{"id":114930,"date":"2026-04-25T09:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/the-onion-has-agreed-to-a-new-deal-to-take-over-infowars-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:31:13","slug":"the-onion-has-agreed-to-a-new-deal-to-take-over-infowars-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/the-onion-has-agreed-to-a-new-deal-to-take-over-infowars-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"The Onion has agreed to a new deal to take over Infowars : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n In this photo illustration, The Onion website is displayed on a computer screen showing a satirical story titled “Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars'” on Nov. 14, 2024, in Pasadena, Calif.
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The satirical website The Onion has a new deal to take over Infowars<\/a>, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ far-right media company. If approved by a Texas judge, the deal would take away his Infowars microphone and allow The Onion to resume its plans to turn the website into a parody of itself.<\/p>\n

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Families of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, who sued Jones for defamation<\/a>, want the sale to happen. They’re still waiting to collect<\/a> on the nearly $1.3 billion judgment they won against Jones for spreading lies that they faked <\/strong>the deaths of their children to boost support for gun control. That prompted Jones’ followers to harass and threaten the families for years.<\/p>\n

The families are also eager to take away Jones’ platform for spewing such conspiracy theories. The deal not only would divorce Jones from his Infowars brand, but it would turn the platform against him by allowing The Onion to mock his kind of conspiracy mongering and advocate for gun control.<\/p>\n