The Onion purchases Alex Jones’ Infowars at bankruptcy auction
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(ABC 6 News) — Satirical news site, The Onion, is now the new owner of Infowars.
The Onion purchased Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction with the move being backed by families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Jones owes those families more than $1 billion in defamation suits after calling the massacre a hoax on several Infowars platforms.
Jones vows to challenge the purchase as well as the auction process. The Onion plans to re-launch Infowars as a satirical site in January.