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James Tracy

Former Florida Atlantic University communications professor who published a series of 2012-2013 blog posts questioning the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and popularising the "crisis actors" claim; dismissed by the university in 2016 over unrelated conduct findings connected to his Sandy Hook coverage.

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"Crisis Actor" Claimoriginated December 2012
James Tracy popularised "Crisis Actor" Claim.

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Alex Jonesborn 1974
James Tracy is frequently compared to Alex Jones — Both lost their institutional platforms, Tracy his university professorship in 2016, Jones a combined ~$1.5bn in defamation judgments, over promoting Sandy Hook-related hoax claims.

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