Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax

A Texas court has slashed a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million over falsely calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his company, Free Speech Systems. Jones had been found liable for damages for claiming the mass…