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 in business school scholarships for promising cult leaders.
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The Onion Acquires Infowars from Alex Jones in Court-Ordered Auction
The Onion, a media outlet that publishes intentionally false stories labeled as satirical, has acquired Infowars, a media ...
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 ...
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 ...
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The Onion buys Jones’ Infowars at auction
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than ...
Hearing is ordered over Infowars sale
A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas on Thursday ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars, after Jones and his ...
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Satire publication The Onion buys Infowars at auction
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families ...
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 purchases Alex Jones’ Infowars at bankruptcy auction
The Onion purchased Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction with the move being backed by families of victims in the ...