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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.
The Onion just bought Infowars
The Onion purchased Infowars’ assets with the support of the families in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, who sued Jones for ...
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 ...
Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That’s what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars
It seemed like bad satire, or yet another conspiracy theory. The comic website the Onion buys Alex Jones' misinformation ...