Satire Offically Overthrows Reality: The Onion Buys Infowars

[MisterBobbyPin]

Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’

Today we celebrate a new addition to the Global Tetrahedron LLC family of brands. And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, interchangeable assets for their patriarch to absorb and discard according to the opaque whims of...

theonion.com

So...The Onion, the most trustworthy news source in America has just bought Infowars.

They specifically mention, and I quote here, that:

"As for the vitamins and supplements, we are halting their sale immediately. Utilitarian logic dictates that if we can extend even one CEO’s life by 10 minutes, diluting these miracle elixirs for public consumption is an unethical waste."

That's very nice to hear, glad that the life altering vitamins are being removed from the market, wouldn't want the poor to live longer now would we?

 

[Grungie]

Let’s be honest, the factuality of the articles on both sites are on par with each other. The only difference is that we know the Onion is a joke.

 

[MisterBobbyPin]

Let’s be honest, the factuality of the articles on both sites are on par with each other. The only difference is that we know the Onion is a joke.

Very true, I for one am glad that Alex Jones's platform is now owned by the exact type of satire he wishes he could be.

 

[Dead2009]

There are people literally upset that he doesnt own InfoWars anymore. Oh well.

 

[cpvr]

The Onion said in a statement that it plans to “end Infowars’ relentless barrage of disinformation” and “replace it with The Onion’s relentless barrage of humor for good.” The company is working with the anti-violence organization Everytown for Gun Safety, which said it will be the exclusive advertiser on the revamped Infowars site.

Alex Jones lost Infowars but succeeded in ushering in a new era of right-wing media

Jones built one of the biggest platforms in alternative media, bringing conspiracy-minded thinking to larger audiences — and eventually coalescing around Donald Trump.

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