Infowars, The Onion and Alex Jones

The Onion's Bid to Turn Alex Jones' Infowars Into a Parody of Itself Remains on Hold
The Onion will have to wait a few more weeks to see whether a court will approve the satirical outlet’s bid to buy the carcass of Infowars, the site founded by right-wing conspiracy monger Alex Jones.
The Onion’s bid for Alex Jones’s Infowars in limbo as judge orders new hearing
A bankruptcy judge on Monday delayed a hearing in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ effort to stop the satirical news outlet The Onion from buying Infowars, keeping the auction sale up in the air for at least another few weeks.
Judge to Hear Alex Jones' Bid to Block The Onion's Infowars Purchase
Los Angeles entertainment attorney Tre Lovell said that Lopez may end up blocking The Onion 's purchase of Infowars if the judge rules the sale is not in the best interest of Jones, or if the satirical news publisher is merely trying to make a "joke" out of the bidding process.
X says The Onion can’t have Alex Jones’ Infowars accounts
Another legal complication may have surfaced in The Onion’s bid to buy the Infowars empire from bankrupt conspiracy media mogul Alex Jones. X filed a limited objection to the transfer of Infowars’ X accounts to the satirical media empire in a federal Bankruptcy Court on Monday.
Elon Musk wants to block the transfer of InfoWars’ X accounts to The Onion
The Onion, a satirical publication, won a bankruptcy auction earlier this month to purchase conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' website, InfoWars, and other
Judge to hear Alex Jones' challenge to The Onion's bid for his Infowars website
A U.S. bankruptcy judge in Houston was expected to hear a challenge by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on the requirement to sell media platform Infowars to the satirical media outlet The Onion.
X claims ownership of all X accounts in battle for The Onion to acquire Alex Jones’ Infowars
The Infowars accounts had been given a lifetime ban on X in 2018 prior to Musk buying the company in 2022, only for X to reinstall a number of accounts under what he claims is his free speech absolutism. Musk said he disagreed with much of what Jones’ claimed over the years, but that wasn’t the issue.
The Onion's Takeover of Alex Jones' Infowars Frozen Until Hearing
The Onion’s offer to buy right-wing provocateur Alex Jones’ Infowars platform, as part of a liquidation to pay off his debts to the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, is on hold until a bankruptcy judge can approve it.
Judge in Alex Jones’s bankruptcy to hear arguments on The Onion’s bid for Infowars
Jones alleges fraud and collusion marred the bankruptcy auction in which The Onion was named the winning bidder
Elon Musk Says He Owns Everyone’s Twitter Account in Bizarre Alex Jones Court Filing
Does it feel like your X account belongs to you and you can do whatever you want with it? That’s not true, according to a new court filing from the social media company formerly known as Twitter. It’s an argument that X is making in order to throw a wrench in The Onion’s recent purchase of InfoWars,
Musk's X claims ownership of InfoWars accounts in sale to The Onion
Elon Musk's X weighed in on the pending sale of Alex Jones' InfoWars to satirical newspaper The Onion to claim ownership of the the bankrupt conspiracy theorist's accounts on the social media site. Why it matters: X in a Monday court filing argued that its users don't own their accounts and those accounts can't be sold or transferred to a third party without X's permission.
What happens next in The Onion's effort to buy Alex Jones' Infowars
The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones ’ Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones ...
Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing
A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding ...