Oh okay.
"The satirical newspaper The Onion has successfully acquired Infowars and its associated intellectual property, finally divesting conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of the right-wing disinformation outfit."
rollingstone.com/politics/poli…
EDIT: Original announcement:
theonion.com/heres-why-i-decid…
via @mhstoixeiwmenopip
#TheOnion #infowars #AlexJones #news
https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113481847671813254
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion-1235165651/
https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/
@stefan @mhstoixeiwmenopip hey, Jones' "they're trying to shut us down" spiel was actually right for once!
@stefan @mhstoixeiwmenopip An interesting perspective. Using the Onion-Infowars case as a model, democratic organizations and fact-focused groups could potentially acquire disinformation […]
Ah, this may or may not be paywalled.
Try this. nytimes.com/2024/11/14/busines…
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Yeah, we're definitely going to need a lot of comedy to deal with what's coming over the next few years.
(And organizing, and mutual support, and friendships, but comedy, yeah, we need to be […]
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