Conspiracy

The Onion purchases Alex Jones' Infowars at bankruptcy auction

By T.K. Randall
November 15, 2024

Image: Alex Jones DC Press Conference (2018)
Credit: Jaredlholt / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) The bizarre turn of events came about as a result of Jones being ordered by a judge to sell off his personal assets to help pay the $1.4 billion he owes the families of those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting which saw the deaths of 20 children and 6 teachers back in 2012.

Infamous for peddling harmful and disproven conspiracy theories, Jones had ended up in hot water when he started claiming that the whole thing had been a hoax and that those involved were 'actors'.

He ended up owing the eye-watering amount after being taken to court for defamation.

The loss of Infowars - his flagship platform - is the latest bitter blow for the conspiracy theorist.

According to reports, the families of the victims had made an agreement to receive less compensation in order to increase the value of The Onion's bid and make it more likely that it would win the auction."After surviving unimaginable loss with courage and integrity, they rejected Jones's hollow offers for allegedly more money if they would only let him stay on the air because doing so would have put other families in harm's way," said their attorney Chris Mattei.

The Onion is now planning to turn the site into something very different.

"The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars," said CEO Ben Collins. "We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website."

"We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off."

"I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up."

Source: The Guardian

Tags: Onion, Satire