Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families' backing
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 Onion' Bought Alex Jones's 'Infowars' — But How Much Did The Satire Publication Pay for It?
Satire site 'The Onion' recently purchased conservative host Alex Jones's defunct 'Infowars,' but how much did the publication pay for the site?
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 Buys Infowars to Combat Conspiracy Theories with Satire
The Onion buys Infowars, marking a bizarre twist in the battle against misinformation. Satire meets conspiracy in an unbelievable year.
Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That's what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars
It seemed like bad satire, or yet another conspiracy theory. The comic website the Onion buys Alex Jones' misinformation empire, Infowars, at a bankruptcy auction? No, it's true. After shutting
Satire publication 'The Onion' buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction
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.
The Onion Buys Infowars, Will Turn Misinformation Hub Into Parody Site
Infowars was up for auction to help cover the $1.5 billion conspiracy theorist Alex Jones owes for defaming the families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting victims.
Satirical news site The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction as ‘a very funny joke’
The Onion, a satirical news website, appeared to have won a bankruptcy auction to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars, potentially seizing control of the media platform that Jones used to peddle a menagerie of conspiracy theories,
The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars — and that's not a joke
The Onion, the satirical news outlet, purchased Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with the support of Sandy Hook victims' families.
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 raised concerns about how an auction was conducted
No joke: the Onion parody website buys Alex Jones' Infowars out of bankruptcy
By Dietrich Knauth and Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) -Like a headline lifted from the Onion, the parody news website is buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars in a bankruptcy auction. The Onion said in a statement on Thursday it aims to replace Infowars' "relentless barrage of disinformation" with the Onion's "noticeably less hateful disinformation.
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Satire Publication The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars at Auction With Sandy Hook Families’ Backing
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The Onion wars: Satire paper buys Alex Jones Infowars with backing from Sandy Hook families
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