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The Bulwark Podcast
The book was discussed as foundational in understanding the spread of disinformation, tracing a line from the Sandy Hook tragedy through subsequent conspiracy theories.
The author of the book Sandy Hook, An American Tragedy in the Battle for Truth, Elizabeth Williamson joins me on the podcast today.
— Episode: Elizabeth Williamson: It Started with Sa...
Episode: Elizabeth Williamson: It Started with Sandy Hook
The book was discussed as foundational in understanding the spread of disinformation, tracing a line from the Sandy Hook tragedy through subsequent conspiracy theories.
The author of the book Sandy Hook, An American Tragedy in the Battle for Truth, Elizabeth Williamson joins me on the podcast today.
Over the last decade, as I say in the book, Sandy Hook turned out to be a foundational story in the spread of disinformation and false narratives.
I started to understand that individuals for reasons of ideology or social status, tribalism or for profit were willing to reject established truths and how once they'd done it, it was incredibly difficult to persuade them otherwise.
Dan Friesen said something that I thought made a lot of sense in which I put in the book and that was that, was then that he realized that this was going to be an absolute trench fight for new gun legislation.
The book is Sandy Hook An American Tragedy in the Battle for Truth which was recently named one of the best books of 2022 by publishers weekly.