I just think this lacked transparency,” Lopez said. “It was confusing, and it was understandably a little confusing.” Lopez said he didn’t necessarily believe there was anything wrong with the joint bid from Global Tetrahedron – the company behind The Onion – and the families of Sandy Hook mass shooting victims,

NEW YORK ‒ A U.S. judge on Tuesday stopped parody news site The Onion from buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars website, ruling that a bankruptcy auction did not result in the best possible bids.

After yesterday's ruling, the Chicago-based satire site said on social media it will "continue to seek a path towards purchasing InfoWars in the coming weeks … We are undeterred in our mission to make a funnier world.