The Onion buys conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’
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Satirical news outlet purchases media platform run by Alex Jones at a court-ordered auction

Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ By Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO ☞ https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/

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 the market. And just like family members, our brands regard one another with mutual suspicion and malice.

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  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    220·
    15 hours ago

    My favorite part of this:

    …Collins said that “part of the reason we did bought InfoWars is because people on Bluesky told us it would be funny to buy InfoWars” adding that “those people were right” this “is the funniest thing that has ever happened”.

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldEnglish
      87·
      14 hours ago

      That also sounds like the kind of prank that Cards Against Humanity would pull if they had access to as much cash. I love this so much.

  • JoYo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    661·
    15 hours ago

    Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron.

  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    64·
    17 hours ago

    I genuinely don’t know how they plan to make a parody of InfoWars that will not be indistinguishable from the original thing.

    • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      17·
      14 hours ago

      The funniest thing to do would be to turn it into either a legitimate leftist new site or a leftist themed nujob conspiracy mill (though I don’t know how that would work).

      • booly@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        17·
        14 hours ago

        leftist themed nujob conspiracy mill

        The Republican party is ripe for conspiracy theory targets.

        Epstein had close ties with Trump and his attorney general Bill Barr (whose father hired Epstein to teach at a prestigious private high school without a college degree, where he was known for ogling the high school girls and showing up to parties where underage drinking was happening). The waitresses and hostesses at Trump’s Mar a Lago were also regularly recruited to work at Epstein’s island. Alex Acosta, the federal prosecutor who agreed to a secret plea deal where Epstein served a slap on the wrist in a local jail instead of real prison was later elevated to Trump’s cabinet, as Labor Secretary.

        Now, Trump has named another child sex trafficker as his nominee for Attorney General.

        There are suspicious ties between the Saudi royal family and key members in Trump’s orbit, including his son in law Jared Kushner. Elon Musk has been doing sketchy shit with the Saudis and the Russians, as well. Basically everyone in Trump’s circle, including his nominee to be the director of national intelligence, has shady ties with foreign adversaries.

        There’s lots of other little things about financial profiteering by the Trump folks: an SBA COVID bailout that went to huge businesses, a move to privatize or sabotage the public postal service and the weather service to help the private competition, arbitrary or politically motivated regulations to help certain businesses while hurting others, etc.

        I mean, it really wouldn’t be hard.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        14 hours ago

        I’m hoping for something similar to what The Colbert Report used to be.

  • Lightscription@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    17 hours ago

    Great idea. Who didn’t like the Colbert Report? Could turn out like a right-wing populist Repor!

    But he’s got a serious side. You know what those globalists are doing…