The satirical news publication The Onion said on Thursday it purchased conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars website at a bankruptcy auction.
“All told, the decision to acquire InfoWars was an easy one for the Global Tetrahedron executive board,” The Onion CEO Bryce P. Tetraeder said in a statement.
Jones’s Infowars business went to auction after the trustee in charge of his bankruptcy proceedings moved to shut down the site and liquidate his assets.
Jones is a far-right conspiracy theorist who spread baseless lies about the victims and families of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The auction was intended to help pay for the $1.5 billion judgement awarded to the families.
In The Onion’s statement, Tetraeder said Infowars distinguished itself as an “invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses.”
Tetraeder slammed Infowars for its “unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society.”
As for what happens next for Infowars, Tetraeder said it will be revealed in “due time.”
“For now, let’s enjoy this win and toast to the continued consolidation of power and capital,” he wrote.
