Las Vegas Massacre Gives InfoWars More Conspiracy Fodder
- 7 years ago
Las Vegas Massacre Gives InfoWars More Conspiracy Fodder
Mr. Jones — who has propagated conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012
and the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks — has portrayed Mr. Paddock by turns as an agent of the Islamic State, a leftist activist, an anti-Trump radical and a possible stooge for a broader conspiracy intent on disrupting democracy.
After the gun massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Mr. Jones repeatedly asserted
that the episode was “completely fake,” prompting some listeners to harass grieving parents of victims.
That absence of information has provided an opening for right-wing media personalities like Alex Jones of InfoWars to proffer their own theories.
“Clearly, there’s more than one shooter,” Mr. Jones said on his Friday radio show,
citing high-ranking law enforcement officials whom he declined to name.
“They said there’s no way he acted alone,” Mr. Jones added.
Mr. Jones — who has propagated conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012
and the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks — has portrayed Mr. Paddock by turns as an agent of the Islamic State, a leftist activist, an anti-Trump radical and a possible stooge for a broader conspiracy intent on disrupting democracy.
After the gun massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Mr. Jones repeatedly asserted
that the episode was “completely fake,” prompting some listeners to harass grieving parents of victims.
That absence of information has provided an opening for right-wing media personalities like Alex Jones of InfoWars to proffer their own theories.
“Clearly, there’s more than one shooter,” Mr. Jones said on his Friday radio show,
citing high-ranking law enforcement officials whom he declined to name.
“They said there’s no way he acted alone,” Mr. Jones added.