Judge rejects sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion in dispute over bankruptcy auction
- A federal judge rejected the sale of Infowars to The Onion after Alex Jones claimed illegal collusion in the auction process.
- The Onion was the winning bidder, offering $1.75 million, but First United American Companies bid $3.5 million.
- The judge's decision allows Jones to remain at Infowars in Austin, Texas, as the auction process was criticized.
- Jones is appealing a $1.5 billion judgment from defamation lawsuits related to the Sandy Hook shooting.
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Alex Jones Scores Court Win As Infowars Sale To The Onion Blocked - Reform Austin
A federal bankruptcy judge has halted the satirical news outlet The Onion from acquiring Alex Jones’ controversial Infowars website, citing concerns over the auction process. According to The Houston Chronicle, Judge Christopher Lopez’s ruling came late Tuesday, following two days of testimony in Houston’s Bob Casey Federal Courthouse. The auction, part of Jones’ bankruptcy proceedings, was intended to help repay creditors after a series of defa…
Judge Saves Alex Jones' Infowars - Stops It from Being Sold to the Onion
Last month, the satirical website The Onion was declared the winning bidder in an auction to purchase Alex Jones’ conservative media website Infowars. On November... The post Judge Saves Alex Jones’ Infowars – Stops It from Being Sold to the Onion appeared first on Patriot Journal.
Bankruptcy Judge Jumps Out Of Nowhere, Just Starts Whaling On The Onion's Purchase Of Infowars
Photo by Brandi Alexandra on UnsplashThis one stupid bankruptcy judge in Texas had to go and piss all over one of 2024’s unadulterated good things Tuesday, cancelling November’s EVERYTHING MUST GO sale of InfoWars to The Onion. The satirical website had purchased the assets and brand names of Alex Jones’s disinformation factory in a deal that was approved by the families of children murdered in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Co…
Peeling The Onion: Did the Infowars Decision Just Kill Satire?
The decision to overturn The Onion’s purchase of Infowars is a massive mistake that not only ignores the law but also profoundly misses the point of the nature of parody and satire, something we especially need in the serious and severe of times. The ruling by Houston US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez takes aim at […]
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