The satirical news publication The Onion was named the winning bidder for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction Thursday, 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. The purchase would turn over Jones’ company, which for decades has peddled in conspiracy and misinformation, to a humor website that plans to relaunch the Infowars platform in January as a parody.

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  • The Onion buys Alex Jones's InfoWars in auction with the help of Sandy Hook families: How we got here
    The satirical outlet has acquired InfoWars, the website founded by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was ordered to put it up for auction to pay the more than $1 billion he owes to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
    11/14/2024 - 4:25 am | View Link
  • The Onion to acquire InfoWars from bankruptcy
    The US satirical website on Thursday said that it had won the bankruptcy auction for the media business controlled by Jones, the controversial right-wing media influencer. “The Onion is proud to acquire InfoWars,
    11/14/2024 - 2:20 am | View Link
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