Andy Gibson 💭Nov 14, 2024
Laffy

I had to read this 3x to realize it wasn’t satire. #WompWomp

The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction

The satirical newspaper plans to shutter Jones’ InfoWars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor writers and content creators, according to a person with knowledge of the sale.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/onion-wins-alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-auction-rcna179936

The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction

The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably Infowars, the far-right, conspiracy-minded website that served as Jones’ primary online platform.

NBC News
Nov 14, 2024 at 2:07pmWeb
Show threadNonya BidnissNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff OMG lol
Show threadMichael ☕️Nov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff
Will regular Jones readers be able to tell the difference?
Show threadBoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Nov 14, 2024
@mcpinson @GottaLaff "Customers". They're not big "readers".
Show threadMichael ☕️Nov 14, 2024
@BonehouseWasps @GottaLaff
Granted, substituting one set of trolling, made-up, conspiracy theories for another will be a subtle difference for even the highest-of-IQ-customers.
Show threadLaffyNov 14, 2024
@mcpinson Nope
Show threadWiley MillerNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff
See, this is the problem with the idiotic times we live in today. This looks like a story that would be in The Onion!
Show threadLaffyNov 14, 2024
@Wileymiller That’s why I had to reread 3x
Show threadWiley MillerNov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff

Me too! Kept wondering if it was real or not.

Show threadLaffyNov 14, 2024
@Wileymiller #SharedBrain
Show threadWiley MillerNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff 👊 😘
Show threadSean McCabeNov 14, 2024
@Wileymiller @GottaLaff
They could start subtly and just keep the same structure - and over the course of a few months turn all of Jones' readers into woke social justice warriors.
Show threadKilla KoalaNov 14, 2024
@darthstar Probably wouldn't work. But, as long as they get the site's mailing list they can just keep selling them boner pills and use the money to finance the satire.
Show threadThadNov 14, 2024
@Wileymiller "Not The Onion. ...I mean, yes, it IS The Onion, but it's not a joke. Wait, I mean, yes, it's a joke, and a really good one! But it's real." @GottaLaff
Show threadJason Parker (he/they)Nov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff TFW The Onion buys a paper and instantly makes it less satirical.
Show threadStephaneHuartNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff The interesting question is: will Infowars current readers really notice that the website is now a branch of the Onion? 🤔
It's not like anything new that the onion can come up with and published on that website could be more outrageously untrue that what was there before :D
Show threadLaffyNov 14, 2024
@StephaneHuart Such a good response
Show threadEdNov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff @StephaneHuart

Intern: "I know! What if we did a story about fluoride in the water making frogs gay? Ha hahaha! Crazy, right?"

Rest of staff: *sigh*

Show threadKrupoNov 14, 2024

@EdCates @GottaLaff @StephaneHuart running my college paper I had a writer who aspired to go to journalism school.

Their serious articles sounded like satire, and their attempts to write for our satire section sounded like incredibly boring serious articles.

I never followed up to see how their career unfolded but your gag just reminded me of that experience.

Show threadFitz BushnellNov 14, 2024
@StephaneHuart @GottaLaff Wait, this is real? There is an article in the WaPo indicating it's real, and while I've been quite unhappy with the WaPo lately, I don't think they've become a satire paper. Maybe, though... 🙄
Show threadloucoveyNov 14, 2024
@StephaneHuart @GottaLaff I just learned that the sandy Hook families will get shares in the new company so they will share in its success. I’m signing up as soon as it launches
Show threadEdNov 14, 2024
@StephaneHuart @GottaLaff I think we have an answer, and the answer is, "No, they won't."
Show threadargonautNov 15, 2024
@StephaneHuart @GottaLaff so the take should be: put real news, let everyone believe them as they sound outrageous… like what they’re used to.
Show threadPK 🌻Nov 15, 2024
@StephaneHuart @GottaLaff Yeah, sadly, the absurdity of reality has largely outpaced the Onion’s own absurdity in recent years. I’m still a big Onion fan though; I hope this purchase ends up benefiting them.
Show threadder.hansNov 15, 2024

@StephaneHuart @GottaLaff there will be less supplement ads

Although maybe they'll have some fun ones

"Are you so unmanly that you need to get confidence from bottles of pills and powders? GroundOnionz is for you. It's the only supplement that is 100% ground onions ( and maybe some wasabe and cayenne ). A snort or two a day will remind you that you're alive!!!"

