Elizabeth Williamson

feature writer for The New York Times, author of “Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth”

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Reporter at the New York Times.

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A Texas court has ordered Alex Jones to pay nearly $50 million to a family whose child died in the Sandy Hook school shooting. Now he faces two more similar trials with other families.

Alex Jones to pay millions to Sandy Hook victim’s family. He’s declared bankrupcy

A Texas court has ordered Alex Jones to pay nearly $50 million to a family whose child died in the Sandy Hook school shooting. Now he faces two more similar trials with other families.

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The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School birthed an online community hostile to reality, one that fed off itself despite evidence to the contrary.

Sandy Hook mass shooting unleashed the fake news battle

The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School birthed an online community hostile to reality, one that fed off itself despite evidence to the contrary.

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Christine Blasey Ford says she will give testimony to the Senate, if conditions are acceptable.

Kavanaugh's accuser

Christine Blasey Ford says she will give testimony to the Senate, if conditions are acceptable.

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