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The Onion buys conspiracy website Infowars after $1.5b ruling against founder Alex Jones (www.abc.net.au)
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In short:

The satirical news website The Onion, which claims to have 4.3 trillion daily readers, will partner with a gun violence prevention organisation to relaunch the conspiracy website, Infowars.

Infowars' founder Alex Jones claimed the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax conducted by crisis actors.

What's next?

Jones has vowed to file legal challenges to stop The Onion taking his site.

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[-] trk@aussie.zone 30 points 18 hours ago

Is there any possible layer of satire The Onion could add to the site to make it more of a joke though??

[-] darthsid@lemmy.world 28 points 18 hours ago

I’m sure the editors at the onion are up for the challenge. I imagine a scenario where they turn infowars to a legit news outlet. It would be hilarious 😆

[-] PuppyAttack@lemmus.org 20 points 17 hours ago

The Onion presenting absurd stories seriously while Infowars does legit news in the style of a conspiracy nut sounds amazing.

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