The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’
The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’
Satirical news outlet purchases media platform run by Alex Jones at a court-ordered auction
Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ By Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO ☞ https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/
And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, interchangeable assets for their patriarch to absorb and discard according to the opaque whims of the market. And just like family members, our brands regard one another with mutual suspicion and malice.
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For me, the cherry on top is how the "InfoWars" name is still completely apt, for completely different reasons.
50 0 ReplyEvery so often, I see a car with an InfoWars bumper sticker.
I wonder what those people will do?
5 0 ReplyNo idea. Maybe they'll keep it like the Gadsden Flag holdout libertarians? "We were here first" and all that.
Honestly, I was thinking about the people out there with tattoos. There has to be at least one.
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Reformatting InfoWars as a serious, unironic branch of the Onion that deals with misinformation would just be great.
25 0 ReplyThat would be hilarious. I’d love for it to wind up just doing serious journalism
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I gotta find out what the Knowledge Fight folks have to say about this.
3 0 ReplyI am waiting for the next episode to drop. Biggest episode ever.
2 0 ReplyIs Dan the loud one? I've never learned their names, but I'm waiting for him to scream something about them horning in on their territory.
1 0 ReplyDan is the guy that knows stuff. Jordan is the loud sidekick comic relief.
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Where is Alex Jones on now?
2 1 ReplyHasn't Trump appointed him head of media relations, or something equally as stupid?
12 0 ReplyIf Alex Jones becomes press secretary, I'll be convinced that this is all a simulation.
17 0 ReplyI would love that. The only person on earth less coherent than Trump. Imagine the memes we would get out of that.
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