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Sandy Hook at 10: Tragedy, conspiracy theories and justice (Part 2)

This episode of “Is that a Fact?” is part two of a two-part episode marking the 10th anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on …

2024

February 01

Wolfgang Halbig

Successfully Blocked Prolific Hoaxer from Hiding His Crimes

     On December 14, 2012, Noah Pozner became the youngest victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, which ended the lives of twenty 6 and 7-year-old children and …

2023

August 01

After losing his son at Sandy Hook, Lenny Pozner spent ten years fighting fake news

Jacques Besnard — Edited by Sophie Gindensperger —December 14, 2022 at 7:30 a.m.Ten years to the day after the shooting, some Americans still believe the death of 6-year-old Noah was a lie, despite …

2022

December 14

Noah Pozner Boston Globe

One family’s epic fight against Sandy Hook conspiracies, Alex Jones, and those who deny their son ever lived

Noah Pozner Loved His Family, And Batman, And Was The Youngest Victim Of The Newtown School Shooting In 2012. His Parents Have Been On A Mission To Defend The Truth …

2022

August 18

Lenny Pozner on sway with Kara Swisher

The Sandy Hook Father Who Refused to Let Alex Jones Win

From the big lie to Bill Gates’s supposed Covid vaccine microchips, the internet loves a conspiracy theory. In this conversation, Kara Swisher revisits one that is almost a decade old: that …

2022

February 10

Internet Defamation - Defamation on the Internet - Web of Lies - Honrn

La Presse – Defamation on the Internet – Web of Lies

Journalist: Emilie Bilodeau Source Link: La Presse March 7, 2021 A Brossard family victim of repeated attacks by a woman on the Internet tells about its fight to cleanse its reputation. "Scammer", "pedophile", …

2021

March 07

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Buzzfeed – “Mark Changed The Rules”: How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures

Facebook’s rules to combat misinformation and hate speech are subject to the whims and political considerations of its CEO and his policy team leader. Journalists: Ryan Mac and Craig Silverman Source Link: …

2021

February 21

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Rioters Followed a Long Conspiratorial Road to the Capitol

Journalist: Elizabeth Williamson Source Link: New York Times January 27, 2021 When Brendan Hunt was arrested and charged with demanding the “public execution” of Democratic leaders this month, students of American conspiracy theory …

2021

January 27

Sandy Hook HONR Network, funding

After Alex Jones loses appeal, a Sandy Hook father looks forward to ‘face to face’ meeting in court

Journalist: Rob Ryser Source Link: CNT January 25, 2021 Two fathers who lost children in the Sandy Hook massacre spoke out on Monday after the highest court in Texas rejected appeals by extremist …

2021

January 25

When online harassment moves into the real world

After a gunman murdered Lenny Pozner's child, conspiracy theorists relentlessly attacked Pozner online. Then they came for him in person.  Pozner's 6-year-old son, Noah, was one of 26 people killed in …

2021

January 03

Lenny Pozner 60 Minutes

INTERVIEW – 60 Minutes: What is Section 230 and Why Do People Want it Repealed? 

January 3, 2021 Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 protects internet platforms from liability for what users post on their sites. But what happens when users post illegal, …

2021

January 03

Sandy Hook HONR Network, funding

For the Father of a Sandy Hook Victim, Conspiracy Theories Are Much More Than Just Internet Fodder

Journalist: Ruth Bashinsky Source Link: Inside Edition November 21, 2020 The father of one of the 20 elementary school children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre speaks about the toll it has taken …

2020

November 20

He was shot in Kenosha, then received threats – a frightening pattern after high-profile incidents

Journalist: Gina Barton Source Link: USA Today September 22, 2020 Gaige Grosskreutz wasn’t even out of the hospital when his phone started blowing up. Shot point blank in the arm with an AR-15, he was the …

2020

September 22

Sandy Hook HONR Network, Harassing

DOCUMENTARY – FRONTLINE: UNITED STATES OF CONSPIRACY

July 28, 2020 Frontline examines Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories. Source Link: Frontline PBS https://youtu.be/AVjL5rUx3TM THIS SANDY HOOK FATHER LIVES IN HIDING BECAUSE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES FUELED BY ALEX JONES Source Link: Frontline PBS July …

