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.

The Onion's bid for Alex Jones's Infowars was supported in part by the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting.