The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones ’ Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers complained about how an auction was conducted.
“Our goal in a couple of years is for people to think of Infowars as the funniest and dumbest website that exists,” Ben Collins, the Onion’s CEO, told The Associated Press. “It was previously the dumbest website that exists.”
Feels like this judge is far overreaching. The victims have an interest in who buys the assets, especially when it is assumed that the highest bidder is going to resume spreading lies about them. This isn’t a situation where the fiduciary duty to the victims trumps their preferences.
A court hearing is typically held after a bankruptcy auction to finalize the winning bids and sales, and to hear any objections, so the process in Jones’ case hasn’t strayed far from the usual — yet.
We’ll see about that pretty soon.
Yeah, I’m more concerned about the judge’s editorial statements.
