Current Events > Elon Musk attempting to get The Onion's purchase of Infowars overturned

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https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-x-corp-alex-jones-infowars-rcna180487

Because of course he is.

I swear to god, if he succeeds...

I'm thoroughly convinced Elon is just like that kid with a packet of matches. Wanting to watch the world burn. I worked with a tech company that was affiliated with Starlink business. The amount of residential calls we would get was ridiculous. All from people wanting to know why their starlink kit wasn't working. Of course, the only way to check was to use the Starlink app. Because for whatever reason Starlink residential DOES NOT HAVE A PHONE NUMBER, only an app.

So if their app wasn't linking up properly, there was no way to contact them.

Anything I can possibly think of saying about this guy right now would be against the ToS.

If he wanted it, he shoulda bought it.

"I have money" is the only reason people hang out with the useless fuck, you'd think he'd have learned how to leverage that better.

misterbum posted...

Anything I can possibly think of saying about this guy right now would be against the ToS.

When did it become against the ToU to call a non-user a fucking moron?

The X Corp. filing, dated Nov. 14 and first reported by Mother Jones, does not disclosethe purpose of Xs appearance, other than to state the rights reserved to it as an interested party, and to request all relevant documents in the case.

What possible reason could they pull out of their asses in order to justify appearing in this case?

My hope is that this act of desperation just pisses the judge off and makes his decision to let The Onion's purchase go through even easier.

Trumble posted...

When did it become against the ToU to call a non-user a fucking moron?

Well that is a given, so with that said Ill reiterate, anything else I really would like to say about this guy would be against the ToS.

Lillymon posted...

My hope is that this act of desperation just pisses the judge off and makes his decision to let The Onion's purchase go through even easier.

Nobody should feel comfortable with the results of the auction, Judge Christopher M. Lopez said, according to a Bloomberg News report.

Unfortunately, not likely.

Elon is such a piece of shit. The world would be so much better off without him.

Apartheid Clyde is a fucking piece of human excrement

"Wannabe Oligarch Loses Battle of Capitalism Due To Own Stupidity, Has Bitchfit in Court Over It."

TBH I just find it kind of funny because it's such a display of pathetic behavior. The thing I've noticed with authoritarian types the world over is they never seem to understand just how truly pathetic and weak-minded they look to the rest of the population.

Musk-y boy has forgotten he's not in government yet so he can't rig the process yet. On top of that given his love for buying media outlets to take control of them he should've just bought it first.

I read that the only reason The Onion got it at apparently a lesser price than the highest bid, was because the entered in to a partnership with the parents of the Sandy Hook survivors, who agreed to a lower settlement payout in exchange for selling it to them. If Musk gets it overturned then Jones will be on the hook for the full amount.

I hate this fucking asshole so much.

008Zulu posted...

I read that the only reason The Onion got it at apparently a lesser price than the highest bid, was because the entered in to a partnership with the parents of the Sandy Hook survivors, who agreed to a lower settlement payout in exchange for selling it to them. If Musk gets it overturned then Jones will be on the hook for the full amount.

That seems to not be true, or atleast not the point of contention. The point of contention was that it was a blind auction:

Bidders were required to submit their highest and best offer for Infowars, but the value of the offers werent shared with rivals. Lopez said that meant other potential buyers didnt know what they were bidding against.

Diceheist posted...

Nah Musk has a point, he clearly would've been interested in purchasing Infowars if he was aware of the auction, since he outright granted it a second home on X.

This auction seems like it was rushed in secret and conveniently only anti-Jones buyers like The Onion caught wind of it.

The judge is right to look into the matter to see if that was the case.

you are such a fucking clown

ScazarMeltex posted...

Have you ever had a take that wasn't disgusting bootlicker shit? Like ever in your existence?

I'm committed to impartiality. Partisans however unfortunately view impartiality as a mirror image of their own bias.

My original reaction to the news of the purchase was, "how didn't a Republican billionaire buy it instead" and that confusion is being cleared up here; a Republican billionaire did want to buy it, but for some reason was unable to.

Apparently my original take was incorrect though; it seems that the interested parties may have been aware of the auction, but it was decided the auction would run blind just days before it closed, basically making achieving the highest bid a matter of gambling. Not very professional.

Diceheist posted...

Nah Musk has a point, he clearly would've been interested in purchasing Infowars if he was aware of the auction, since he outright granted it a second home on X.

This auction seems like it was rushed in secret and conveniently only anti-Jones buyers like The Onion caught wind of it.

