Judge orders hearing to review Onion's purchase of Alex Jones's InfoWars (opens in new tab)

(theguardian.com)

23 pointsSamWhited1y ago7 comments

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aaaand this will never make it to the front page and HN is yet again guilty of misleading people by rocketing pro-left narratives to the top of the front page while letting the corresponding retractions and corrections wallow in obscurity!

PhasmaFelis1y ago

It's on the front page right now.

This is a really weird thing to get paranoid about. Alex Jones was no exemplar of conservative values, for all that he repeated some conservative talking points.

jfengel1y ago

If Musk wants to pay even more money than The Onion and the Sandy Hook families, fine. The Sandy Hook families will get the money.

Though I don't know how you conduct a fair auction now that two key bidders' bids have been revealed.

linuxftw1y ago

> The exact bid amount offered by the Onion for InfoWars remains unknown, but it has been reported it was lower than First United American’s bid of $3.5m.

Sounds a lot like FUA won the auction, but the trustee is playing games. The judge ordered a public auction, the trustee and the creditors don't get to side-step the judge's order because some of them might perceive their actions to be a better outcome.

JumpCrisscross1y ago

> but the trustee is playing games

Not really. Trustee’s obligation is to the creditors. Some of the creditors agreed to release their claims if it went to a third party. That has monetary value.

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