Media Matters and other left-wing groups consider buying InfoWars: report

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.Semafor reported on Sunday that a handful of liberal and nonprofit organizations are exploring bidding on InfoWars, including the left-leaning group, Media Matters.“We are diligently considering this acquisition,” Media Matters president Angelo Carusone told the outlet.Carusone added that the organization would consider examining InfoWars archives to see what the outlet has not published.Jones recently suggested that Infowars’ assets could be bought by his supporters, allowing him to continue hosting his show as an employee under the Infowars brand in their home city of Austin, Texas.In recent days, Jones publicly implored X boss Elon Musk to buy InfoWars, Semafor said, adding that one of the billionaire’s first acts as Twitter owner was to revoke the site’s ban on Jones’ account.An unnamed source told the publication that they expect Jones to find an outside funder who will outbid the competition, take control of the site at auction, and install Jones as head of the property.

This might not be surprising to Jones’ victims, Semafor reported, adding that one of the lawsuits included allowing Jones to keep InfoWars as a way to generate money to pay off the massive damages he owes.The publication also reported that there are a few other left-leaning groups that are tinkering with the idea of bidding on Infowars ahead of the November auction.Jeff Rotkoff, the CE...