Alex Jones fumes at 'injustice' as The Onion buys his Infowars website at private bankruptcy auction

The Onion acquired Infowars as part of a personal bankruptcy strategy to compensate the families of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting victims
PUBLISHED NOV 15, 2024
Alex Jones has expressed frustration after his website, Infowars, was acquired by satirical news outlet The Onion (Getty Images)
Alex Jones has expressed frustration after his website, Infowars, was acquired by satirical news outlet The Onion (Getty Images)

AUSTIN, TEXAS: Alex Jones appears to be displeased with the recent acquisition of his Infowars website by The Onion.

On the morning of Thursday, November 14, following the announcement of the sale of the conspiracy-promoting website to the satirical newspaper, Jones expressed his grievances on X, previously known as Twitter, decrying what he perceived as the unfairness of the situation.

Alex Jones announces Infowars shutdown

Alex Jones mentioned in a video posted on his X account, formerly known as Twitter, “I just got word 15 minutes ago that my lawyers and folks met with the US trustee over our bankruptcy this morning and they said they are shutting us down even without a court order this morning.”



 

The Onion acquired Infowars on Wednesday, November 13, through a private auction, as part of a personal bankruptcy strategy to compensate the families of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting victims, according to HuffPost.

In 2022, families won a $1.4 billion defamation lawsuit against Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, following his false allegations that the shooting was staged and that the relatives of the 20 children and six adults who were killed were merely actors.

(Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)
Infowars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial in Waterbury, Connecticut (Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

Ben Collins, the CEO of The Onion's parent company, Global Tetrahedron, announced on social media that the intention is to transform Infowars into a self-parody and be “a very funny, very stupid website.”

The Onion's fictional CEO mocks Infowars acquisition

The Onion reported the sale on its website through an editorial by the imaginary CEO Bryce P Tetraeder, who commended Infowars for its distinctiveness as “an invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses.”

He said, "With a shrewd mix of delusional paranoia and dubious anti-aging nutrition hacks, they strive to make life both scarier and longer for everyone, a commendable goal."

As of Thursday afternoon, November 14, the Infowars website displays only a landing page with the message: "Site unavailable till further notice."

Internet trolls The Onion’s purchase of Infowars

Alex Jones is clearly upset about the sale of his website, yet numerous individuals on social media have reacted differently. 

A user wrote, "The Onion just purchased Alex Jones' Infowars site to make it a parody of itself and ridiculous conspiracy theories. This is the kind of good trouble we all need to do these next four years."



 

Another added, "The Onion said let’s go do the funniest thing ever and won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction."



 

A third commentator wrote, "What’s even funnier is Alex will be up and running again today they haven’t done shit except buy some overpriced, used studio equipment "



 

"OK, The Onion buying Infowars is a pretty funny troll," an X user trolled.



 

A person said, "It's the funniest Onion joke in a decade"



 

Another chimed in, "The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ This is genius "



 

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