2020

July 28

Pozner v James h Fetzer

Judgment against James H Fetzer Increased to $1.1M

Fetzer Judgment Increased to $1.1M details

2020

July 27

Sandy Hook HONR Network

A NOTORIOUS SANDY HOOK TORMENTOR IS ARRESTED IN FLORIDA

Journalist: Elizabeth Williamson Source Link: NY Times January 27, 2020 Wolfgang Halbig, who has falsely accused the families of shooting victims in Newtown, Conn., of constructing an elaborate hoax, was charged with the …

2020

January 27

ORGANIZATION SCRUBS INTERNET OF HARASSING POSTS, HELPS FAMILY OF SHANANN WATTS

Journalist: Marc Sallinger  Source Link: 9News January 16, 2020 https://www.9news.com/embeds/video/73-a7b4b446-7de6-46d9-93d1-92b2aba05b7c/iframe For the victims of some of the worst crimes and mass shootings in the country, the pain doesn’t stop after the case is closed.  Conspiracy theories, …

2020

January 16

NPR: ALL THINGS CONSIDERED – HIS SON WAS KILLED AT SANDY HOOK. THEN CAME THE ONLINE HARASSMENT

Journalist: Michel Martin Source Link: NPR December 14, 2019 Transcript: MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: On this day seven years ago, a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Twenty children, along with …

2019

December 14

Sandy Hook HONR Network

SANDY HOOK FATHER AWARDED $450,000 IN DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

Journalist: Louis Casiano Source Link: Fox News October 16, 2019 A Wisconsin jury has awarded the father of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting $450,000 following a defamation lawsuit against …

2019

October 16

Sandy Hook HONR Network

A PUBLISHER APOLOGIZED FOR RUNNING A SANDY HOOK BOOK, THEN AUCTIONED OFF THE LAST COPIES

Journalist: Anna Merlan Source Link: Splinter News July 15, 2019 The publisher of a book claiming the Sandy Hook shootings were a hoax apologized to Lenny Pozner, the father of one of the …

2019

July 15

Sandy Hook HONR Network

A Grieving Sandy Hook Father on How to Fight Online Hoaxers

Journalist: Nick Thompson Source Link: Medium July 10, 2019 After the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 — which killed 26 people, 20 of them children — it surely seemed that …

2019

July 10

Sandy Hook HONR Network

First, they lost their children. Then the conspiracy theories started. Now, the parents of Newtown are fighting back.

Journalist: Susan Svrluga Source Link: Washington Post July 8, 2019  It was just weeks after 26 people were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School when Lenny Pozner first saw people speculating online …

2019

July 08

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Victim’s Father Wins Defamation Suit; Alex Jones Sanctioned

Journalist: Vanessa Romo Source Link: NPR June 18, 2019 Leonard Pozner, whose 6-year-old son was killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, has been battling against conspiracy theorists for years, and …

2019

June 18

Sandy Hook HONR Network

We’ve Come Together from Different Corners of the World To Say Enough is Enough

We’ve Come Together from Different Corners of the World To Say Enough is Enough

2019

May 09

Sandy Hook HONR Network

‘Fake News Victims’ Meet With Twitter and Facebook

Journalist: Issie Lapowsky Source Link: Wired On paper, they would seem to have little in common. Tun Khin is a human rights activist who advocates for the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in his …

2019

May 08

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Fake News Victims Meet With Twitter and Facebook

2019

May 08

Sandy Hook HONR Network

What’s New About Conspiracy Theories?

Journalist: Elizabeth Kolbert Source Link: New Yorker Illustration by Zohar Lazar On the morning of December 4, 2016, Edgar Maddison Welch, a warehouse worker and a father of two from Salisbury, North Carolina, …

2019

April 15

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Father Threatens to Sue Google After Online Conspiracy Theorists Allege his Daughter’s Death was Faked

Journalist: Piya Chattopadhyay Source Link: CBC Radio March 29, 2019 Alison Parker, a 24-year-old news reporter in Virginia was shot and killed while conducting a live television interview in August of 2015. The camera operator was …

2019

March 29

Alex Jones Deposition in Sandy Hook Lawsuit

Alex Jones – Sandy Hook Deposition

https://youtu.be/I7siWJ86g40 https://youtu.be/XES-AydpIoc We Got Alex Jones’ Deposition Video. It Was A Predictable Disaster For Him. Journalist: Sebastian Murdock Source Link: Huffington Post March 29, 2019 Infowars host Alex Jones was questioned earlier this month for three …

