Finally some good news:

The fate of #FarRight website #Infowars will be controlled by #theOnion after the satirical news site emerged as the winning bidder of Wednesday’s private auction of the #media company founded by #conspiracy theorist #AlexJones.

#justice #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/11/14/infowars-auction-alex-jones-sandy-hook-the-onion/

The Onion wins auction to take control of Alex Jones’s Infowars

The sale to the satirical news site ends Jones’s 25-year run controlling the conspiracy theorist website that peddled claims the Sandy Hook school shooting was a “hoax.”

The Washington Post

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Here is corroboration from the AP (no paywall) in case anyone was wondering if this was Onion satire. https://apnews.com/article/onion-buys-infowars-alex-jones-6496f198d141c991087dcd937b3588e9

The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars with help from Sandy Hook families

A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, after Jones and his lawyers raised questions about how a bankruptcy auction was conducted. Lawyers for Jones and a company affiliated with Infowars that submitted a $3.5 million offer said Thursday that they expected a round of bidding to be held where prospective buyers could outbid each other. They alleged that the trustee overseeing the auction changed the process only days before and instead opened only sealed bids that were submitted. Judge Christopher Lopez ordered a hearing for next week.

AP News
@Nonilex So curious what they plan to do with it!

@Nonilex

a long time ago, you could tell the difference between satire and conspiracy theory

satire was zany and conspiracy theory was quaint and harmless: "UFOs? ok, mmm"

then you couldn't tell the difference, they were equally absurd. "they're making the frogs gay!" "da fuq?"

then you could, conspiracy theory was vicious disinfo agendas (sandy hook lies)

then you couldn't, conspiracy theory *literally purchased by satire*

this is one weird story arc

worthy of... the onion

@benroyce @Nonilex I don’t wanna annoyingly self promote here, but I wrote a song about Alex Jones and conspiracy theories, which was my best way of trying to communicate how I embarassingly fell into his traps, and found my way out https://youtu.be/dsrMlwxMIyg?si=TCrL6HpfV9zfzWsW
My conspiracy theory...

YouTube

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subscribed!

i have a family member with a similar story

i'm glad you could escape the grasp

💪 😤

@benroyce @Nonilex as people used to say in the 19th century, laughter will bury you all!
@Nonilex yeah, I'll gladly take this win.
@Nonilex This is awesome news!!! The world is a better place because of it 🙌