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Onion wins auction to take control of Alex Jones’s Infowars

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

USA Today · 2d

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 Hill on MSN · 18h

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.

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Sen. Blumenthal calls The Onion’s acquiring Infowars ‘sweet justice’

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) took to X on Friday to applaud The Onion’s winning bid to purchase conspiracy theorist Alex ...

1dOpinion

Column: ‘The Onion buys Infowars’ is not the craziest headline this week

One need to look no further than the Onion’s leading editorial Friday to see why Infowars has a bright future in the comedic ...

New York Magazine2d

The Onion’s Decision to Buy Infowars Started As a Joke

The Onion’s CEO explains their most expensive gag yet — assuming a judge doesn’t block their purchase of Alex Jones’s site.

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‘They’re organizing power in the fringes’: Media Matters president on support from Trump’s media allies

This week, satire site The Onion announced that it bought InfoWars, the far-right conspiracy site. Angelo Carusone joins The ...

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