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The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction

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Summary
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68% Informative

The Onion plans to shutter Alex Jones' InfoWars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor writers and content creators.

Funds generated from the sale are meant to satisfy Jones ’ estate creditors, comprised largely of victims’ families of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting to whom he must pay damages.

VR Score

63

Informative language

57

Neutral language

66

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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