Monday, April 20, 2026

The Onion Says It Has a Deal to Take over Infowars

Satire site the Onion says that it has - after 17 months legal wrangling - successfully landed a deal allowing it take over Infowars, the right-wing conspiracy-fueled site run by Alex Jones.

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Here's how we're taking over InfoWars.

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-- Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) Apr 20, 2026 at 1:13 PM

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Onionwars!

Can't wait...

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-20 09:22 PM

I wonder if us "--------" will be able to tell the difference...

jus sayin...pfft... ya know

#2 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-04-20 09:46 PM

This is a joke, right?

#3 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-04-20 10:04 PM

No. Education is important.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-21 12:26 AM

As the publication date on this is not 4/1, I can hardly wait.

#5 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-21 01:52 PM

More from the cited article ...

... Under the terms of the agreement, the Onion's parent company, Global Tetrahedron, would pay $81,000 per month to license the infowars.com domain name and associated intellectual property including its name, as first reported by the New York Times.

The deal would run for six months with an option to renew for another six months.

The agreement must be approved by a judge before it takes effect. ...



#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-21 02:23 PM

The Onion's publishers have reportedly stated they will funnel any profits toward paying Jones' $1B+ debt to the Sandyhook families, seeing how Jones was/is unable/unwilling to pony up.

#7 | Posted by dutch46 at 2026-04-21 07:17 PM

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