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Laffy Nov 14, 2024

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

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StephaneHuart Nov 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

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der.hans

@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!!!"