The judge is right to look into the matter to see if that was the case.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5da66239.jpg

The words I'm looking for, I can't say because it would be completely justify me getting banned

I truly do have nearly-limitless capability to despise this fucker.

Diceheist posted...

Nah Musk has a point, he clearly would've been interested in purchasing Infowars if he was aware of the auction, since he outright granted it a second home on X.

This auction seems like it was rushed in secret and conveniently only anti-Jones buyers like The Onion caught wind of it.

The judge is right to look into the matter to see if that was the case.

There was nothing secret about it. It was all over the news.

It was also not all anti-Jones bidders. Roger Stone and his group bid on it but they were outbid.

Twitter/X AI pointed out Elon was one of the biggest spreader of misinformation.

008Zulu posted...

I read that the only reason The Onion got it at apparently a lesser price than the highest bid, was because the entered in to a partnership with the parents of the Sandy Hook survivors, who agreed to a lower settlement payout in exchange for selling it to them. If Musk gets it overturned then Jones will be on the hook for the full amount.

Apparently:

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/judge-onion-infowars-hearing-review-auction-1236211183/

bids were submitted secretly

The Onions winning bid for Infowars was backed by the Connecticut families, which agreed to forgo a portion of their recovery to increase the overall value of the Onions bid, according to lawyers for the families.

Since it was a blind auction, the other bidders had no way of knowing the Sandy Hook families were skyrocketing the value of The Onion's bid like that.

Which is why you don't hold blind auctions. Literally defeats the point. Allow buyers to out-bid eachother. Absolutely nuts that they played games with this.

ScazarMeltex posted...

Impartiality is a pretty fucking dumb concept to be adhering to when one side is filled with literal human monsters intent on destroying the lives of everyone not like them, crushing everyone not rich back into an existence mirroring that of a feudal peasant. The thing you have to understand is that no matter how "impartial" you are or how much you lick their boots they'll never give you anything and you'll never be one of them.

A core tenet of impartiality is independence.

FINE!!!! I posted. I saw this on some news station days ago. It sounded horrible. The Onion was always a parody, site, but I remember walking out when my mom had it on tv and then I heard things. And I just walked away.

I hadn't read the onion in such a long time but I think it was about the sandy hook thing. And I had to step away.

HashtagSEP posted...

That seems to not be true, or atleast not the point of contention. The point of contention was that it was a blind auction:

Then it sounds like Musk has no idea what a blind auction is.

Elon's Purchase of this means nothing to me, but a lot of people took their jest of that actroitcy real.

The trustee who oversaw the auction, Christopher Murray, told the court that the Onion did not have a higher cash bid than First United (which bid $3.5 million).

But, according to Murray, the Onions deal was picked as the superior offer because the Connecticut families agreed to forgo much of money Jones owes them in order to pay other creditors. With the bid from the Onion and Connecticut families, the creditors ended up significantly better off, and thats why I chose to do, select that as a winning bidder, Murray said. He called the families agreement to waive their monetary claims as a gift to the other Infowars creditors: Ive never seen this before in any other case.

Judge Lopez said he was not aware of the sealed-bid format the trustee implemented nor did he know specifically what assets in the case were being sold. He expressed concern about the way bids were submitted and reviewed by the trustee, and noted that First United (which the trustee designated as the backup bidder) didnt know what the Onion and the Connecticut families had bid. Were holding an evidentiary hearing, and Im going to figure out exactly what happened, the judge said. Later, he said, My concern is the lack of transparency in the process.

I dont care who wins or loses [the auction]. I care about process, Judge Lopez said.

Honestly this just shouldn't have been allowed. If you don't have the cash then you don't have the cash. "Other creditors" should not have been a factor. Trustee was in the wrong.

The Trustee's responsibility is to secure the most favorable deal to Jones and they did. Don't see what the issue is.

I believe he's trying to argue that they can't take possession of the Infowars Twitter account because Twitter accounts are actually the property of Twitter itself, which is, uh, bad.

M1Astray posted...

"Wannabe Oligarch Loses Battle of Capitalism Due To Own Stupidity, Has Bitchfit in Court Over It."

TBH I just find it kind of funny because it's such a display of pathetic behavior. The thing I've noticed with authoritarian types the world over is they never seem to understand just how truly pathetic and weak-minded they look to the rest of the population.

Musk-y boy has forgotten he's not in government yet so he can't rig the process yet. On top of that given his love for buying media outlets to take control of them he should've just bought it first.

