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The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 17 hours ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ By Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO ☞ https://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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[–] dejected_warp_core 44 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

For me, the cherry on top is how the "InfoWars" name is still completely apt, for completely different reasons.

[–] Duamerthrax 19 points 13 hours ago

Reformatting InfoWars as a serious, unironic branch of the Onion that deals with misinformation would just be great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I gotta find out what the Knowledge Fight folks have to say about this.

[–] FauxPseudo 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I am waiting for the next episode to drop. Biggest episode ever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 48 minutes ago* (last edited 47 minutes ago)

Is Dan the loud one? I've never learned their names, but I'm waiting for him to scream something about them horning in on their territory.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Where is Alex Jones on now?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Hasn't Trump appointed him head of media relations, or something equally as stupid?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

If Alex Jones becomes press secretary, I'll be convinced that this is all a simulation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

I would love that. The only person on earth less coherent than Trump. Imagine the memes we would get out of that.