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The Onion buys conspiracy website Infowars after $1.5b ruling against founder Alex Jones

www.abc.net.au The Onion buys conspiracy website Infowars after $1.5b ruling against founder Alex Jones

Alex Jones owes $1.5 billion after defaming the families of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, claiming it was a hoax staged by crisis actors.

In short:
The satirical news website The Onion, which claims to have 4.3 trillion daily readers, will partner with a gun violence prevention organisation to relaunch the conspiracy website, Infowars.
Infowars' founder Alex Jones claimed the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax conducted by crisis actors.
What's next?
Jones has vowed to file legal challenges to stop The Onion taking his site.

8 comments

Is there any possible layer of satire The Onion could add to the site to make it more of a joke though??
- I’m sure the editors at the onion are up for the challenge. I imagine a scenario where they turn infowars to a legit news outlet. It would be hilarious 😆
  
  The Onion presenting absurd stories seriously while Infowars does legit news in the style of a conspiracy nut sounds amazing.
- It would be hard to top the gay frogs thing, but I'm sure they've got some ideas.