Falsehoods, Sandy Hook and suing Alex Jones

The following article by Enrique Armijo, Associate professor of Law and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Elon University, was posted on the Conversation website June 1, 2018:

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Alex Jones, a well-known media personality, falsely claims you were an accomplice in faking the murder of your own child.

You sue him.

It seems such a case should be easy to win, given the nature of those statements. But defamation law does not provide an equally easy answer. Continue reading “Falsehoods, Sandy Hook and suing Alex Jones”