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turbinetree

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Thu Mar 12, 2020, 06:55 PM Mar 2020

Please note this is not the onion......................NY Attorney General threatens legal action

if Alex Jones keeps telling viewers his toothpaste can cure coronavirus

Published 1 min ago on March 12, 2020
By Matthew Chapman

On Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she was threatening legal action against far-right conspiracy theory broadcaster Alex Jones if he continues to claim to viewers that his line of toothpaste, creams, and dietary supplements can prevent or cure coronavirus:


NY AG James

@NewYorkStateAG
I ordered Alex Jones to immediately stop selling & marketing products as a treatment or cure for #coronavirus on his website.

If he doesn't cease & desist these activities immediately, I won't hesitate to take legal action & hold him accountable for the harm he’s caused.


Jones has used his InfoWars platform to promote theories such as that the government is controlling people’s minds with chemicals in tap water, the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre was faked with child actors, and that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are literally demons from hell.

His business model is built on top of selling a line of questionable dietary supplements, that he often markets as protecting people from the conspiracies he propounds.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/ny-attorney-general-threatens-legal-action-if-alex-jones-keeps-telling-viewers-his-toothpaste-can-cure-coronavirus/

How and why does he have a broadcast license.......................seriously...................a fucking snake oil salesman.............and he has followers that will buy this shit...........................

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Please note this is not the onion......................NY Attorney General threatens legal action (Original Post) turbinetree Mar 2020 OP
There are no broadcast licenses for websites and podcasts and youtube and such mate ;) (nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #1
Now I know...........................wado ...................Thank you turbinetree Mar 2020 #2
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