The Onion wars: Satire paper buys Alex Jones Infowars with backing from Sandy Hook families
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families ...
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The Onion’s Decision to Buy Infowars Started As a Joke
The Onion’s CEO explains their most expensive gag yet — buying Infowars in a bankruptcy auction to shut down Alex Jones.
InfoWars’ sale to The Onion could be held up in court as Alex Jones rants his site’s ‘been hijacked’
We’re all going to an evidentiary hearing and I’m going to figure out exactly what happened,” Judge Christopher Lopez said.
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The Onion adds a new layer, buying Alex Jones’ Infowars and turning it into a parody of itself
Alex Jones himself has confirmed the news — calling The Onion “Connecticut Democrats” and declining to break kayfabe (“a ...
Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That's what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars
The bylined author of the Infowars article, Bryce P. Tetraeder, doesn't actually exist. And the Onion doesn't plan to invest ...