But two years later, CNN’s Piers Morgan hosted Jones on his show shortly after the Sandy Hook shooting. Something like that should have been the end of his time in the media limelight. During that appearance, he made a comment to “Tower 7,” a reference to a common 9/11 conspiracy theory. According to media critic Parker Molloy, who writes The Present Age newsletter, Jones was invited on to ABC’s The View in 2011 to talk about Charlie Sheen getting fired from his show, 'Two and a Half Men' on CBS. That initial attention bought him appearances on mainstream television. Jones first rose to notoriety in the early 2000s as this “crazy” guy who entertains by saying whatever comes to his mind on his radio show. He’s the quintessential example of a guy who people hear is “controversial,” and that controversy drives interest in his content.ĭespite spreading deranged conspiracy theories every time he appeared on TV, the web, or in public, Jones continued to receive coverage from mainstream media outlets

Though Wednesday’s judgment will likely put a significant dent in Jones’ finances, Infowars still garners hundreds of thousands of views every day.

Many readers already know Jones’ story, and the way he rants and raves on camera day after day while hawking supplements and survival gear. Jones is one of the most prolific spreaders of misinformation and conspiracy theories in modern media history. The families’ quest for justice is just the latest in a long line of stories from this age of modern misinformation. The ruling follows nearly $50 million in damages awarded by a Texas jury, after years of Jones spreading lies about the shooting and the victims' families on his network, Infowars. On Wednesday, a jury in Connecticut awarded the families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims $965 million in their lawsuit against right-wing conspiracy theorist and media personality Alex Jones.

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