort by the grieving parents and their legal teams and culminated in two jury trials for damages in Texas and Connecticut. The result was the largest U.S. damages award in a defamation case, with nearly $1.5 billion awarded by juries in the two states to the families, just as Jones was filing for bankruptcy.”
Despite the ruling, the Sandy Hook families still find themselves in legal purgatory after Jones filed for bankruptcy. The families have offered reach an agreement with Jones for $85 million paid over 10 years.
The truth against Alex Jones had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film and TV Festival on Monday and will have a second screening at the festival tomorrow.
The documentary will premiere on HBO and Max on Tuesday, March 26.
