A bankruptcy judge ruled that The Onion cannot buy Alex Jones' Infowars. The judge said the auction was flawed and may have "left a lot of money on the table." A Texas bankruptcy judge ruled that The Onion's bid for Alex Jones's Infowars cannot go forward. Leila Brillson, The Onion's chief marketing officer, said in a statement after the ruling that the company will continue trying to buy Infowars. The Onion CEO Ben Collins previously said he intended to turn Infowars into an "alt-media" parody hub.

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Persons: Alex Jones, Alex Jones's Infowars, Christopher Lopez, weren't, Lopez, —, Jones, Sandy, Sandy Hook, Christopher Murray, Murray, I'm, Leila Brillson, Brillson, Chris Mattei, Mattei, Elon Musk's X, Ben Collins Organizations: Southern, Southern District of, American United Companies —, Infowars, American United Companies, Reuters, Sandy Hook Elementary School, X, Bloomberg Locations: Texas, Southern District, Southern District of Texas, Sandy Hook , Connecticut, Connecticut