Behind The Onion's bid for Alex Jones's Infowars — which is now on hold as a judge reviews it
The Onion's bid for Alex Jones's Infowars came together with help from Sandy Hook families. It's paused after a bankruptcy judge expressed concerns.
Judge Halts the Onion’s Infowars Takeover to Review Bankruptcy Auction Process
The Onion's winning bid for the assets of Alex Jones' bankrupt conspiracy-theory site Infowars is under further review.
The Onion Is Buying Alex Jones’s Infowars Site
The Onion, a satirical news publication, said it is buying the right-wing conspiracy website Infowars.The Onion said Thursday that its winning bid has the support of families who lost children in the Sandy Hook massacre,
The Onion Buys Infowars — Planning To Make Alex Jones’ Site A Parody Of Itself
Ben Collins to made a successful bid for Inforwars' assests with the consent of the Sandy Hook families. The site will re-launch in January, to target "weird internet personalities" and mock the conspiracy theory subculture.
Not a Joke: ‘The Onion’ Buys Alex Jones’s InfoWars Site
The satirical publication acquired the extreme-right, Sandy Hook-denying InfoWars during an auction of Jones’s assets, and will use it to parody its sanity-challenged conspiracy claims.
What happens next in The Onion’s effort to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars
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.
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 conducted.
Satirical News Outlet The Onion Buys Alex Jones' Infowars At Auction
Jones' conspiracy theory media empire went on the auction block to help pay the Sandy Hook families he spent years defaming.
Judge pauses the Onion’s takeover of Infowars over auction concerns
The Onion had the winning bid in the Infowars bankruptcy auction. A judge said the sale is on hold while he reviews the bidding process.
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.
Judge to review The Onion’s bid to buy 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 the auction was conducted.
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The Onion CEO: "Previous InfoWars Folks Aren't Taking It Well"
The Onion CEO Ben Collins addressed the upcoming hearing over its purchase of InfoWars and how Alex Jones and his crew aren't taking it well.
Here’s Why The Onion Really Bought InfoWars
The origin of a hilarious joke. The post Here’s Why The Onion Really Bought InfoWars appeared first on Mandatory.
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