I wish there were a way to make it so that anyone who is claiming to be a journalist, or running/in public office should get hefty fines for knowingly lying to the public. It can be like traffic violations where you get a certain number of them, then a warrant for your arrest is issued as a repeat offender. Hell, I don't know though. It would never work, because establishing that someone knowingly lied is clearly an extremely difficult task.
And some people in this country (USA) are clearly above the law no matter what law enforcement would like you to believe, so no amount of evidence would ever be enough to force them to face any real consequences for their actions.
It would be tricky to implement. There is a difference between lying and being wrong. I think the difference is in the approach you take. For example with Alex Jones and Sandy Hook he proclaimed it with certainty and enthusiasm, with 0 responsibility present in case he was wrong.
What is said and how its said, matters.
Right, this is the hard thing. Although these days no one can ever even admit to being wrong. They just double down, no matter how much evidence to the contrary is produced.
I just saw the news clips earlier of Alex Jones laughing and taunting his victims on his show as his sentence was being read. Disgusting. How cruel and evil can you be? It's amazing to me that there are people out there with zero conscience.