Thursday, November 14, 2024

The Onion Acquires Infowars

The satirical news outlet purchased Alex Jones' right-wing conspiracy empire at a court-ordered auction, the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting announced Thursday.

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This will almost certainly be the funniest thing I hear about all day.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2024-11-14 09:28 AM

perfect.

#2 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-11-14 09:32 AM

The truthfulness of the content is going to increase exponentially.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2024-11-14 10:33 AM

A story about the Onion that sounds like something from the Onion. Satire is dead.

#4 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2024-11-14 11:20 AM

Agree Lee, I saw the headline and assumed it was an Onion article. I haven't read the onion for a while because MAGA headlines were so much more bizarre.

#5 | Posted by mattm at 2024-11-14 11:36 AM

Poetic Justice in action, rofl.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2024-11-14 12:44 PM

I thought it was weird.....then it makes sense..

makes sense in the same way if the Babylonbee bought this place....

guffaw...

#7 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-11-14 12:44 PM

Except the Babylon Bee is just low brow stupidity that doesn't even come close to being funny.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2024-11-14 01:17 PM

- low brow stupidity

Speaking of ShrimpDickDan....

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2024-11-14 01:39 PM

The amount of the bid was not announced.

Bummer.

#10 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2024-11-14 04:32 PM

A fitting makeover of a toxic disinformation source that had played a significant role in the indoctrination of the MAGA cult.

#11 | Posted by cbob at 2024-11-14 05:23 PM

God has not abandoned us and he has a sense of humor!

#12 | Posted by Tor at 2024-11-14 07:59 PM

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