The Onion has revealed its relaunch of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ outlet Info Wars as a satirical site, but the deal still requires court approval.
Info Wars has remained in limbo after the families of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 sued Jones for defamation. Jones had baselessly claimed the mass shooting was a hoax, and as a result, he has been ordered by the courts to pay about $1.5 billion. Jones declared bankruptcy in 2022, and The Onion has been eyeing his outlet in the years since.
In The Onion’s latest effort to obtain Info Wars, the satirical news outlet announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to license the Info Wars site.
Jones has three children. I cannot imagine being a parent and making money off of belittling other parents who lost theirs in one of the most violent and horrific ways possible.
It would be wonderful if we could simply erase this ugly man and his heinous sophistry from memory.
This episode broke me. I had no idea how hard he screwed with these peoples’ lives until this.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/670/beware-the-jabberwock