The wonderful Onion has bought Alex Jones' despicable “Infowars” site.
At least I think it’s true? It’s not only famously satirical website The Onion that’s reporting it.
It comes as a result of Alex Jones' Infowars bankruptcy auction, following him being court-ordered to pay over $1 billion to people on the basis of defaming them and their families.
Those families are on board with the idea,. Via Status:
“The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for,” said Robbie Parker, whose daughter was killed in the 2012 school shooting.
The Onion will end up owning Infowars' website, product inventory, social media accounts, customer lists, studio, trademarks and video archive.
Alex Jones is of course not pleased at this outcome claiming, of course, that it’s a “total attack on free speech” and that it’s the pseky Democrats shutting him down as “part of a political vendetta”.
The Onion’s take on their owner, Global Tetrahedron’s, motivation for doing so:
Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron.
No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special interest group has outwitted the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name) and forced him to sell it at a steep bargain: less than one trillion dollars
Make no mistake: This is a coup for our company and a well-deserved victory for multinational elites the world over.
The less obviously satirical reporting suggests that they’re going to relaunch Infowards next year, featuring:
…satire aimed at conspiracy theorists and right-wing personalities, as well as educational information about gun violence prevention from the group Everytown for Gun Safety.