Okay here's the case against Alex Jones
1) He was absolutely a Sandy truther and given his reach at the time was probably had a bigger audience than any other Sandy truther.
2) Similar to the shit with Comet Pizza, he didn't back off until it was clear there were going to be legal consequences. Even when he did back off, he tried to use that as an opportunity to drive more publicity and traffic towards his show by inviting them on. It was in no way an "apology" and he was still critical of the grieving parents.
3) Just in general he's an enormous attention whore. I think we can all agree on this. Given the degree to which he's motivated by "clicks" and media coverage in general, and the way he has used Sandy Hook in particular, it's just beyond hypocritical for him to cry when mainstream media outlets give him negative coverage.
4) Is it even fucking true that the media throws him into Sandy Hook stories where he's not relevant to get clicks? I'm gonna say no. Did a Google News search for the suicide victim's name and Jones turned up in one story: a Hartford Courant update on the lawsuit against Jones (where he failed to turn over evidence in a timely manner) which only mentions the man because he was one of the plaintiffs.
5) If we're going to say "oh no what about the parents" then I think it's fair to point out that several Sandy Hook parents have an active legal case against Alex Jones and they do not against mainstream media outlets. Unless you present me with something that indicates otherwise, I'm going to say the parents themselves feel that Jones "exploited" the situation much worse than the news media generally.
Given all this, when chronovore says he's angry at Alex Jones in the wake of one of the bereaved parents committing suicide, I think that's a fairly reasonable mental association.
Your response was to say that Alex Jones said he wasn't associated with Sandy Hook trutherism and complained that it was driven by a click-chasing news media. You completely left out that Jones was an explicitly Sandy Hook truther, that he only backed off cause of a lawsuit, that the media wasn't throwing him into unrelated headlines for clicks, or just generally that he was full of shit. You followed up by saying okay he's a jerk but you agree with this one particular criticism, except even that criticism is just a huge straw man. Then you're all baffledpikachu.jpg as to how anyone could possibly interpret this as even a partial defense of Jones. Dude! Come on!
Headlines from major news outlets
The father of a Sandy Hook victim dies from an apparent suicide - CNN
Jeremy Richman, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Avielle Richman, found dead in suspected suicide - MSNBC
Father of Sandy Hook victim dies in apparent suicide - CBS News
Sandy Hook Victim’s Father Dies in Apparent Suicide in Newtown - New York Times
Father of Sandy Hook shooting victim found dead in apparent suicide, police say - Washington Post
Father Of Sandy Hook Victim Dies By Apparent Suicide At Newtown Community Center - Huffington Post
Father of Sandy Hook victim has killed himself, police say - Associated Press as carried by the Guardian
