Florida Atlantic University Fires Sandy Hook "Truther" Professor

Brendan O'Connor

James F. Tracy, the tenured associate professor of communications at Florida Atlantic University, who taught a class on conspiracies and suggested that the Sandy Hook shooting three years ago was a hoax perpetrated by the Obama administration, was fired on Tuesday.

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Florida Atlantic University Professor Wonders if the Sandy Hook Shooting Isn't Just One Big Mass Media Conspiracy

From every tragedy springs dozens of conspiracy theories, and the Sandy Hook massacre is no different. Of course, those theories usually leak from places like the "United Slaves of Amerika" Facebook page, Twitchy.com commenters and BeforeItsNews.com. Where you don't usually find them — or at least where you hope not…