The Onion Bought Infowars?!?!!

[shri]

A very uniquely American story...

https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/...860811059?s=19

https://x.com/BrendanKeefe/status/18...671273806?s=19

[shri]

https://x.com/oneunderscore__/status...085995817?s=19

[MABinPengChau]

Perfect.

[shri]

And in a plot twist, I gifted my self a dead tree subscription of the Onion instead of a Kindle.

[shri]

From the NYT:

But in a twist all too typical of six years of often-chaotic litigation, within hours the bankruptcy judge temporarily halted the deal.

and one of the comments echos my concerns ...

I like this in theory, but I suspect that regular readers of the site may not notice the change.

[SirNotAppearing]

Shri,
We're going to need a bigger Like button.

[FrancisX]

Jones deserves everything he gets, and I hope this is just the beginning of his troubles.

Even so, I don't get this. Given how the Onion has turned into one of the unfunniest, most predictable satire sites on the internet, I can't imagine this stunt will travel too far.

[MABinPengChau]

Jones deserves everything he gets, and I hope this is just the beginning of his troubles.

Even so, I don't get this. Given how the Onion has turned into one of the unfunniest, most predictable satire sites on the internet, I can't imagine this stunt will travel too far.

Uh, there was a 1.5 billion verdict against him for the Sandy Hook families. Ordered to start liquidating in June of this year, this is part of that liquidation. Probably not much left soon, troubles began with the verdict in the defamation lawsuit in 2022.

[shri]

Blocked

https://x.com/Reuters/status/1866748526429978792?s=19