New York Magazine6h
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.
Yahoo10h
Yes, The Onion really bought Alex Jones' InfoWars
The Onion said the purchase was supported by those parents. The plan is to turn InfoWars into a website that mocks ...
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 ...
The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction
The satirical news company plans to shutter Jones’ Infowars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor ...
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 ...
Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing
A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding ...
Satirical news site The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction as ‘a very funny joke’
The Onion, a satirical news website, appeared to have won a bankruptcy auction to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars, potentially ...
Nieman Journalism Lab8h
The Onion adds a new layer, buying Alex Jones’ Infowars and turning it into a parody of itself
Alex Jones himself has confirmed the news — calling The Onion “Connecticut Democrats” and declining to break kayfabe (“a ...