Left Leaning Fact Checker Media Matters Looks To Buy Alex Jones’ InfoWars At Auction

The left-leaning fact-checking site Media Matters wants to buy Alex Jones’s InfoWars at auction.

The move by Media Matters comes after a Texas judge ruled Alex Jones’s InfoWars must be liquidated to pay the families of the Sandy Hook victims.

Angelo Carusone, the president of  Media Matters, stated, “We are diligently considering this acquisition.”

Along with Media Matters, several other left-leaning media outlets are looking to buy InfoWars.

BREAKING: Media Matters for America, funded by George Soros, is attempting to acquire Alex Jones' InfoWars following a Texas judge's decision to allow the outlet to be liquidated in order to compensate the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. pic.twitter.com/g7LRmueuvM

— The General (@GeneralMCNews) September 30, 2024

Here’s what The New York Post reported:

Media Matters for America, a left-wing watchdog group, is mulling the purchase of Alex Jones’ InfoWars after a Texas judge ruled the outlet could be liquidated to pay the families of the victims of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a report.

Texas and Connecticut courts ruled that conspiracy theorist Jones must pay the families $1.5 billion in damages for repeatedly claiming the shooting never happened. Last week, a judge in Houston ruled that Free Speech Systems, the parent company of InfoWars, could be liquidated and put up for auction to help pay the judgment.

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Semafor reported on Sunday that a handful of liberal and nonprofit organizations are exploring bidding on InfoWars, including the left-leaning group Media Matters.

Media Matters Goal of Acquisition = to Bury ANY/ALL Evidence of Deep State Nefarious Activities: https://t.co/MGyDuerPDs

— Tom Corley (@RICHHABITS) October 1, 2024

Per Semafor:

Some of the subjects of Alex Jones’ darkest and wildest conspiracy theories could end up taking over his iconic, unhinged InfoWars brand in less than two months.

Over the past several years, courts in Connecticut and Texas have ruled that the face of the far-right network must pay the families of victims of the 2012 shooting in Sandy Hook nearly $1.5 billion in damages for repeatedly claiming falsely on his show that the shooting never happened. On Tuesday, a Houston judge ruled that a bankruptcy trustee could begin to liquidate and put up for auction Free Speech Systems, Jones’ media company and the parent of InfoWars.

The open auction has sparked some serious behind-the-scenes interest among liberal groups and some nonprofit organizations dedicated to fighting misinformation, who see it as an opportunity to transform an infamous source of online hatred, conspiracies, and oddities into something quite different.

Angelo Carusone, the president of the left-leaning conservative media watchdog group Media Matters for America, confirmed that the organization would explore bidding on InfoWars.

“We are diligently considering this acquisition,” he said in an email.

Carusone said that in addition to taking control of the brand’s eponymous digital channels, he was equally interested in what InfoWars hasn’t published, and wondered if the archives could contain some interesting revelations.

Media Matters and other left-wing
groups consider buying #InfoWarshttps://t.co/vwQcvH18Vo

— Agent TruthTeller🕵️‍♀️ (@AgentTruthTell3) September 30, 2024