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The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’

www.theguardian.com The Onion buys 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

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28088684

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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The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’

www.theguardian.com /media/2024/nov/14/onion-info-wars-alex-jones

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This is the best news I have heard lately.
- They're dated no? Infowars and the onion?
  
  The Onion got new owners earlier this year, and they seem serious about making it a sharp and relevant publication
  
  I mean the Onion was overshadowed only because real life went off the rails and became a parody of itself.
  
  This is an excellent way for both to become suddenly relevant.

They're going to release completely absurd and hilarious conspiracy theories and the regular followers of InfoWars who didn't know about the change of ownership won't even see the difference.
- They start selling dick pills that are slightly larger every month until they are the size of a bar of soap. Anyone who complains is told they aren't 'man' enough to take their dick pills.
  
  "I've got good news for you. It's a suppository"
- "Potatoes are source of smelly alien goo, if left in back of pantry unattended for 3 months"
  "I FUCKING KNEW IT!!!"
- Conspiracy crap tends to be pretty absurd as it is. Comping up with writings that surpass that level of stupidity and insanity is not a trivial task. Hats off to anyone who can come up with anything that competes with lizard people or flat earth fantasies.
  
  Birds: Are they real?
  Forget the second shooter theory, the real conspiracy was that there was a second JFK. The one you saw die was just a lab grown clone.

I already thought it was very stupid, but I look forward to it now also being funny and not just sad and pathetic.

Genius move from the Onion.

Posting real life news about the onion on not the onion is quite funny imo

Well they dont have to do anything for the second part.

50% there!

Holy crap. It’s like they were reading the hive minds here yesterday. Crazy.

How do they intend to MAKE the website stupid? Do they just keep it as is? Oo

So from now on, news about Info Wars aren't allowed here, right? Since that's quite literally The Onion now!
- Wait, of someone at InfoWars does something oniony, do we get the quantum of onion and not onion?

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