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The Onion acquires Alex Jones’ Infowars with support from Sandy Hook families
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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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The Onion plans to relaunch the Infowars website with satire aimed at conspiracy theorists and right-wing personalities, as well as information about gun violence.
The satirical news site The Onion has won the bidding for the assets of Alex Jones' InfoWars, which he has been forced to sell off after a defamation judgment in favor of the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting massacre.
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.
Following a defamation lawsuit resulting in far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones having to auction off Infowars, the rightwing media platform run by Jones was purchased by satirical media outlet
The purchase of Alex Jones ' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist in a yearslong saga between
Satirical website The Onion has acquired far-right conspiracy platform Infowars at a bankruptcy auction with the support of the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims.
Satirical news site The Onion won the auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, which was sold off as part of a defamation settlement after he falsely called the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.
Satirical news outlet The Onion said Thursday it had acquired Infowars, a conspiracy-laden website whose owner made money by running stories that called
The satirical publication said it intends to replace the conspiracy theorist's "relentless barrage of misinformation" with its "relentless barrage of humor for good."
The bid, announced Thursday, was backed by the Connecticut families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting, who won a $1.4 billion defamation verdict against Jones.
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
The Onion purchased conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars website at a bankruptcy auction, it said Thursday, calling it an “invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses."
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