The Onion launches new effort to turn Infowars into parody website
Summary
The Onion, a U.S. satire news outlet, has proposed a plan to turn Alex Jones's Infowars website into a parody site by licensing its content for six months with an option to renew. This comes as Infowars faces liquidation after Jones lost legal cases brought by Sandy Hook victims’ families over false claims about the 2012 school shooting.Key Facts
- Infowars, run by Alex Jones, is facing liquidation after losing lawsuits for spreading false claims about the Sandy Hook school shooting.
- Families of the Sandy Hook victims won legal cases worth hundreds of millions of dollars against Jones.
- Alex Jones falsely claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook attack was a hoax but later admitted the killings were real.
- Jones declared bankruptcy in 2022 as the legal cases continued.
- The Onion previously tried to buy Infowars but was blocked by a judge.
- The Onion’s new plan involves a license to create parody content on Infowars for six months, with a possible extension.
- Jones has said he will fight The Onion's proposal and continue broadcasting his show.
- The Onion’s CEO said profits from the new parody venture would go to the Sandy Hook families if approved by the judge.
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