Judge Rejects Sale of Infowars to the Onion The Onion’s bid was supported by the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting and Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit focused on ending gun violence.

The Onion just bought Infowars Alex Jones in 2022. | Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty ImagesThe satirical news outlet The Onion has acquired Infowars, the conspiracy theory-riddled site run by Alex Jones, in a bankruptcy auction. In a press release posted to X Thursday, The Onion announced that it plans to “end Infowars’ relentless barrage of disinformation for the sake of sellin…