Book Hack
Sandy HookBy Elizabeth Williamson

In a Nutshell

Journalist Elizabeth Williams looks into the conspiracy theorists that surrounded the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, exploring the rise of social media in a post-truth era.

Favorite Quote

Man is an animal suspended in webs of meaning he himself has spun.

Max Weber, sociologist

Introduction

On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. In less than ten minutes, Lanza killed 20 first-graders and ten teachers.

While many saw Lanza's massacre as an unthinkable act of random violence, others questioned whether it actually happened.

Journalist Elizabeth Williamson has been covering the Sandy Hook conspiracy phenomenon for the New York Times since 2018. She conducted 400 interviews across three years for her book.

In Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth, Williamson does not debate U.S. gun policy. Instead, she investigates what happens when millions of people stop trusting mainstream journalism.

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