(14 Nov 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago – 14 November 2024
1. Various exteriors of office building housing The Onion and it’s owner, Global Tetrahedron
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 14 November 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Collins, Global Tetrahedron CEO:
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(Reporter: “Can you say what the bid was?)
“It was $1 trillion, which I know, I know what you’re thinking, way too cheap. Incredibly. Like what a bargain. But we thought it was worth it. It’s just a small part of our media empire.”
REPORTER: “But seriously. (laughs)”
COLLINS: “I can’t say. I can’t say it (laughs).”
REPORTER: “Okay.”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Collins, Global Tetrahedron CEO:
“I had known some of the lawyers from the Sandy Hook (shooting victims) family. So I, I mean, I was like, what does this look like? How do we actually do this? And we they gave us some information about how to how to get this moving. So then we we thought we could make a bid here and the families decided they would effectively join our bid back, our bid to try to get us over the finish line. Because by the end of the day, it was us or Alex Jones.”
FILE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Waterbury, Connecticut – 12 October 2022
4. STILL of Bill Sherlach, husband of Mary, one of the Sandy Hook School shooting victims, speaks to the media
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 14 November 2024
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Collins, Global Tetrahedron CEO:
“In the view of American life, you know, these people are pure victims. And it’s true like they are. They’ve gone through so much. It’s horrible. They’re also human beings, and they also like to laugh at things. And they also like fun and good things to happen in the world. And they put their their weight behind this because they realize this was a very good prank.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Collins, Global Tetrahedron CEO:
“And thankfully, we won. We’re still in shock. But here we are. We own– the Onion owns Infowars.”
FILE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Little Rock, Arkansas – 14 November 2024
7. STILL of a copy of the satirical outlet the Onion newspaper
FILE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Houston – 14 June 2024
8. STILL of Right wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speak to the media at federal courthouse
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 14 November 2024
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Collins, Global Tetrahedron CEO:
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“All right. Yeah. Look, we’re going to go after all of the, like, every facet of alternative media that is trying to get you addicted to stupid stuff. Like, there is a whole world of podcasters and TikTok influencers who have some really curious ideas of the world. And I also think that we’re learning right now that they’re followings are just as big, if not bigger, than traditional celebrities. And they’re they’ve gone unmocked, they’ve gone– They got a free pass to this point. And we don’t think that that’s fair.”
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STORYLINE:
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax.
The Onion acquired the conspiracy theory platform’s website; social media accounts; studio in Austin, Texas; trademarks; and video archive for an undisclosed sales price. The purchase gives a satirical outlet — which carries the banner of “America’s Finest News Source” on its masthead — control over a brand that has long peddled misinformation and conspiracy.
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