Alex Jones said The Onion’s plans to turn the outlet into a satirical site amounted to ’stealing my identity‘

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.

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    I thought the courts struck their purchase offer down?

    Also, if Jones has been deplatformed, why do I still see clips from his InfoWars podcast in the news? He’s talking about current events in them so it’s not just old clips.

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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      1 hour ago

      It’s in weird limbo and had been for awhile so Jones was probably allowed to keep using the branding for income reasons or something. Though I also wouldn’t put it past him to just ignore courts.