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The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 19 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ By Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO ☞ https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/

And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, interchangeable assets for their patriarch to absorb and discard according to the opaque whims of the market. And just like family members, our brands regard one another with mutual suspicion and malice.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

For me, the cherry on top is how the "InfoWars" name is still completely apt, for completely different reasons.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 15 hours ago

Reformatting InfoWars as a serious, unironic branch of the Onion that deals with misinformation would just be great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I gotta find out what the Knowledge Fight folks have to say about this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I am waiting for the next episode to drop. Biggest episode ever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Is Dan the loud one? I've never learned their names, but I'm waiting for him to scream something about them horning in on their territory.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Where is Alex Jones on now?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Hasn't Trump appointed him head of media relations, or something equally as stupid?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If Alex Jones becomes press secretary, I'll be convinced that this is all a simulation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

I would love that. The only person on earth less coherent than Trump. Imagine the memes we would get out of that.