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The Onion Wins Auction to Take Over InfoWars

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Summary
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57% Informative

The Onion says it won a bankruptcy auction to acquire InfoWars , the fringe right-wing website run by Alex Jones .

It appears that InfoWars could go offline imminently, though Jones says he will continue to broadcast until the last possible moment.

Jones spread false allegations that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting never actually happened.

VR Score

38

Informative language

24

Neutral language

31

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

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