It most certainly was not fake news. The Onion and a group of Sandy Hook parents made the winning bid for the media operation, including the website. Jones is trying to fight the acquisition, and it will probably have to go through the courts, but there's nothing fake about the fack that it was put up for auction subsequent to Jones' bankruptcy, and The Onion, along with the Sandy Hook group, made the winning bid and have assembled the cash to buy it.