The satirical news publication The Onion was named the winning bidder 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 purchase would turn over Jones’ company, which for decades has peddled in conspiracy and misinformation, to a humor website that plans to relaunch the Infowars platform in January as a parody. The judge in Jones’ bankruptcy ordered a hearing for next week after Jones and his lawyers raised questions about how the auction was conducted. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/the-onion-buys-infowars/507-aef2d9bd-c95f-4dc7-8428-344b68bd7204