Submitted 15 hours ago by merde@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/14/onion-info-wars-alex-jones
Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ By Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO ☞ 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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It took me a while to realize this is actually true. Reality is amazing.
This just made my day
I mean, it’s already half way there, all they got to do is make it funny
That pushed me over the edge to subscribe to the print edition
This is the best thing that’s ever happened
I wonder what they paid 🤣
To quote the Onion themselves:
No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special interest group has outwitted the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name) and forced him to sell it at a steep bargain: less than one trillion dollars.
Their adherence to the technically correct is awe-inspiring.
Lol I am so happy about this.
Who did they give money to? Maybe it would’ve been better if they just created a offbrand infowars.
The assets were auctioned off to pay his debt to the families of the Sandy Hook shooting.
So effectively they gave money to the families of children killed in a school shooting that he slandered in cruel and vile ways.
Given that the families pretty reasonably dislike him, the added bonus of his creation being used to openly mock him and promote a message they endorse is quality icing on the cake.
One thing the headlines aren’t mentioning is that the families actually even helped fund a portion of the Onion’s bid.
In order to make the bid work, a lawyer representing the families told CNN that the families “agreed to forgo a portion of their recovery to increase the overall value of the Onion’s bid, enabling its success”.
The sale follows a judge’s order earlier this year for Jones to liquidate his personal assets, to help him to pay off the $1.4bn he was ordered to pay the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting…
I believe this money goes to the victims’ families
Probably the money paid for whomever Alex Jones lost lawsuits against – so like Sandy Hook victims.
It was being auctioned for the victims but there was also the real risk that a supporter would win who would let him he continue on business as usual. So definitely money well spent.
So…the onion is now donating money to Alex Jones.
Thats kinda fucked.
It’s a bankruptcy auction, and he’s bankrupt because he was sued by Sandy Hook families. Some of those families gave money to the Onion to buy InfoWars so Alex Jones is losing his platform and his money.
It sucks for him more than it helps him really.
That’s not how bankruptcy filings work
nope
This is fucking hilarious, best news I’ve heard in forever.
Wait, is it real?
Alien diarrhea is the real cause of global warning!
i didn’t know that 🤯
This is so weird, I just read a comment on Lemmy where someone said they should do exactly this.
meaning even more so
Where did they move? Where is Alex Jones on now?
according to the guardian article, he’s complaining on Xitter now
I think he’s getting sued or something
Stupid it was all along
Well they only need to do the first part of that.
grue@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Does this mean they’re Alex Jones’s boss now?
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
Makes sense. They keep him contained somewhere to ramble, while appropriately inducted and vetted comedians interpret, neutralize and transmit his bullshit and make it funny.
An oracle of comedy situation.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Aside from the official licensing, you essentially just described Knowledge Fight.