Show threadArtemesiaNov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff

This is like when The KLF burned a million pounds in currency.

Show threadwraptileNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff finally some good fucking news
Show threadNick 'The Viking'Nov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff

This news improved my day quite a lot!

Show threadLaffyNov 14, 2024
@nlarson830 Yay!
Show threadGay Antifa LeftistNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff oh my god that's amazing
Show threadAlan Langford 🇨🇦🧤🧊摏Nov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff
😮 Fantastic. I want to see a stream from the Onion's offices when they got the news!

Oh may they have the skill to do it in a way that regular readers don't notice at first. Can we gently de-program them this way?

Show threadDanette 🐬Nov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff the Onion wins the day with the best news possibly ever! Hahaha!
Show threadLaffyNov 14, 2024
@Danetteb The BEST
Show threadJürgen HubertNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff ...this is the best news I have heard all week.
Show threadLaffyNov 14, 2024
@juergen_hubert Me too!
Show threadJimTheWhyGuy ❌👑Nov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff The writers at The Onion are extremely clever and malevolently cynical.

infowars.com could become an excellent honeytrap for conspiracy theorists, incels, 3%ers, ProudBois, wannabe Nazis, and other violent MAGAt groups.

Then they just sweep up their personal contact info, track 'em back to their homes + jobs ... and doxx the fuck outta them. 🤔

Twill be interesting to see their ads for 'nad tanning, survival rations, and tactical pens. 😎

Show threadrandom thoughtsNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff That's some joke ebay bidding war gone badly...
Show threadthe buff who fell to earthNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff That's amazing!!! 
Show threadrastilinNov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff

This more than anything convinces me that we live in a post-satire world.

Show threadLewis EdwardsNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff The important question is, did Dan and Jordan from Knowledge Fight! get Alex's desk?!?
Show threadEdNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff This is just sheer poetry.
Show threadOaktreeNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff bwhahaha this is just epic!
Show threadJonChevreau 🇨🇦Nov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff when it comes to the Onion and indeed Alex Jones you just never know!
Show threadPDNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff I love this so much!
Show threadatticus1956Nov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff
I truly thought it was The Onion just being The Onion!
Show threadStarravenNov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff

That is awesome. And it had to be approved by a judge so you know he's just giggling about it the whole time.

Show threadHumainNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff we live in such strange times :D
Show threadKChernecky For DemocracyNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff This is fxcking awesome 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Show threadnoahmNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff This is glorious and I love it.
Show threadstux⚡️Nov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff Would be worth only to troll Jones I guess  

Or linking it to Ricky would be fun   But this seems a good way

Show threadJulesceltNov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff I've been thinking about this story the last couple hours...

It really feels as if The Onion has rode in to save our collective emotional health for the next 4 years!

Show threadAlex  🔧🔮🌎🪿Nov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff
"The anti-violence organization Everytown for Gun Safety said it will be the exclusive advertiser in The Onion’s new venture as part of a multiyear agreement."
Show threadFinerthanfroghairNov 14, 2024
@GottaLaff A little good news goes a long way. Just super...😎
Show threaddiskyNov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff From The Onion:

"...a formidable special interest group has outwitted the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name)"

Glorious.

Show threadCarson HillNov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff

Thank you - so much.

This is the first positive thing I've seen (regarding regulations, law, government, capitalism, etc) on Mastodon since the election.

Good for the Onion!

Show threadLaffyNov 14, 2024
@dicenbuttons 👍🏻
Show thread(((Cindy Weinstein)))Nov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff

sweet sweet karma.

Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderNov 14, 2024

@GottaLaff

I had to web search for independent verification.

Well done The Onion, they have out-Onioned themselves.

Show threadLaffyNov 14, 2024
@Edelruth I don’t post fake news. I verify sources before posting.