(CNN) Conspiracy theories after mass shootings follow a familiar thread and the Florida school shooting is no exception. A CNN investigation into 4chan's /pol/ archive counted at least 121 times that school shooting survivor David Hogg was mentioned on the board. InfoWars founder Alex Jones is known for spreading the conspiracy that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 was fake. He also called the Florida shooting a potential "false flag" in a February 15 video posted on YouTube. "Few have seen this type of rapid media play before, and when they have it has come from well-trained political operatives and MSM commentators," the Gateway Pundit said in its description of the school shooting survivors.

Source: CNN February 23, 2018 02:15 UTC