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Onion buys Alex Jones’s Infowars at auction

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, including falsehoods about victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting.

The New York Times · 37m

The Onion Plans to Buy Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Out of Bankruptcy

As the winning bidder, the satirical news site intends to turn Infowars into a parody of itself. But the court overseeing the bankruptcy put a hold on the sale pending a hearing next week.

PC Magazine · 11m

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.

31mon MSN

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 ...

1hon MSN

The Onion has won the bid for Infowars’ assets

Satirical news site The Onion won the auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, which was sold off as part ...

3hon MSN

Steve Bannon calls The Onion ‘deep state gestapo’ as he and Alex Jones watch Infowars be taken offline

The conspiracy theorist’s long-running operation was taken offline after satirical website bought it at auction ...

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