The Onion Wins Infowars Auction, Will Turn Misinformation Hub Into Parody Site
Infowars was up for sale to help cover the $1.5 billion conspiracy theorist Alex Jones owes for defaming the families of the ...
The Onion Buys Infowars — Planning To Make Alex Jones’ Site A Parody Of Itself
Ben Collins to made a successful bid for Inforwars' assests with the consent of the Sandy Hook families. The site will ...
Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That’s what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars.
On Thursday, The Onion immediately shut down Infowars and plans to relaunch it in January as a parody of conspiracy theorists ...
Here’s Why The Onion Really Bought InfoWars
The origin of a hilarious joke. The post Here’s Why The Onion Really Bought InfoWars appeared first on Mandatory.
Chicago-based The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families' backing
Within hours of the sale’s announcement Thursday, Infowars’ website was down and Jones was broadcasting from what he said was ...
Explainer: How exactly did the Onion manage to buy Infowars?
As the outlandish nature of his false claims grew, so did his media empire, with annual revenues of up to $80 million, and a ...
The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at bankruptcy auction
The Infowars website was down Thursday morning. On his live broadcast, Jones was angry and defiant, vowing to challenge the ...
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How Alex Jones' Infowars wound up in the hands of The Onion
The purchase of Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist ...
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 ...
Who is S.F. tech exec Jeff Lawson, owner of the Onion and, maybe, Infowars?
It’s the Onion’s biggest joke yet: on Thursday, the satirical news magazine announced that it had won an auction to buy ...
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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.