The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably InfoWars, the far-right, conspiracy-minded website that served as Jones' primary online platform. Jones announced the sale on X Thursday morning. "I just got word 15 minutes ago that my lawyers and folks met with the U.S. trustee over our bankruptcy this morning and they said they are shutting us down even without a court order this morning," Jones said. "The Connecticut democrats with The Onion newspaper bought us," he added. The Onion plans to shutter Jones' InfoWars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor writers and content creators,according to a person with knowledge of the sale. Jones, one of the most-high profile and financially successful alternative media personalities, built a small empire off a radio show-turned-internet video operation centered around the Infowars brand that focused on false and often bizarre claims about grand conspiracies and government wrongdoing. Details of Wednesday’s auction, including how much was offered for Free Speech Systems, the parent company of Infowars, and related assets, were not immediately known. Funds generated from the sale are meant to satisfy Jones’ estate creditors, comprised largely of victims’ families of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting to whom he must pay damages in defamation verdicts. Sandy Hook families filed lawsuits in Connecticut and Texas claiming Jones defamed them on his show and inflicted emotional distress by repeatedly suggesting the shooting, in which a gunman killed 20 first-grade children and six adults, was a hoax. Juries awarded the families nearly $1.5 billion in total in their lawsuits, but they have been unable to collect anything from Jones, who claimed he can’t afford that massive a sum. He filed for bankruptcy in late 2022, and a judge in June allowed him to liquidate his personal assets to help pay off the verdicts. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/onion-wins-alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-auction-rcna179936
What are they going to do with it? People tune in to watch Jones. He already has another studio set up and will just continue on from there. The building and studio doesn't really matter. The Onion just wasted their own money.
How do you "seize" a daily broadcast? So those who buy it get whatever equipment, but that's not much. He can keep spinning up new shows indefinitely. He also has powerful friends, and will probably get the rulings over-turned eventually.
I wonder how much the Onion paid for InfoWars. It's like buying the "Oprah Winfrey Show" without Oprah. I know you lefties are desparate for W right now, but sorry, this is not it.
Look up Atrazine, it actually does feminize male frogs and made them try and mate with other males. Another weed killer that needs to be banned.
I don't care enough to study up on it, but my guess is Jones hasn't paid the full judgement yet, so anything new he "creates" can taken too (or the profits from it). barfo
