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‘THE TRUTH VS. ALEX JONES’ REVIEW: THE POWER OF PARENTS  
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Ben Kenigsberg
March 26, 2024
The New York Times
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_ Then the documentary shows how, just as the parents were dealing
with unfathomable grief, Jones, through his Infowars broadcasts, began
promoting the idea that the shooting was a hoax. _

Alex Jones, Rotton Tomatoes

 

Even though the legal battle between Sandy Hook families and the
conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been thoroughly covered
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it is still hard to watch him in the documentary “The Truth vs.
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experiencing a wave of nausea.

Directed by Dan Reed (“Leaving Neverland”
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the film methodically lays out the horrors that families in Newtown,
Conn., faced on Dec. 14, 2012, when a gunman killed 20 first graders
and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary
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Parents of the victims share memories from that morning before their
children left for school. Daniel Jewiss, the lead investigator, walks
viewers through how the slaughter unfolded.

Then the documentary shows how, just as the parents were dealing with
unfathomable grief, Jones, through his Infowars broadcasts, began
promoting the idea that the shooting was a hoax. As he continued to
spread falsehoods, people who latched on to such claims harassed the
families. Robbie Parker, whose daughter Emilie was killed at Sandy
Hook, describes the harassment as coming in waves. “It was almost
like I knew when Alex Jones said something,” he says in testimony
excerpted in the film.

If there is value in seeing these events recapped, it is in the power
of seeing the parents confront Jones in court. (Over two trials, in
Texas and Connecticut, they won more than $1 billion in damages
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It is also in the horror of seeing just how confidently Jones deflects
questions and tries to steer proceedings to his advantage — denying
the families what Alissa Parker, Emilie’s mother, calls “a moment
of reflection” from him.

“The Truth vs. Alex Jones” offers a lesson in just how vicious and
pervasive conspiracy theories can become and a chilling portrait of
how little they may trouble their purveyors.

THE TRUTH VS. ALEX JONES
Not rated. Running time: 2 hours 1 minute. Watch on Max
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* Documentary Film
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* Film Review
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* Truth vs. Alex Jones
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* Alex Jones
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* Killings at Sandy Hook
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* Conspiracy Theororists
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* Dan Reed
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* Parents of killed children at Sandy Hook
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