2019

March 29

Sandy Hook HONR Network

How Alex Jones and Infowars Helped a Florida Man Torment Sandy Hook Families

Journalist: Elizabeth Williamson Source Link: New York Times March 29, 2019 In the world of conspiracy theorists, Alex Jones and Wolfgang Halbig fueled each other’s darkest tendencies. Soon after the Dec. 14, 2012, mass …

2019

March 29

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Silencing the Lies: Victims of Conspiracy Theory Speak

Silencing the Lies: Victims of Conspiracy Theory Speak

2019

March 28

Beware the Jabberwock – Stories from the upside down world where conspiracy theorists dwell

2019

March 17

Beware the Jabberwock

Source Link: This American Life March 15, 2019 Transcript Note: This American Life is produced for the ear and designed to be heard. If you are able, we strongly encourage you to listen …

2019

March 15

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Family that lost a son at Sandy Hook fights against vicious conspiracy theorists

Journalist: Cathryn J. Prince Source Link: Times of Israel February 11, 2019 Since a gunman took Noah Pozner’s life in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, his father Lenny has lived a life …

2019

February 11

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Belgian Newspaper Discusses Conspiracy Theory with Pozner

Belgian Newspaper Discusses Conspiracy Theory with Pozner

2019

February 02

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Trapped in a Hoax: Survivors of Conspiracy Theories Speak Out

2019

January 24

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Florida publisher of conspiracy books faces lawsuit over ‘Nobody Died at Sandy Hook’

2018

December 10

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Trolls force Sandy Hook father into hiding

2018

December 09

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Father of Sandy Hook victim sues extremists on defamation charges

2018

December 04

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Dad Suing Alex Jones Says South Florida Cop Illegally Accessed His Personal Info

2018

October 12

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook families Alex Jones: Dv efamation case explained

2018

August 31

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Alex Jones’ bid to throw out Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit denied

2018

August 31

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Judge throws out Alex Jones attempt to dismiss lawsuit from Sandy Hook parents

2018

August 30

Sandy Hook HONR Network

This Company Keeps Lies About Sandy Hook on the Web

2018

August 13

Sandy Hook HONR Network

PBS Interviews Dean Lyrissa Lidsky on First Amendment & Censorship

2018

August 08

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Commission Settles On Design For Long-Awaited Memorial

2018

August 07

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Grieving Sandy Hook Parents Say Conspiracy Theorist Tormented Them, Incited Harassment

2018

August 03

Sandy Hook HONR Network

The Lasting Trauma of Alex Jones’s Lies

2018

August 03

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Parents of Jewish Sandy Hook victim forced to move 7 times due to harassment

2018

August 01

Sandy Hook HONR Network

‘Infowars’ host doesn’t attend hearing in Sandy Hook lawsuit

2018

August 01

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook victim’s parents slam Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in open letter

2018

July 31

Sandy Hook HONR Network, report harassment online

Sandy Hook Parents Ask Facebook For Protection From Conspiracy Group Claims

2018

July 29

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Why Facebook Pissed Off the Parents of Sandy Hook School Shooting Victims

2018

July 27

Sandy Hook HONR Network, funding

Sandy Hook Parents Decry Facebook’s Weak Moderation In Open Letter To Mark Zuckerberg

2018

July 27

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook parents demand action from Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook hoaxers

2018

July 27

Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Writes Open Letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook parents blast Mark Zuckerberg in emotional open letter

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook parents slammed Facebook in an emotional open letter to Mark Zuckerberg

2018

July 26

Newtown parents urge Facebook to act against claims massacre never happened

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Newtown parents urge Facebook to act against hoax theorists

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Accuse Facebook of Providing ‘Safe Haven for Hate’

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook parents write open letter to Facebook demanding change

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Parents of Sandy Hook victim accuse Facebook of providing ‘safe haven for hate’

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Parents Of Sandy Hook Victim: Facebook Is An ‘Instrument To Disseminate Hate

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Victim’s Parents Write Blistering Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook parents pen open letter to Mark Zuckerberg criticising Facebook policies

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook parents accuse Mark Zuckerberg of ‘providing a safe haven for hate’ on Facebook

2018

July 26

Sandy Hook HONR Network

An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: our child died at Sandy Hook – why let Facebook lies hurt us even more?

