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The Onion’s Latest Joke: Taking Over Infowars

The Onion’s Latest Joke: Taking Over Infowars

The Daily vor 2 Monaten

The satirical news outlet wants to convert the right-wing Infowars site into a parody of itself.

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Last Thursday, the satirical newspaper The Onion started its own
version of Infowars, the infamous online hub of misinformation
created by Alex Jones.

The takeover has been years in the making. After Mr. Jones lost
two defamation cases, his assets were put up for auction. The
Onion took over Infowars and said it planned to convert the site
into a parody of itself.

Ben Collins, who is the chief executive of The Onion, and the
comedian Tim Heidecker talk about what they plan to do with the
newly acquired platform and why they pushed so hard to take
control of it.

Guest:

Ben Collins, chief executive of The Onion

Tim Heidecker, actor and comedian

Background reading:

The Onion’s plan to take over Infowars.

Photo: Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

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