‘The Onion’ Buys Alex Jones’ Infowars Network

The Onion, a satirical news company mocking current events and news personalities, purchased Alex Jones’ Infowars network in a bankruptcy auction Thursday held to help pay off a nearly $1.5 billion lawsuit.

The Onion’s bid on the sale was reportedly backed by the families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, who won a $1.4 billion settlement against Jones and Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, in 2022 after Jones repeatedly called the tragic shooting a hoax aimed at confiscating Americans’ firearms. Ben Collins, the chief executive of The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, said the parody outlet plans to recreate Infowars into a parody of itself by mocking “weird Internet personalities” by January 2025, according to The New York Times.

“The Onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,” Collins said, CNN reported. “Or Bitcoin. We will also accept Bitcoin.”

A judge in Houston, Texas, ruled in September that that Infowars could be auctioned to help Jones pay the families of the Sandy Hook victims, according to The New York Times.

Jones announced The Onion’s purchase in a video posted to X, where he accused the parody account and Democrats of trying to “silence the American people.”

“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