Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reacts to liquidating his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims to whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre. CNN’s Oliver Darcy reports.
Believing he was really crying ain’t much better than believing any other shit he spews. It was fake tears to grift his fans.
People are choosing to believe it, because it’s what they want to believe.
Which is true for the people who believe any of his lies…
Be better than Alex Jones’s fans.
Is there something specific in this article that triggered your CNN comments? I didn’t actually read it but just curious.
Weird way to phrase that…
But just the type of “news” this is. Repeating something everyone knows is bullshit, but it’s what people want to hear so they’ll mindless spread it on social media
If you’re not aware, CNN is more on the “entertainment” side of “entertainment news” these days.
https://www.vox.com/2022/8/26/23322761/cnn-john-malone-david-zaslav-chris-licht-brian-stelter-fox-peter-kafka-column
I don’t know how, but a lot of people seem to have already forgotten.
That article is from two years ago when the sale happened, and CNN fired everyone that objected to the changes.
I was genially curious with my question. Not trying to throw shade. I do not read much CNN articles these days.
I guess this story being news worthy is debatable, but seems like it shouldn’t be posted in the political community.
If he was really crying then maybe, but probably not even then.
CNN could at least run a real headline:
Oh I saw CNN air this. They had absolutely no pity for the tears and the anchors basically said “sucks to suck, doesn’t exactly inspire sympathy”