2018

July 25

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook parents press Zuckerberg to address harassment, disinformation on Facebook

2018

July 25

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Family Releases Powerful Letter Blasting Mark Zuckerberg for Inaction Against Truthers

2018

July 25

Sandy Hook HONR Network, Sandy Hook Promise - He Was Shot in Kenosha Then Received Threats

‘Why hurt us more?’ Sandy Hook victim’s parents shame Facebook CEO for not booting Alex Jones

2018

July 25

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Parents of Sandy Hook victim slam Mark Zuckerberg in open letter

2018

July 25

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Pen Open Letter to Facebook: ‘We Are Currently Living in Hiding’

2018

July 25

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Parents of Sandy Hook victims write open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook has failed to ‘protect us from harassment and threats’ (FB)

2018

July 25

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Parents of Sandy Hook victims write open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook has failed to ‘protect us from harassment and threats’

2018

July 25

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Victim’s Parents Ask Mark Zuckerberg to Stop the ‘Proliferation of Hate’ on Facebook

2018

July 25

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Slams Facebook

2018

July 25

Re-Publica 18 -How To Fight Conspiracy Theories

2018

May 06

The Rise of the Crisis Actor Conspiracy Movement

2018

April 12

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Father Fights Conspiracy Theories That Emerge After Mass Shootings

2018

March 14

Sandy Hook HONR Network, Funding HONR

The Father taking on the Sandy Hook Trolls

2017

December 16

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Parent Lenny Pozner Is Fighting an ‘Emboldened’ Conspiracy Culture

2017

December 14

Truthers: When Conspiracy Meets Reality

2017

December 13

Sandy Hook HONR Network

A Grieving Sandy Hook Father’s Five-Year Battle Against Mass-Shooting Hoaxers

Conspiracy theorists say the Newtown massacre was staged. Lenny Pozner has made it his life’s work to protect the honor of his murdered son. By Mike Spies Dec 12, 2017 Our profile of Lenny …

2017

December 12

Sandy Hook HONR Network

US gun violence spawns a new epidemic: conspiracy theorists harassing victims

2017

November 28

Sandy Hook HONR Network

How Jewish Family Of Sandy Hook Victim Was Driven Out Of Boca Raton

2017

November 14

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook dad battles truthers nearly five years after Newtown massacre: ‘I’m not the type to turn a blind eye’

2017

October 21

Sandy Hook HONR Network

M. G. Mancini Speaks with WATR Radio 10-13-2017

2017

October 13

Sandy Hook HONR Network

The hoaxers harassing Las Vegas victims

The hoaxers harassing Las Vegas victims The news crews move on but the impact of a mass shooting such as the one in Las Vegas can last a lifetime for the …

2017

October 10

Sandy Hook HONR Network

How to Stop the Spread of Fake News After National Tragedies

2017

October 10

Sandy Hook HONR Network

The “Crisis Actor” Conspiracy – NBC

2017

October 10

Sandy Hook HONR Network

The Sandy Hook Hoax

2017

September 05

The Sandy Hook Hoax

2017

July 19

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist gets prison time for threatening victim’s family

For Leonard Pozner, who is devoted to combatting hoaxers, the sentencing is a ‘powerful outcome’ that he hopes will raise awareness of serious harm they cause A Florida woman who believed …

2017

June 09

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorist Gets Prison Time for Threatening 6-Year-Old Victim’s Father

2017

June 08

Sandy Hook HONR Network

What Drives Someone to Confront Grieving Families?

2017

June 07

Judge sentences Florida woman to prison for death threats against Sandy Hook father

2017

June 07

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook father Lenny Pozner on death threats: ‘I never imagined I’d have to fight for my child’s legacy’

2017

May 13

Sandy Hook HONR Network, to donate

The Sandy Hook Deniers

A paranoid conspiracy theory has acquired new and disturbing power in America, and it has been spread by an alternative media outfit that has been linked to President Trump. Twenty-six people, …

2017

May 07

Alex Jones Claims Sandy Hook Massacre a ‘HOAX’

2017

April 21

Sandy Hook HONR Network, sandy hook victims

Sandy Hook to Trump: ‘Help us stop conspiracy theorists’

2017

April 16

Cruel Intentions: South Florida father fights conspiracy theories, threats tied to son’s death

