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The Onion’s Decision to Buy Infowars Started As a Joke
The Onion’s CEO explains their most expensive gag yet — buying Infowars in a bankruptcy auction to shut down Alex Jones.
Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That’s what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars
After shutting down Infowars and chasing Alex Jones out of the building, the Onion hopes to reopen the site in January as a ...
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The Onion buys Alex Jones's InfoWars in auction with the help of Sandy Hook families: How we got here
The Onion, a satirical news publication, has acquired InfoWars, the website founded by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Explainer: How exactly did the Onion manage to buy Infowars?
As the outlandish nature of his false claims grew, so did his media empire, with annual revenues of up to $80 million, and a ...