Comment on The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’

jagged_circle@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• GeneralVincent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s a bankruptcy auction, and he’s bankrupt because he was sued by Sandy Hook families. Some of those families gave money to the Onion to buy InfoWars so Alex Jones is losing his platform and his money.

  It sucks for him more than it helps him really.

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• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s not how bankruptcy filings work

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• JoYo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  nope

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