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AP News
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How Alex Jones' Infowars wound up in the hands of The Onion | AP News
The purchase of Alex JonesInfowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist in a yearslong saga.
Published: November 14, 2024
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PBS News
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Future of Infowars uncertain as judge orders Alex Jones to sell ...
June 14, 2024 - Judge Christopher Lopez approved converting Jones' proposed personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation, but threw out the attempted reorganization of his company, Austin, Texas-based Free Speech Systems. Many of the Sandy Hook families had asked that the company also be liquidated.
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CNN
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Judge blocks The Onion’s purchase of Alex Jones’ Infowars | ...
2 weeks ago - A bankruptcy judge has blocked The Onion’s winning bid for Alex JonesInfowars conspiracy platform, citing concerns with the auction process which he says left money on the table.
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Daily Mail
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Alex Jones reveals Elon Musk saved Infowars from being sold to ...
November 18, 2024 - Alex Jones said that 'the cavalry is here' as attorneys for a prominent company have turned up to possibly help him avoid his beloved Infowars from being sold to The Onion.
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NBC News
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Bankruptcy judge rejects The Onion's bid to buy Alex Jones' Infowars
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A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by The Onion’s parent company to buy Alex Jones’ far-right media empire, including the website Infowars, ruling that the auction process was unfair.
Published: 2 weeks ago
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Forbes
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Alex Jones’ Infowars Will Be Auctioned Today To Help Pay Sandy ...
November 14, 2024 - Jones filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay the families $1.5 billion in damages.
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The Guardian
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Alex Jones owes $1.5bn and declared bankruptcy. So how is Infowars ...
December 8, 2022 - Jones is already making headlines again for platforming Ye’s antisemitic rants. Legal experts explain what’s going on
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PBS News
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Satirical news site The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction ...
November 14, 2024 - The sale price was not immediately disclosed. Jones said on social media that he planned to challenge the sale in court.
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Washington Post
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Judge rejects sale of Infowars to satirical news site the Onion ...
2 weeks ago - Alex Jones was forced to sell the platform to help pay the roughly $1.5 billion in damages he owes families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which he called a “hoax.”
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Wikipedia
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Alex Jones - Wikipedia
1 week ago - On December 6, 2024, the Connecticut ... Jones owed to about $1.2 billion. It did this by affirming the jury's $965 million verdict while saying that Jones would not have to pay the $150 million in punitive damages that the lower court had awarded the plaintiffs.
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Blaze Media
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Judge rejects the Onion's bid for Infowars, calling it 'doomed' ...
2 weeks ago - Alex Jones, who will hold on to his platform in the meantime, argued there was improper collusion behind the Onion's bid.
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NPR
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Bankruptcy judge rejects The Onion's bid for Infowars
2 weeks ago - The bidder that lost last month's auction of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' assets had complained that the process was rigged and "fatally flawed."
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Daily Mail
dailymail.co.uk › news › article-14180543 › judge-rejects-sale-Alex-Jones-Infowars-Onion.html
Alex Jones celebrates as judge drops bombshell decision on Infowars' ...
2 weeks ago - A federal judge on Tuesday night rejected the auction sale of Alex Jones´ Infowars to The Onion, criticizing the bidding process as flawed and saying the largest bidder was not selected.
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CNN
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Elon Musk’s X is stepping into the legal fight over Alex Jones’ ...
1 month ago - Elon Musk’s X is intervening in the bankruptcy sale of conspiracy theorist Alex JonesInfowars, in what is believed to be the first time a social media platform has stepped in to a legal dispute over account ownership.
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CNBC
cnbc.com › 2024 › 12 › 09 › alex-jones-alleges-fraud-and-collusion-in-infowars-auction-process.html
Alex Jones alleges fraud and collusion in Infowars auction process
3 weeks ago - Alex Jones is set to urge a U.S. bankruptcy judge to block the sale of his Infowars website to the Onion news parody site at a Monday court hearing in Houston.
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Times Now
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Alex Jones's InfoWars To Be Shut Down? Conspiracy Theorist Alleges ...
June 1, 2024 - Alex Jones declared that his team and the federal government are at a standstill. The federal government was purportedly preparing to take control of and close the Infowars studios in Austin, Texas. As federal authorities allegedly attempted to lock up the doors and forcibly remove all broadcast ...
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The Verge
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The Onion just bought Infowars - The Verge
November 14, 2024 - The satirical news outlet The Onion has acquired Infowars, the conspiracy theory-filled site run by Alex Jones, following a bankruptcy auction.
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NYTimes
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The Onion Wins Bid to Buy Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Out of ...
November 15, 2024 - 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.