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Evening Standard
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Satirical newspaper The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars with the backing of Sandy Hook families

Satirical newspaper The Onion has won a bid to purchase InfoWars, the controversial right-wing website known for promoting fake news stories.

InfoWars was founded by prominent conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in the late 90s. The 50-year-old Texan has pedalled a number of popular conspiracy theories throughout his career, including that the US government was behind the September 11 attacks and falsified the 1969 moon landing.

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