The Onion to Take over InfoWars

(nytimes.com)

114 points | by lxm 2 days ago

7 comments

  • qwertytyyuu 8 minutes ago
    No way, i can't believe it actually happened! I would have though alex would though alex and his goons would have managed to stop it
  • gnabgib 2 hours ago
    Discussion (627 points, 2 days ago, 320 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47837611
  • treebeard901 1 hour ago
    Turning into an odd form of a take over. Basically renting it for 3 months to let Tim Heidecker do a few shows??
  • jbombadil 2 hours ago
  • mellosouls 2 hours ago
    Editorialized title. It has a plan to take over that will need approval. Lots of non-paywalled coverage that would be better links, eg:

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/20/the-onion-al...

    See previous discussion linked in sibling as well.

  • razorbeamz 2 days ago
    I hope Dan and Jordan can get the desk like they've always wanted.
    • treebeard901 1 hour ago
      I'm concerned they won't know what to do without Alex. Already going back over shows from 2006...
  • phendrenad2 1 hour ago
    A million dollars a year for... what? A gag that fans of infowars won't watch, and there aren't enough anti-fans to appreciate? It feels personal at this point.
    • HerbManic 42 minutes ago
      Tim heidecker summarised their thinking wonderfully.

      "I just thought it would be just a beautiful joke if we could take this pretty toxic, negative, destructive force of Infowars and rebrand it as this beautiful place for our creativity”.

    • jayd16 34 minutes ago
      Think of it as a million dollar ad buy.
    • vor_ 1 hour ago
      Because it's funny that The Onion will be taking over InfoWars.
    • luke727 46 minutes ago
      Not to mention Alex Jones is still up and running elsewhere spreading his nonsense and hawking his merch. So it's a cute gag, I guess, and gets the Sandy Hook families some money, but doesn't really change the status quo.
    • watwut 54 minutes ago
      > It feels personal at this point.

      It is openly and proudly personal. It is also political, also openly.

    • reedf1 8 minutes ago
      > It feels personal at this point.

      Fucking hell that's a funny line.