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Dave Gahary, the principal officer of the book's publisher Moon Rock Books, said that his \"face-to-face interactions with Mr. Pozner have led me to believe that Mr. Pozner is telling the truth about the death of his son,\" the AP reported.

Anna Merlan, a journalist and the author of \"Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power,\" told \"Start Here\" that the fight against conspiracy theorists started on a smaller level.

\"Lenny Posner will tell you that he started out simply asking people to try to consider how hurtful it was for him and other parents to hear this,\" Merlan said, adding that the fight also included \"trying to get them to stop using his family photos.\"

\"But it's also important to recognize that one of the things they're doing here is not just trying to get these people to stop spreading lies but to get people to stop actively harassing them. It's not just that these people have websites spreading lies about Sandy Hook. They show up at Sandy Hook Elementary School and in the town of Newtown. Over and over they really have devoted themselves to making people miserable,\" Merlan said of conspiracy theorists and so-called \"truthers.\"

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Another man, whose statements about the shooting have made him a thorn in the side of some Sandy Hook parents, was also reprimanded in court this week. Controversial InfoWars radio host Alex Jones was ordered by a Connecticut judge to pay some of the legal fees of a Sandy Hook relative whose lawyer he verbally attacked on his web show, the AP reported.

A judge ruled that Jones is now prohibited from filing motions to dismiss the defamation lawsuits filed against him, the AP said.

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