Explains Infowars Purchase

The Onion CEO explains Infowars purchase amid Alex Jones's claims about auction

The Onion’s CEO Ben Collins confirmed that the publication purchased Alex Jones’ Infowars outlet in a Saturday series of posts on the social media platform Bluesky amid Jones's claims of ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 hours ago

Behind the surprising Infowars purchase by The Onion

Satirical publication The Onion has purchased Infowars, Alex Jones' embattled brand. The Connecticut families of eight victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and one first responder ...

Alex Jones' Infowars purchased by The Onion

The satirical site The Onion has purchased Infowars, the media platform owned by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The Onion in its purchase received the support of Sandy Hook families who won over ...

Judge orders hearing to review Onion’s purchase of Alex Jones’s InfoWars

Judge to audit if conspiracy theorist’s bankruptcy auction was fair, which could delay buying process for satire site. A judge has intervened and ordered a hearing to review the purchase of the ...

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Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That's what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars

It seemed like bad satire, or yet another conspiracy theory

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DirecTV says Dish purchase is off

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The Onion to acquire Infowars out of bankruptcy

Satirical website wins auction for media business controlled by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

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50,000 Oasis tickets to be cancelled for violating purchase terms

Promoters said the affected tickets were bought using prohibited techniques, including acquiring more than four tickets per household and using multiple identities. Ticketmaster will cancel about ...

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No joke: The Onion wins bankruptcy auction for Alex Jones' Infowars

The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably Infowars, the ...

The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy

The satirical news site intends to turn Infowars into a parody of itself. But the court overseeing the bankruptcy put a hold on the sale pending a hearing next week.

Business - The New York Times - 2 days ago

The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at bankruptcy auction

Satirical publication The Onion, with the support of Sandy Hook families, purchased the bankrupt site of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

The Onion buys Alex Jones’s Infowars at auction

The satirical news publication The Onion said Thursday it purchased conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars website at a bankruptcy auction. “All told, the decision to acquire InfoWars was an ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

The Onion Is Buying Alex Jones's Infowars Site

The satirical website joined with families who lost children in the Sandy Hook massacre to acquire Infowars

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Not a Joke: ‘The Onion’ Buys Alex Jones’s InfoWars Site

The satirical publication acquired the extreme-right, Sandy Hook-denying InfoWars during an auction of Jones’s assets, and will use it to parody its sanity-challenged conspiracy claims.

Business - Inc. - 2 days ago

The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction

Satirical publication The Onion bought the conspiracy theorist outlet Infowars, but now its former owner Alex Jones is going to court to stop the sale. Infowars was auctioned off after a judge ...

Column: 'The Onion buys Infowars' is not the craziest headline this week

Satirical news site the Onion buys far-right conspiracy site Infowars

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Olympus chief executive forced to quit over alleged illegal drug purchase

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Future of Alex Jones' Infowars in hands of bidders at bankruptcy auction

Bidders interested in acquiring the media company founded by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will battle it out at a bankruptcy auction Wednesday, potentially silencing his Infowars broadcasting ...

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