The Onion buys Alex Jones's Infowars at auction
Satirical news publication The Onion has bought Infowars, the media organization headed by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, for an undisclosed price at a court-ordered auction. The Onion said that the bid was secured with the backing of families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, who won a $1.5bn defamation lawsuit against Jones for spreading false rumors about the massacre. A judge in Texas ordered the auction in September, and various groups – both Jones’s allies and detractors – had suggested they would bid for the company. Jones founded Infowars in 1999. He has vowed to continue broadcasting using a different platform. In a rambling video message posted on Thursday morning, Jones called the takeover a “total attack on free speech”. The Onion plans to rebuild the website and feature well-known internet humor writers and content creators. “We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website,” said Ben Collins, a former NBC News journalist who is chief executive of…
14 Nov 00:00 · Inlandnewstoday