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gab13by13

(25,277 posts) Mon Nov 18, 2024, 08:55 AM Nov 18

Is President Musk Going To Stop The Sale Of Infowars To The Onion

President Musk has filed a complaint as to the bidding process that sold Infowars to The Onion.

Infowars was shut down by a judge on a Thursday and by Friday Alex Jones was at a different location broadcasting his propaganda, is that OK?

Will the judge stick to his decision? It does make one depressed that the pro-Russians just do what they want, and it's about to get a hell of a lot worse.

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Is President Musk Going To Stop The Sale Of Infowars To The Onion (Original Post) gab13by13 Nov 18 OP

What does the Second Bananna (R) say about this? BoRaGard Nov 18 #1

We need "President Musk" to go viral so Trump hears it. CrispyQ Nov 18 #2

Trump knows it, gab13by13 Nov 18 #3

Is Musk a bidder? What is his standing in this case? NT Happy Hoosier Nov 18 #4

He is using his ownership of X gab13by13 Nov 18 #5

Still don't see how that give him standing in THIS case. NT Happy Hoosier Nov 18 #6

I think he wants to file something like an amicus brief to state that the sale should not include Jones' BS on X. Silent Type Nov 18 #11

The CEO of the Onion says the sale will go ahead. He posted this on Twitter a couple of days ago Emrys Nov 18 #7

It appears that the buyers short changed Alex Jones in the Bankruptcy sale. Jacson6 Nov 18 #8

The interests of the people Jones owes money to are the prime concern, not Jones himself Emrys Nov 18 #10

the new "justice" department will probably figure something out to help jones reclaim it. mucifer Nov 18 #9

BoRaGard

(2,865 posts)

1. What does the Second Bananna (R) say about this?

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 08:59 AM

Nov 18

Oh wait, I forgot, the G.O.P.'s Felon/Rapist is kinda irrelevant now that Mr. Musk is running the Billionaire Bro Show.

Many people say that it sucks to be a useless old flabbyfartface (FFF) over-ripe second bananna.

CrispyQ

(38,299 posts)

2. We need "President Musk" to go viral so Trump hears it.

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:02 AM

Nov 18

If there's one thing Trump hates, it's someone upstaging him.

gab13by13

(25,277 posts)

3. Trump knows it,

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:10 AM

Nov 18

I have seen articles about how Trump doesn't like Musk spending so much time at Mar-el-Loco.

I'm pretty sure that Trump knows that Putin put Musk ahead of him.

Happy Hoosier

(8,416 posts)

4. Is Musk a bidder? What is his standing in this case? NT

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:18 AM

Nov 18

gab13by13

(25,277 posts)

5. He is using his ownership of X

Reply to Happy Hoosier (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:29 AM

Nov 18

and how he did allow Jones to have a platform there, or something to that effect.

Happy Hoosier

(8,416 posts)

6. Still don't see how that give him standing in THIS case. NT

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:42 AM

Nov 18

Silent Type

(6,720 posts)

11. I think he wants to file something like an amicus brief to state that the sale should not include Jones' BS on X.

Reply to Happy Hoosier (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:43 AM

Nov 18

At least that appears to be the "official" excuse from Musk's team.

Emrys

(7,949 posts)

7. The CEO of the Onion says the sale will go ahead. He posted this on Twitter a couple of days ago

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:45 AM

Nov 18

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@oneunderscore__

Hi friends!

I wanted to give a quick update on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars, which we can’t wait to relaunch as the dumbest site on the internet.

Long and short of it: We won the bid and — you're not going to believe it — the previous InfoWars folks aren't taking it well.

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@oneunderscore__

On Thursday, the person overseeing the auction told us that The Onion’s bid for InfoWars, along with the Connecticut Sandy Hook families, won.

We haven’t heard anything that changed that — except, of course, from the guys currently running InfoWars, doing InfoWars stuff.

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@oneunderscore__

There was a status conference with the judge overseeing the auction on Thursday shortly after we were deemed winners.

The judge had some questions about process and assets. We’re glad he’s doing that, since our bid with the families is clearly the best and transparency is even better.

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@oneunderscore__

We left the hearing with clear next steps to complete the sale. InfoWars’ current management asked to continue operating until then.

We always knew the guys who currently run InfoWars were going to take this badly and use a loss to fundraise off of it. They did not disappoint!

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@oneunderscore__

Obviously, when the current operators of InfoWars went back to operating as a business, they used that to falsely say the auction had been overturned and allege some truly wacky stuff. Something about Saul Alinsky? God bless ‘em.

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@oneunderscore__

We expected all of this, obviously. Buying this site was always going to be fun later on, but annoying right away.

Anyway, we look forward to completing this process at the next scheduled court date — which, at present, is a week from Monday.

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@oneunderscore__

We think it’s all worth it to make a better, funnier future possible. As always: Tu Stultus Es.

Jones is currently continuing to broadcast because the site and its assets haven't been handed over yet.

Some more details of the ins and outs of the deal here: https://apnews.com/article/onion-buys-infowars-alex-jones-6496f198d141c991087dcd937b3588e9

It seems more likely Musk is seeking involvement over Twitter accounts related to Infowars, which are no doubt monetized. I don't think he has any standing to intervene in any other way or he'd have already done so.

Jacson6

(733 posts)

8. It appears that the buyers short changed Alex Jones in the Bankruptcy sale.

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:51 AM

Nov 18

When you have a liquidation of the assets in a bankruptcy sale then it also looks out for the best interest of the person selling the goods and real estate in the process. AJ is a a--hole, but he has a right to fair due process like every other citizen in the US. Of course, he can just open another web site to spew his nutty conspiracy theories and sell his cRaZy supplements. I imagine it won't be long before he defames some other people shortly and he is sued for another $billion.

Emrys

(7,949 posts)

10. The interests of the people Jones owes money to are the prime concern, not Jones himself

Reply to Jacson6 (Reply #8)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:27 AM

Nov 18

The deal struck with the Onion dealt with that and was more beneficial for the debtees, so there's no suggestion of any "short-changing" or lack of "fair due process".

mucifer

(24,848 posts)

9. the new "justice" department will probably figure something out to help jones reclaim it.