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The Onion’s Bid to Buy Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Is Being Contested

A hearing is scheduled for Monday to review the auction process, which is being contested by a losing bidder associated with Alex Jones, the Infowars founder.

By Elizabeth Williamson and Benjamin Mullin

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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy

The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

By Benjamin Mullin

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Judge Orders Sale of Alex Jones’s Personal Assets but Keeps Infowars in Business

The ruling will allow the conspiracy theorist to continue broadcasting on Infowars, while the Sandy Hook families continue to pursue payment of $1.4 billion in defamation damages.

By Elizabeth Williamson

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Alex Jones Seeks to Liquidate His Assets to Pay Damages to Sandy Hook Families

But money to the families would fall far short of the more than $1.4 billion they were awarded by juries for Mr. Jones’s lies about the 2012 school massacre.

By Elizabeth Williamson

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