The satirical medium the onion has acquired Infowarsthe conspiracy theory-riddled site run by Alex Jones, up for bankruptcy auction. In <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/maxwelltani/status/1857063171900514527″>a press release published in x on Thursday, the onion announced that it plans to “end Infowars' relentless bombardment of misinformation aimed at selling supplements and replace it with the onion A relentless barrage of humor forever” when it is re-released in January 2025.
“I just found out 15 minutes ago that my lawyers and my people met with the US Trustee about our bankruptcy this morning and said they will shut us down even without a court order,” Jones <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1857058831135645739″>he said in a video posted on x. “Connecticut Democrats with the onion The newspaper bought us.”
the onionwhich recently changed ownership, did not disclose how much it paid to acquire Infowars. The outlet also reached a multi-year advertising deal with the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. the onion CEOBen Collins said in a post on Bluesky that his team plans to make Infowars “a very fun, very stupid website” with the help of the onion and click hole “Hall of Fame”.
