A small bright spot in a dark timeline.

  • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    The families didn’t pay for this, The Onion did.

    The families support was mostly not financial in this .

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      1 month ago

      “In order to make the bid work, the families “agreed to forgo a portion of their recovery to increase the overall value of The Onion’s bid, enabling its success,” the families said in a statement.”

      Sounds like they contributed by reducing their collections?

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      1 month ago

      They backed the Onion bid to reduce the cost and make sure they were successful. It definitely cost them.