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.
  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1234·
    5 months ago

    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.

    Quick edit:

    And it shouldn’t need a reminder, but it’s been years since WB bought CNN and they’ve openly been saying they want it to be more like faux news

    These articles are the manifestation of that

    Who cares if it’s real? This’ll get clicks and give the poors something stupid to be mad about

    Please, for the love of God, everyone needs to stop consuming “news” from CNN. It’s a frog boil to make Dems more like Republicans, and it’s fucking working

    • Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      5 months ago

      Is there something specific in this article that triggered your CNN comments? I didn’t actually read it but just curious.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        157·
        5 months ago

        Is there something specific in this article that triggered your CNN comments?

        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.

        • Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldEnglish
          111·
          5 months ago

          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.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            52·
            5 months ago

            I guess this story being news worthy is debatable

            If he was really crying then maybe, but probably not even then.

            CNN could at least run a real headline:

            Alex Jones fake cries to grift money, and you’ll click the link if we pretend it’s real, so that’s what we’re doing now

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
      12·
      5 months ago

      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”