Whither the Sandy Hook truthers?

[DonViejo]

After their assault on Gene Rosen, momentum may already be waning for the conspiracy theorists

BY ALEX SEITZ-WALD

Could the Sandy Hook truther movement, the people who question whether December’s mass shooting could have been some kind of government hoax, already be dying out? Conspiracy theories have developed after every major tragedy like this — “Once I learned about all the false flag attacks in history that have been proven to be true, I knew it was only a matter of time before another came a long,” the creator of “The Sandy Hook Shooting – Fully Exposed” YouTube video told Gawker — but Sandy Hook seemed different, thanks in part to the fact that it produced meaningful action on gun control, for a change.

But even as the White House and congressional Democrats forge ahead with gun legislation this week, interest in conspiracy theories surrounding Sandy Hook already seem to be flagging after reaching a fever pitch last week.

Google searches and social media mentions of “Sandy Hook hoax” or “Sandy Hook conspiracy” have fallen off dramatically, after spiking on Jan. 16. Views of the most popular YouTube video espousing the hoax theory have plateaued at a little over 11.5 million, earning few new views in recent days after a dramatic climb last week. And the follow-up video has earned a relatively meager 131,000 views since being posted five days ago.

Still, the drop alone may not mean the demise of the movement, warned Deen Freelon, an assistant professor at American University in Washington who studies social media and politics. “These search and social media peaks and valleys are probably driven by news coverage. We found similar patterns in our work on Twitter use during the Arab Spring — many of the tweets were from people interested in the topic as opposed to protest participants, and I’d be surprised if something similar wasn’t going on here,” he said.

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http://www.salon.com/2013/01/24/whither_the_sandy_hook_truthers/

[Fresh_Start]

1. whither the DU gun fans who claimed that Sandy Hook

was committed with handguns...

[zappaman]

2. Unfortunately, they are still out there...

Here's some bullshit from just yesterday.

Warning: clicking on the article will piss you off..

http://www.examiner.com/article/bombshell-sandy-hook-shooter-died-day-before-shootings