Satirical news site The Onion won the auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, which was sold off as part of a defamation settlement after he falsely called the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

The satirical news site The Onion has won the bidding for the assets of Alex Jones‘ InfoWars, which he has been forced to sell off after a defamation judgment in favor of the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting massacre.

The Onion’s bid was backed by the families of eight victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and one first responder. It also will have an exclusive advertising deal with the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety. CNN was first to report the humor web site had entered the bidding.

Satirical news publication The Onion has bought Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction with the backing of families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

A statement from the attorney of eight families affected by the tragedy said those parents had “agreed to forgo a portion of their recovery to increase the overall value of The

Satirical news outlet, The Onion, has acquired Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction with support from families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims. The families, owed over $1 billion from Jones in defamation judgments for calling the 2012 school shooting a hoax,

Infowars, the far-right conspiracy theory outlet driven into bankruptcy over lies founder Alex Jones spread about the Sandy Hook massacre, has a new owner: satirical news site The Onion. The Onion, whose parent company is Global Tetraheron,