The satirical news publication The Onion, with help from Sandy Hook Families, won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction.
Satire news site The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families
The satirical website The Onion purchased InfoWars on Thursday, a capstone on years of litigation and bankruptcy proceedings following InfoWars founder Alex Jones’ defamation of families associated with the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
Those families backed The Onion’s bid to purchase InfoWars’ intellectual property, including its website, customer lists and inventory, certain social media accounts and the production equipment used to put Jones on the air.
The Connecticut families agreed to forgo a portion of their recovery to increase the overall value of The Onion’s bid, enabling its success.
The sale price was not immediately disclosed.
The families said the purchase would put an end to Jones’ misinformation campaign.
