Posted on 11/14/2024 7:09:30 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
The satirical news publication The Onion said Thursday it purchased conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars website at a bankruptcy auction.
“All told, the decision to acquire InfoWars was an easy one for the Global Tetrahedron executive board,” a satirical CEO Bryce P. Tetraeder said in a joking statement about the acquisition.
Jones’s Infowars business went to auction after the trustee in charge of his bankruptcy proceedings moved to shut down the site and liquidate his assets.
Jones is a far-right conspiracy theorist who spread baseless lies about the victims and families of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The auction was intended to help pay for the $1.5 billion judgment awarded to the families.
In The Onion’s statement, Tetraeder said Infowars distinguished itself as an “invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Well, I did not expect that.
The Onion is Leftist
So they bought it just so another outlet sympathetic to Alex Jones couldn’t? Figures, just figures. What do they plan on doing with it?
The Onion... isn’t that the thing that’s like the Babylon Bee except not as funny?
That only goes “so far.”
They could throw it into AI to create a caricature and have fake show using Alex Jones, possibly.
Odd, but interesting situation.
Bannon is covering this LIVE with Alex Jones on ‘War Room’...
Secret bid and maybe highest bidder doesn’t get selected:
“As part of the deal, The Onion will own Infowars’ website, product inventory, customers lists, social media accounts, and intellectual property.”
#BREAKING: Alex Jones’ Infowars has been purchased by leftists at The Onion with the SOLE intention of shutting it down and SILENCING Jones
#BREAKING: Alex Jones has just confirmed that his network INFOWARS has just been acquired by the Onion, backed by the families of the Sandy Hook shooting
The customer list is what they wanted.
Look for this to be released.
Alex Jones can create a new website tomorrow.
There’s an astonishing amount of money in digital platforms. I could not find out much about whether the owners will maintain the ethos of InfoWars or push it towards marxism, other than the four principals appear to be Americans, and one is possibly of Slovenian ancestry.
Years ago I frequently looked at The Onion until they demanded FR stop posting their articles. Haven’t been back since.
They’re going to humiliate Jones, using his own creation as a big middle finger to him.
The fine and the auction were lawmakers.
They set out to crush him, and now they will humiliate him.
But I was under the impression that he had an appeal or two ahead.
Anybody know?
Give it a year at most, and this venture will fall flat on its face. Liberal humor isn’t funny.
Satire stems from truth.
Alex Jones doesn’t deserve this to happen to him even though he’s a nut.
Nor does Rudy juliani- the left don’t just try to punish people for not agreeing with them, they try to absolutely ruin them and destroy their lives. The judgements against Jones, Rudy, and Trump, and others have been ridiculously enormous- whereas if liberals were being ruled agaisnt, the judgements would be in a few million at best-
More like SNL. It used to be funny. Then it became political and is not funny.
What a complete sham.
Alex said another group, which included Roger Stone, IIRC, had raised even MORE money than the Onion, but, that the feds held the sale two days early, without proper notice ... and, this buyer swooped in.
Unreal what we’re witnessing.
Maybe they can market to this list, but actually doxxing their emails and/or names would likely cause problems for them.
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