The Infowars/Alex Jones auction is over. Infowars was bought by... The Onion. [View all]
https://apnews.com/article/onion-buys-infowars-alex-jones-6496f198d141c991087dcd937b3588e9
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax.
The dissolution of Alex Jones assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for, Robbie Parker, whose daughter Emilie was killed in the 2012 shooting in Connecticut, said in a statement Thursday provided by his lawyers.
The Onion acquired the conspiracy theory platforms website; social media accounts; studio in Austin, Texas; trademarks; and video archive for an undisclosed sales price. The purchase gives a satirical outlet which carries the banner of Americas Finest News Source on its masthead control over a brand that has long peddled misinformation and conspiracy.