The Onion buys conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’
by Anna Betts from World news | The Guardian on (#6S7AV)
Satirical news outlet purchases media platform run by Alex Jones at a court-ordered auction
The satirical news outlet the Onion has purchased Infowars, the rightwing media platform run by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, at a court-ordered auction.
The news was confirmed on Thursday morning in a video by Jones himself, as well as the head of the Onion's parent company.
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