Tracy holds a PhD degree , awarded by the University of Iowa in 2002 . He was previously a tenured professor of communications at Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton . He has espoused the view that some American mass shootings did not occur , but are hoaxes perpetrated by a conspiracy . He maintains that the Boston Marathon bombing was a false flag operation perpetrated by the United States government and espoused the view that the Sandy Hook massacre also did not occur and was a hoax perpetrated by the United States government . There is a " Sandy Hook truther " movement to this effect
Boston Marathon bombing
Boston Marathon bombing
James Tracy (communication scholar)