Onion buys Alex Jones's Infowars — and that's not a joke

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 purchased Alex Jones’ right-wing Infowars in a bankruptcy auction. Further twisting the knife, the satirical news site announced its winning bid was supplemented by the loved ones of the mass shooting victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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.
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Sandy Hook Families Help Satirical News Site The Onion to Purchase InfoWars
In a move that could understandably be mistaken as one of the site’s famous headlines, the satirical “news” outlet The Onion has purchased the assets of InfoWars, a far right media company that was once owned by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
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.
The Onion has purchased Infowars. How it’s the latest twist in Alex Jones’ legal saga.
The Onion bought Alex Jones’ Infowars after he filed personal bankruptcy. Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims successfully sued Mr. Jones and his company for defamation and emotional distress,
Satire publication The Onion is buying Alex Jones' Infowars; judge to review sale
Infowars was put up for auction by court order. Alex Jones owes more than $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims.
The Onion, Sandy Hook Families Buy Alex Jones’ Infowars
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax,
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The sale ends Alex Jones’s control over his website, which promoted false claims, including the assertion that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a “hoax.”
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