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While the author did a ton of research and really dug deep her primary focus was on the deplorable people who call themselves TRUTHERS ( conspiracy theorists) but they are nothing more than troubled, sick individuals who are allowed to spew nonsense - The events at SH were so heinous and then for people to claim SH was a sham is just beyond cruel. My heart broke for the victims families but this book was not the tribute I was expecting. 👇🏽

Tough read. Glad I listened to this one. There are details of the shooting, but it‘s the stories from the families that truly broke my heart. Focusing on how Alex Jones and his BS machine harassed these families for years. Even with the consequences ALex Jones faces, there are still no happy endings for any of these poor people.

Tragically for the grieving families, the massacre of 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook was one of the first to take place in the brave new world of Facebook and Twitter, where opportunistic grifters like Alex Jones of Infowars seized on the outrageous theory that the whole thing was a hoax. The book becomes an investigation into the broader issues surrounding the social media platforms and their nefarious algorithms.

Not really good, but it could be worse.

3.5⭐/5⭐ I found this book tough to wade through. I feel like it was repetitive at times and could have been a couple of hundred pages shorter. However, there were some interesting parts to it, don't get me wrong. It just hasn't been my favorite book so far this year.

An account of how the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting became a foundational story for false conspiracy narratives in the U.S. It details the harassment the grieving families were subjected to after the tragedy— directly fueled by Alex Jones and “Infowars.” It draws a direct line from Sandy Hook to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by those who insisted the 2020 election was “stolen.” Gripping and powerful read.

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This book covers the Sandy Hook shooting, but it also focuses on the conspiracy theories and highlighting the viral spread of misinformation on the internet, calling out social media platforms and people like Alex Jones of InfoWars. The Newtown image was taken of the flag on Newtown‘s Main St in December in honor or the victims by a family friend. #Booked2022 ~ a book written by a journalist
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Good book of lists, just a little off-putting for my taste.

This is primarily a memoir of Stengel‘s frustrating stint at the State Department. Seems the old men who run our country were slow to understand how people use the internet to communicate and get information. Stengel did his best to fix this. Obama had his back. Bureaucracy slows everything down. There is a lot of bureaucracy in Information Wars and that keeps it from being a pick.

This is interesting, but also tedious if that makes sense.
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