TV Review: How the Sandy Hook families took on Alex Jones' conspiracy theories

"...it would break your heart and make you wonder how anyone could raise a child in the U.S..."
Alex Jones in court during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial in 2022. A six-person jury reached a verdict saying that Jones should pay $965 million to 15 plaintiffs who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre.  Picture: Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP

Alex Jones in court during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial in 2022. A six-person jury reached a verdict saying that Jones should pay $965 million to 15 plaintiffs who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre.  Picture: Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP

Twenty-four per cent. The proportion of the U.S. population which believes the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012 was staged by the state in order to strengthen the case for gun control.

The other 76% of the American population believes the terrible truth – that a lone gunman walked into the school and shot dead 20 kids and six adults.

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