Infowars Sale to The Onion Rejected by Federal Bankruptcy Judge
www.nytimes.com
The Onion’s bid for the conspiracy website was supported by the families of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting and a nonprofit focused on ending gun violence.

“It seemed doomed almost from the moment they decided to go to a sealed bid,” Judge Lopez said. “Nobody knows what anybody else is bidding,” he added.

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caEnglish
    721·
    8 hours ago

    It’s crazy how if you’re rich you can just nullify any law or legal precedent to get your way. Elons goings to own infowars now

    • merde alors@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      201·
      6 hours ago

      "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters. It’s, like, incredible.”

      • Aeao@lemmy.worldEnglish
        121·
        5 hours ago

        (this is a joke) To be fair I can make the exact same claim. I could murder someone and the number of votes I receive yearly will not be impacted.

    • Aatube@kbin.melroy.orgOP
      14·
      8 hours ago

      Note that this doesn’t mean InfoWars gets sold to anyone (including the company affiliated with Jones). It means that everyone has to re-bid.

      • ShepherdPie@midwest.socialEnglish
        36·
        7 hours ago

        Right and now the parents, who already said they were satisfied with the offer, can watch as it gets sold right back to the shitheads who caused the lawsuit to happen in the first place. Either that or those shitheads can bid some outrageously high number that either guarantees them ownership or guarantees the parents must forgive a much larger portion of the debt so that someone else like the Onion can own it.

        Either way the parents are facing a worse outcome now.