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  "id": 2400813,
  "title": "Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/texas-slashes-50m-judgment-against-alex-jones-over-false-claim-sandy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:32:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/alex-jones-texas-court-sandy-hook-school-shooting-hoax"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Appeals court slashes judgment to $1.5m in a significant legal victory for the rightwing Infowars founder A Texas appeals court has slashed the $50m judgment to $1.5m against Alex Jones, founder of the rightwing platform Infowars , over falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4bn judgment against Jones in Connecticut, but…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/court-slashes-50m-judgment-against-infowars-alex-jones-over-falsely",
        "published": "2026-08-21T15:10:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/court-slashes-50m-judgment-against-infowars-alex-jones-over-falsely-2395850",
        "published": "2026-08-21T15:23:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Texas court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/texas-court-slashes-50m-judgment-against-infowars-alex-jones",
        "published": "2026-08-21T16:18:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Court slashes $50M judgment against Alex Jones over falsely calling Sandy Hook shooting a hoax",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/court-slashes-50m-judgment-against-alex-jones-over-falsely-calling",
        "published": "2026-08-21T17:14:07.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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