2017

February 07

In an age of ‘alternative facts,’ a massacre of schoolchildren is called a hoax

BY BARBARA DEMICKFEB. 3, 2017 12 PM PTFacebookTwitterShow more sharing optionsReporting from Newtown, Conn. —  If there is anything worse than losing a child, it is losing a child and having people taunt you …

2017

February 03

Sandy Hook HONR Network, Online hate

Father of Sandy Hook victim warns against conspiracy theories

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.CBC Radio·Posted: Feb 03, 2017 8:06 PM ET | Last Updated: February 3, …

2017

February 03

Sandy Hook Parent Hopes Arrest in Threat Case Stops Talk of ‘Hoax’

Six-year-old Noah Pozner was shot and killed on Dec. 14, 2012, one of 20 children and six adults murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.Those are the facts.But …

2016

December 23

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Father of Sandy Hook victim speaks out against ‘hoaxers’

2016

December 19

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Padre in lotta contro i negazionisti «Alla Sandy Hook morto il mio Noah»

2016

December 16

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook dad fights lies about murdered son

2016

December 15

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Victim’s Father Speaks Out Against ‘Hoaxers’

2016

December 12

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Woman charged with threatening Sandy Hook victim’s family

2016

December 08

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Truther Arrested for Threatening to Kill Parent of Murdered Child

2016

December 07

Sandy Hook HONR Network, Checkout

German Press: Noah Is No Longer Alive

Süddeutsche ZeitungPDF 

2016

September 21

Sandy Hook HONR Network, online attacks

Sandy Hook massacre victims’ parents harassed by ‘truthers’, told children never existed

2016

September 01

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Honouring Noah

Sandy Hook: Family of shooting victim reveals trauma of living with tragedyCorrespondents Report / By former North American correspondent Lisa MillarPosted Fri 1 Jul 2016 at 9:24pmFriday 1 Jul 2016 at 9:24 …

2016

June 28

Sandy Hook HONR Network

6 Horrifying Realities Of Dealing With Sandy Hook ‘Truthers’

2016

April 26

Father of Child Killed at Sandy Hook Says FAU and BOCA Police Ignored JAMES TRACY’S Harassment

2016

January 19

Sandy Hook HONR Network, Social Media Positions

The father of a boy killed at Sandy Hook gets death threats; some people say the shooting was a hoax

2016

January 13

Sandy Hook HONR Network, Cart

Florida Atlantic University Fired Its Sandy Hook–Truther Professor

Dr. James Tracy, a communications professor at Florida Atlantic University who believes the Sandy Hook massacre to be a hoax propagated by the federal government, was fired from his teaching …

2016

January 06

Florida Professor Who Cast Doubt on Mass Shootings Is Fired

2016

January 06

Fred Grimm: Florida’s unhinged ‘truthers’ exacerbate Newtown’s grief

BY FRED GRIMM [email protected] Tony Mead feels victimized. “I’ve been attacked online. My business has been attacked. My ex-wife has been contacted. Google my name, you’ll see blogs attacking me as a …

2016

January 02

Sandy Hook HONR Network

What Kind of Person Calls a Mass Shooting a Hoax?

A year and a half after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Lenny Pozner called to set up a meeting with Wolfgang Halbig. The 68-year-old …

2015

December 22

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Professor Faces Firing Over Belief Sandy Hook Was a Hoax

BY DANIEL WHITE DECEMBER 18, 2015 8:27 AM EST A university in Florida made efforts Wednesday to fire a professor who upset many by calling the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax. Florida …

2015

December 18

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Sandy Hook Massacre 3rd Anniversary: Two parents target FAU conspiracy theorist

Sandy Hook Massacre 3rd Anniversary: Two parents target FAU conspiracy theoristBy Lenny and Veronique Pozner8:15 pm, December 10, 2015 It’s been three years since we last embraced our precious little boy, …

2015

December 10

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Our Grief Denied: The Twisted Cruelty Of Sandy Hook Hoaxers

By LENNY POZNER | COMMENTARYHartford Courant • Jul 25, 2014, at 6:55 pm  More than a year and a half after Adam Lanza brutally murdered 26 women and children at the Sandy Hook …

2014

July 25

Sandy Hook HONR Network

Father of Little Boy Murdered at Sandy Hook Speaks

The loss of a child is a pain few parents can imagine. For those whose children were brutally murdered at the Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES) on December 14, 2012, …

2014

June 16