A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by The Onion’s parent company to buy Alex Jones’ far-right media empire, including the website Infowars, ruling that the auction process was unfair.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said after a two-day hearing that The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, had not submitted the best bid and was wrongly named the winner of an auction last month by a court-appointed trustee.
“I don’t think it’s enough money,” Lopez said in a late-night ruling from the bench in a Houston court. “I’m going to not approve the sale.”
This is the most upsetting, and most literal, instance of “not the onion”
“I don’t think it’s enough money,” Lopez said in a late-night ruling from the bench in a Houston court. “I’m going to not approve the sale.”
Who gives a shit if “you don’t think it’s enough money.” An offer was made by The Onion and accepted by the seller. What YOU want has fark-all to do with anything.
Obviously bullshit…
They made the highest bid, no one else bid higher.
The judge said they should have tried to get Alex Jones to make an even higher offer…
And since they didn’t, it somehow means Alex Jones owns it still and is already broadcasting?
The US legal system is a fucking joke.
