The Onion Buys Alex Jones' Infowars With Help From Sandy Hook Families
Satirical news outlet, The Onion, has acquired Alex Jones ' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction with support from families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims. The families, owed over $1 billion from Jones in defamation judgments for calling the 2012 school shooting a hoax, announced the acquisition Thursday.
Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing
A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, after Jones and his lawyers raised questions about how a bankruptcy auction was conducted.
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It’s a final laugh for The Onion, which has regularly spoofed Jones over his spreading of conspiracies on Infowars, including his false claims about Sandy Hook that pushed the parents of slain children to successfully sue him for $1.5 billion in Connecticut.
The Onion acquires Alex Jones’ Infowars with support from Sandy Hook families
The Onion has won the bankruptcy auction for Alex Jones’ Infowars, backed by families of Sandy Hook victims, with plans to relaunch it as a satirical site aimed at conspiracy theories.
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Chicago-based The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars in bankruptcy auction with help from Sandy Hook families
Within hours of the sale’s announcement Thursday, Infowars’ website was down and Jones was broadcasting from what he said was a new studio location. Later Thursday, a judge ordered a hearing due to questions about how the auction was conducted.
What happens next in The Onion’s effort to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars
The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones’ Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers complained about how an auction was conducted. The satirical news outlet was announced as the winning bidder on Thursday in an auction that is part of Jones’ personal bankruptcy.
Behind The Onion's bid for Alex Jones's Infowars — which is now on hold as a judge reviews it
The Onion's bid for Alex Jones's Infowars came together with help from Sandy Hook families. It's paused after a bankruptcy judge expressed concerns.
The Onion CEO explains Infowars purchase amid Alex Jones’s claims about auction
The Onion’s CEO Ben Collins confirmed that the publication purchased Alex Jones’ Infowars outlet in a Saturday series of posts on the social media platform Bluesky amid Jones’s claims of wrongdoings and illegal activity.
Judge Blocks The Onion Bid for Alex Jones’s InfoWars to Review Bankruptcy Auction
A federal bankruptcy judge put The Onion‘s winning bid for Alex Jones’s InfoWars media platform on pause to further review the bankruptcy-auction process after Jones and his lawyers claimed the auction was improperly conducted.
The Onion’s takeover of InfoWars paused by federal bankruptcy judge
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