The ruling dashed, at least for now, the plans of The Onion’s parent company to take over Infowars and radically shift its content.

A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by The Onion’s parent company to buy Alex Jones’ far-right media empire, including the website Infowars, ruling that the auction process was unfair.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said after a two-day hearing that The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, had not submitted the best bid and was wrongly named the winner of an auction last month by a court-appointed trustee.

“I don’t think it’s enough money,” Lopez said in a late-night ruling from the bench in a Houston court. “I’m going to not approve the sale.”

  • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
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    17 hours 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.