Who owns The Onion? What to know after satire publication buys Alex Jones' Infowars

The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, the platform announced Thursday. But who was behind the purchase and what does it mean? Here’s an explainer on how it all unfolded: The Onion is a Chicago-based satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd. The Onion bills itself as “the...