A Houston bankruptcy judge ruled on Tuesday that assets from the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars empire can be auctioned off to help pay families of the Sandy Hook mass shooting victims the defamation awards he owes them.
The auction, set for mid-November, will include Infowars’ website, social media accounts, broadcasting equipment, product trademarks and inventory owned by Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company.
Mr. Jones’s fate as a broadcaster most likely depends on who buys his business. Though the Infowars name and assets are potentially of interest to a range of entities on the far right, under the terms of the sale anyone can bid.
It'd be hilarious if Infowars was purchased by a leftist org but the most likely outcome is that or some other billionaire buys it and keeps Alex Jones on air because he still brings in money.
Yeah I don't see this stopping Alex Jones. Hell just start a "new" podcast called something else and bring in donations. As long as he has at least a cell phone mic and a paypal account he'll be doin some form of info wars
It's win-win for us. Either the right wing nuts pay a lot of money which in turn will go directly to people they hate, or if they lowball they risk losing the established brand to liberals or leftists.