Satirical news outlet purchases media platform run by Alex Jones at a court-ordered auction

Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ By Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO ☞ https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/

And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, interchangeable assets for their patriarch to absorb and discard according to the opaque whims of the market. And just like family members, our brands regard one another with mutual suspicion and malice.

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  • ricecake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    54·
    20 days ago

    The assets were auctioned off to pay his debt to the families of the Sandy Hook shooting.
    So effectively they gave money to the families of children killed in a school shooting that he slandered in cruel and vile ways.

    Given that the families pretty reasonably dislike him, the added bonus of his creation being used to openly mock him and promote a message they endorse is quality icing on the cake.

    • half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      42·
      20 days ago

      One thing the headlines aren’t mentioning is that the families actually even helped fund a portion of the Onion’s bid.

      In order to make the bid work, a lawyer representing the families told CNN that the families “agreed to forgo a portion of their recovery to increase the overall value of the Onion’s bid, enabling its success”.