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Onion Buys Infowars in Bankruptcy Auction

CNN on MSN · 33m

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 of a defamation settlement after he falsely called the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

The New York Times · 1h

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.

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.

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The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction

The satirical news company plans to shutter Jones’ Infowars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor ...

New York Magazine2h

The Onion’s Decision to Buy Infowars Started as Joke

The Onion’s CEO explains their most expensive gag yet — buying Infowars in a bankruptcy auction to shut down Alex Jones.

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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 ...

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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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