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Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion

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Re: Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion

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Post by lantry »

akira2501 wrote: post #53
jmward01 wrote: post #42

It is clear that Jones and his relatives have moved money and assets around in order to shield them from the verdict. Now, money that should have been already given to the victims is being used to steal back the megaphone that caused harmed in the first place. The end effect will probably be even more subscribers and money for Jones which he will use with even less restraint since he knows there are no consequences.…

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> This is dangerously close to making the penalty the loss of his first amendment rights.

> There would be nothing stopping Jones from starting again with new equipment and a new domain name.

so... it doesn't constrain his speech at all. I don't see how that is "dangerously close" to taking away his 1A rights

Re: Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion

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Post by delichon »

NekkoDroid wrote: post #78
unsnap_biceps wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Musk filed saying that he owns the X accounts and they aren't allowed to be sold according to the TOS. The X accounts were removed from the pending sale.

> Musk filed saying that he owns the X accounts This would then also imply that any post containing illegal stuff is also his problem, wouldn't it?

Section 230 of Title 47 says no.

Re: Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion

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Post by whoitwas »

mrtksn wrote: post #41
whoitwas wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're missing context? Infowars is rabidly pro-MAGA. Trump appeared on Alex Jones numerous times. The Onion is an entertainment company with more attachment to reality than Infowars. I would like to think a judge wouldn't allow friends of Alex Jones to take the company back.

> The Onion is an entertainment company with more attachment to reality than Infowars Yep, that's exactly why it could have been the most entertaining outcome. What's funner than replacing "BS made for serious people" with "serious parodies"?

I don't understand. Infowars would be owned by the same people if Musk or Trump bought it. It would be funny if the Onion owned it. MAGA cult doesn't really do humor, just cruelty.

Re: Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion

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Post by [deleted] »

alwa wrote: post #10
pclmulqdq wrote: post #6

This is probably the correct decision. Alex Jones's vitamin company offered 2x more cash, and in the case of a bankruptcy, cash completely trumps any notion of "giving up debt." Especially when the debt being settled is astronomically large and you are giving up a very small portion of it ($7 million out of $1.5 billion). The other creditors are far better off getting more cash, and those $7 million of claims are wor…

Isn't it a little strange, though, that the system notionally decided that the families are owed an enormous amount of economic power as compensation for the nasty behavior of Alex Jones' media company, but at the same time it's obliging them not to use that economic power to prevent the sale of the media company to a "new owner" still affiliated with an unrepentant Alex Jones, who will undoubtedly continue the nasty…

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Re: Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion

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Post by bena »

This is kind of bullshit. The Sandy Hook families were a part of The Onion’s bid. They were clearly ok with it.

The court knows it can’t sell it back to Jones or a proxy of, but this decision also allows Jones to continue as if he hadn’t sold. And I think that’s what they’re aiming for

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