This is the most upsetting, and most literal, instance of "not the onion"
this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2024
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Obviously bullshit...
They made the highest bid, no one else bid higher.
The judge said they should have tried to get Alex Jones to make an even higher offer...
And since they didn't, it somehow means Alex Jones owns it still and is already broadcasting?
The US legal system is a fucking joke.
They made the highest bid, no one else bid higher.
That's not entirely true. If you read the article, that's just not what it says.
I hope the Onion has the resources to genuinely outbid. Perhaps they could accept crowdfunding donations to reach the amount if necessary?
Here's Legal Eagle on this particular case, incidentally:
You seriously need to at least read the article before you comment like this.
They should just take all his assets and garnish any payment to him so he's got 0 wealth to his name and is forced to live on minimum wage.
capitalism my ass
If they put the biggest bid in then surely it's enough money? How come some random guy gets to decide not 🥴the free market🥴
They didn't put in the biggest bid. They put in a bid that was a smaller amount of cash bundled with a waiver from the Sandyhook families that were to get a damages payout that they forgo their damages claim.
The third party evaluating the bids decided this was a better deal for Infowars' creditors, as that meant more of the bankruptcy money would be going to them, so that's why it was chosen.
The Onion’s parent company is called “Global Tetrahedron” lmao
Again? Still?
Still. This was the conclusion of the auction from a few weeks ago.
They used sealed bids, that's okay when the value of something is known, but for a "one of a kind" conspiracy theory website that doesn't seem like the best method to me.
Interesting that there’s a whole community for questions that can be answered with “Not The Onion”