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Court Rejects The Onion's Bid To Buy Infowars

A federal judge rejected The Onion's $1.75 million bid to buy Alex Jones' Infowars, citing shortcomings in the bankruptcy auction process and concerns about insufficient funds for Sandy Hook families.

International Business Times

Alex Jones sues Sandy Hook families and The Onion for ‘Frankenstein bid’ to buy Infowars

Jones claimed ‘conspiratorial negotiation’ led to losing auction for Infowars

The Independent UK

Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion's auction bid on Infowars

A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas is being asked to disqualify a winning bid made by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars

The Independent UK

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Not a parody: The Onion acquires Alex Jones’s InfoWars in auction

Satirical website buys platform of US conspiracy theorist, who has been ordered to pay $1.5bn to Sandy Hook families.

Al Jazeera

Onion CEO: We Bought Infowars Because 'People on Bluesky Told Us It Would Be Funny' -- And They Were Right

Following a defamation lawsuit resulting in far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones having to auction off Infowars, the rightwing media platform run by Jones was purchased by satirical media outlet The Onion due to feedback from users on the social media app Bluesky.

International Business Times

The Onion just bought Infowars

The satirical news site plans to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, targeting "weird internet personalities"

Salon

Satirical US Outlet The Onion Buys Conspiracy Site Infowars

Satirical news outlet The Onion said Thursday it had acquired Infowars, a conspiracy-laden website whose owner made money by running stories that called one of America's most notorious school shootings a hoax.

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‘Doctors thought my itchy lump was a tattoo allergy – it was cancer’

Ben Collins has spent thousands travelling to and from hospital

The Independent UK

Social Media Users Mock Georgia Republican for Posting Altered Photo of JD Vance with Chiseled Jaw

Following Tuesday night's debate between vice presidential candidates Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz, Georgia Representative Mike Collins shared an altered photo of Vance leading to ridicule and mockery from X (formerly Twitter) users.

Latin Times

The Antisemitism Awareness Act Will Make It Illegal To Criticize Israel on Campus

The protesters deserve criticism—but Congress is the real threat.

Reason

If You Ignore Claudine Gay's Plagiarism, Shame on You

Academic malfeasance by Harvard's president deserves media coverage and condemnation, not excuses.

Reason

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Your support makes some of the "riskiest" journalism on the internet possible.

Reason

Friday favourite: The forgotten prototype racer that charmed 'Stig'

Ben Collins may have garnered fame through his television work, but he is no stranger to the cockpit of a racing car. Across his career, he has raced everything from Le Mans prototypes to a Citroen 2CV. It will come as no surprise that the machinery Collins looks upon most…

Autosport

Here's How Top Gear's Stig Kept His Identity A Secret For Years

Being the Stig isn't just a gig, it's a lifestyle.

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Reason

Disinformation Reporter Ben Collins Failed To Correct the Gaza Hospital Story

Perhaps the Walter Cronkite Awards ought to have slightly higher standards?

Motor1

Ex-Stig Calls 1,234-HP Lucid Air Sapphire A "Monster" On Track

The EV can rocket to 60 miles per hour in 1.9 seconds.

The Guardian - US

Don’t look to Elon Musk’s X for reliable information on Israel or Palestine

Twitter’s accelerating demise is not among the worst atrocities of the past week. But, at a crucial time, it has managed to add to the world’s misery

Autosport

McLaren factory driver Gamble makes British GT return at Donington

Factory McLaren GT racer Gamble is the latest addition to the grid for the season-ending event after former Top Gear Stig, Ben Collins, and W Series driver Abbie Eaton were announced in recent weeks.

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Salon

Elon, Tucker, Andrew Tate and Twitter

Twitter traffic is plummeting — so Tucker Carlson sits with an accused rapist in a trollish bid for attention

Salon

CNN boss out after Trump town hall mess

Licht gets the axe — but he was merely executing the vision of top executives, media watchdog says

The Guardian - US

Gay and trans people deserve to live without persecution in the US. Why is that so hard?

Conservative activists in America are doing everything they can to treat LGBTQ people as less than human

Motor1

Watch The Stig Drive A Rothmans Group C Porsche 962 Race Car To Its Limit

Top Gear's tame racing driver drives his hero car.

Bristol Post

Ex-Top Gear Stig Ben Collins reveals awkward moment filming James Bond film with Daniel Craig

The Bristol-based stuntman was left hugely outside of his comfort zone while filming one Bond film

The Guardian - US

Tucker Carlson was Fox News’s biggest star. Then he became its biggest liability

Tucker Carlson will find new ways to spew his toxic lies. But at least you won’t pay for it on basic cable

The Independent UK

SpaceX Starship explosion fallout covers city with ‘particulate’

The rocket’s explosion reportedly rattled doors up to five miles away

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