The Onion’s new parody of Alex Jones’ Infowars starts with $100,000 to Sandy Hook families
Summary
The Onion, a satirical news website, is launching a parody of Alex Jones’ Infowars conspiracy platform. They plan to donate $100,000 from merchandise sales to the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, who have not yet received court-ordered payments from Jones.Key Facts
- The Onion is creating a parody of Infowars under its own website.
- They will donate $100,000 from merchandise sales to Sandy Hook families.
- Alex Jones was ordered by courts to pay over $1 billion for false claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.
- Jones falsely called the shooting a hoax, leading to harassment of victims’ families.
- Infowars once had 10 million monthly visitors and made over $50 million yearly.
- The large court judgments forced Jones into bankruptcy and broke up Infowars.
- The Onion’s parody uses Infowars’ style to satirize conspiracy theories and related products.
- Sandy Hook families hope this effort will stop Jones from profiting and expose his falsehoods.
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