The Onion buys InfoWars in Alex Jones bankruptcy sale
The Onion, a satirical news outlet, plans to use the InfoWars website and brand to present offerings from humor writers and content creators.
Jones shared news of the sale on X on Thursday morning, saying, “I just got word 15 minutes ago that my lawyers and folks met with the U.S. trustee over our bankruptcy this morning and they said they are shutting us down even without a court order this morning.”
“The Connecticut Democrats with The Onion newspaper bought us,” he added.
The Onion plans to use the InfoWars website and brand to present offerings from humor writers and content creators.
In a satirical post to the Onion‘s website on Thursday, an article from the so-called “Global Tetrahedron” called InfoWars an “invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses.”
“Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron,” the satirical article added.
The selloff stems from defamation lawsuits from the families affected by the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, who accused Jones of causing emotional distress when he spent years falsely promoting that the incident was fabricated. Jones has since said he made a mistake in his public characterization of the shooting and has since affirmed that it did happen.
Jones, a prominent figure in alternative media, built a significant online presence through his Infowars brand, founded in 1999. The show has been a combination of talk radio and internet videos that promoted unproven theories surrounding the news and sensational claims of government plots.