DOGE isnt a government agency and he wont actually be in government.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

I believe he's trying to argue that they can't buy the Infowars Twitter account because Twitter accounts are actually the property of Twitter itself, which is, uh, bad.

The most favorable deal to Jones is the one that recovers the most money. The families forfeiting a portion of their claim is effectively irrelevant since the initial claim was so high that Jones was never in his life going to be able to pay it off anyway.

If the way the trustee did it was so favorable the deal wouldn't be disputed by Jones and everyone associated with him. Trustee could've at least sought input.

I am stupid but I guess this feels like wikipedia and how there is all of that shit that does sound terrible. wikileaks and all that. I thought the onion was hilarious in 1998 or something lol I never really thought about it much since then, but apparently ppl thought it was real. Such a weird story. This is probably why Ronda Rousey who I don't even like had this idea. Ronda had a great match with Kurt Angle at least.

I like how Diceheist posted something that was completely wrong, then had to move the goalposts so that he could continue to side with Musk.

Diceheist posted...

A core tenet of impartiality is independence.

Man, shut the fuck up, and close your account.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5065468a.jpg

HashtagSEP posted...

I like how Diceheist posted something that was completely wrong, then had to move the goalposts so that he could continue to side with Musk.

I made an incorrect assumption, which I discovered and admitted was false before needing to be corrected by anyone else. If I had found info that debunked any critique of the deal I would've admitted my initial stance was also false. Unfortunately it wasn't, since refusing the highest cash bidder is ridiculous.

HashtagSEP posted...

I like how Diceheist posted something that was completely wrong, then had to move the goalposts so that he could continue to side with Musk.

he is a chud he should be on everyones blocked list

ScazarMeltex posted...

So we've reached point in Capitalism now where the wealth is so concentrated that a few people can just essentially derail anything they want by throwing enough money at it.

So

Day 1 of Capitalism?

I hope he gets counter sued by The Onion for even more billions,

Trumble posted...

When did it become against the ToU to call a non-user a fucking moron?

Honestly that's pretty tame for the words I have for this dude.

Staying ToS myself, we have a perpetual child who I believe is on the spectrum being one of the most powerful people in the world... with a cult following of his own that mindlessly trust everything he does.

divot1338 posted...

DOGE isnt a government agency and he wont actually be in government.

That so. So Musk is even more expendable to Trump than I previously thought then. Oh I am so looking forward to Musk and Trump's inevitable falling out with each other, it's going to be popcorn-worthy..

ScazarMeltex posted...

when one side is filled with literal human monsters intent on destroying the lives of everyone not like them

That's the shit that Dice strokes himself to.

M1Astray posted...

That so. So Musk is even more expendable to Trump than I previously thought then. Oh I am so looking forward to Musk and Trump's inevitable falling out with each other, it's going to be popcorn-worthy..

What's weird is I swear they had a falling out a couple of years ago when Musk made a big song and dance about unbanning Trump but he refused to come back to Twitter anyway.

Then they seemed to make up. I guess because the prospect of Musk's legal woes became increasingly real.

Kamil posted...

I am stupid but I guess this feels like wikipedia and how there is all of that shit that does sound terrible. wikileaks and all that. I thought the onion was hilarious in 1998 or something lol I never really thought about it much since then, but apparently ppl thought it was real. Such a weird story. This is probably why Ronda Rousey who I don't even like had this idea. Ronda had a great match with Kurt Angle at least.

Yep, those are all words.

Most auctions are based on a pure money thing, but there are times when the highest bidder might not win for a multitude of reasons.

Acting like whoever had the highest bid must win no matter what is not how the world works at all. This auction was also to recoup the judgment against Alex Jones, and therefore this was not a normal auction at all.

Trumble posted...

Yep, those are all words.

They were. I never thought stupid the Onion would be in controversy and there it is. Imagine explaining the onion to older ppl even my older brother barely gets sarcasm.

Diceheist posted...

I'm committed to impartiality. Partisans however unfortunately view impartiality as a mirror image of their own bias.

Is there anyone awful enough that you dont take an impartial approach to? Are there any acts of monstrosity that cut through your desire to say hey now, lets look at it from their point of view.

Diceheist posted...

I'm committed to impartiality. Partisans however unfortunately view impartiality as a mirror image of their own bias.

You aren't impartial though, you've never been. You do the typical "independent" thing of criticising the left and defending the right every bloody time. No one buys it either.