Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That’s what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars
After shutting down Infowars and chasing Alex Jones out of the building, the Onion hopes to reopen the site in January as a ...
In an outcome beyond parody, The Onion has bought Infowars
When reality becomes stranger than satire, maybe the satirists can teach us something. The Onion confirmed on Thursday that ...
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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.
Alex Jones lost Infowars but succeeded in ushering in a new era of right-wing media
The sale of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media empire is a major blow to one of the defining independent media brands that ...
The Onion has won the bid for Infowars’ assets
Satirical news site The Onion won the auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, which was sold off as part ...
CEO of Onion’s parent company says they’re ‘in shock’ over winning bid for Infowars
Ben Collins, CEO of The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron said satirical news publication won the bidding for Alex ...