The Onion CEO explains Infowars purchase amid Alex Jones’s claims about auction
The Onion CEO Ben Collins confirmed that the publication purchased Alex Jones’s Infowars outlet in a Saturday series of posts ...
Satire publication The Onion is buying Alex Jones' Infowars; judge to review sale
Infowars was put up for auction by court order. Alex Jones owes more than $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook school ...
The Onion won the auction for Infowars and was given ‘clear next steps to complete the sale,’ CEO says
Onion CEO Ben Collins posted a thread on Bluesky and X reiterating that The Onion won the auction for Infowars, and said a ...
Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families' backing
A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding ...
The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company
The sale must be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Proceeds will go to paying down the $1.5 billion debt that Jones owes ...
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The Onion’s Decision to Buy Infowars Started As a Joke
The Onion’s CEO explains their most expensive gag yet — assuming a judge doesn’t block their purchase of Alex Jones’s site.
Sen. Blumenthal calls The Onion’s acquiring Infowars ‘sweet justice’
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) took to X on Friday to applaud The Onion’s winning bid to purchase conspiracy theorist Alex ...
‘They’re organizing power in the fringes’: Media Matters president on support from Trump’s media allies
This week, satire site The Onion announced that it bought InfoWars, the far-right conspiracy site. Angelo Carusone joins The ...