Its been a damn depressing week and it started a depressive episode for me. This news is the first real happiness I've had since then god fucking bless you heroes.
I hope that whatever you ultimately do with the assets that you do not let go of the domain name. Hold it, whether you use it or not. I think a great many people would like to just see it die, never to be resurrected again. Keep the resurrection from happening. Please, Ben, please.
all the money is going to the Sandy Hook families to pay off their defamation claims against Alex Jones, so I'm hoping it's exactly as much as they wanted.
And “Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit dedicated to ending gun violence that was founded in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting, will advertise on a relaunched version of the site under The Onion.”
Ok, so the trick now is to keep it running as is to keep the current viewers, and then slowly deprogram them and turn them into rabid Dem voters. Deal?
The Onion buying InfoWars is EXACTLY how we should be fighting back. As Philip Roth said, the highest purpose of humor should be to bury wickedness in ridicule.
They should keep him as the host but make him read from a script. Or just edit his past stuff seeing as how they own the material into constant apologies for misinformation.
I don’t know what @theonion.com paid for InfoWars, but anyone who gives 10 cents to that monster Alex Jones has entered into a morally questionable arrangement.
The money goes to Sandy Hook families (who agreed to a reduced amount to enable The Onion to buy it -- presumably so it went to a party looking to shut down Jones)
Maybe you truly are the guy to helm The Onion. Not only have you committed some kind of reality heist to do the funniest thing possible, you somehow did it *twice*
I firmly believe the Aaron Sorkin line “I could kiss you on the mouth right now” firmly applies here. Just membershipped and eagerly await to see what develops.
Please tell me you’re gonna keep all the old URLs — for SEO purposes — but change the content on the pages! (so all of those following old links can get a taste of cognitive dissonance)!
I thought it was all tongue in cheek until I realized it was serious. Why not ruin infowars the way musk ruined twitter only for the betterment of humanity?
Hah... jones was SOOOOO hoping mElonhead would rescue him, paying off the Sandy Hook Families judgement and putting him back on the air using the same domain.
I like the reference to the 1999 global satanic panic. Around then my mother sent me an Onion clip on how Harry Potter was turning kids to Satanism, with a pic of kids in wizard outfits standing on a pentagram. She didn't know what The Onion was & sent it to warn us off letting our daughter read HP.
HATE TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE BUT ONION DOESN'T OWN INFOWARS AND NEVER WILL THEY GOT CAUGHT RIGGING THE AUCTION, CRO IS IN DEEP SHIT AND SO IS BEN COLLINS THEY ARE BOTH UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION THE ONION WILL NEVER OWN INFOWARS THE JUDGE GAVE IT BACK TO ALEX JONES,THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO STAY
This was the push I needed to become a pledged supporter of the Onion… Excited to hang my print newspaper issues all over the walls and find hidden messages while watching the new InfoWars.
Love it. When the inevitable movie comes out, I am putting it out there that British actor #JamieBell plays the AI generated fictitious media baron. He could also throw in a dance routine for the Oscar nominations.
Hahahahaha! It couldn’t have found a better owner. Can’t wait to see what they make of that cesspool. Just wish I had Livestream of Alex Jones while it happens.
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C.S Lewis
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/business/onion-alex-jones-infowars-auction/index.html
That's just funny as shit.
#denied
I absolutely love this.
Well, my Christmas shopping is done.
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Please.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/onion-wins-alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-auction-rcna179936
-Korg
"Onion Wars"