Satirical information publication The Onion has purchased Infowars, the media organisation headed by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, for an undisclosed value at a court-ordered public sale.
The Onion stated that the bid was secured with the backing of households of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty taking pictures, who received a $1.5b (£1.18b) defamation lawsuit in opposition to Jones for spreading false rumours concerning the victims.
A choose in Texas ordered the public sale in September, and numerous teams – each Jones’s allies and detractors – had instructed they might bid for the corporate.
Jones based Infowars in 1999. He has vowed to proceed broadcasting utilizing a unique platform.
Ben Collins, a former NBC Information journalist who’s chief government of The Onion’s mum or dad firm, stated on X: “We’re planning on making a really silly web site.”
In a rambling video message posted Thursday morning, Jones known as the takeover a “whole assault on free speech”.
“I don’t know what’s going to occur however I’m going to be right here till they arrive in and switch the lights off.”
