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The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company

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The sale must be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Proceeds will go to paying down the $1.5 billion debt that Jones owes families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who won two defamation suits against him.

Alex Jones' media empire has been sold at auction, and the winner is The Onion. No Joke.

"Our clients knew that true accountability meant an end to Infowars and an end to Jones' ability to spread lies, pain and fear at scale," said Chris Mattei, attorney for the Connecticut plaintiffs. "Infowars is stronger than ever," Jones said. The"desperate, ongoing, futile attempts to silence us have completely failed and done the opposite," he said, while at the same time, pleading for help.

 

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