The Onion, the long-running satirical information web site that started as a print publication, has caught on within the digital media world and its dad or mum firm made a brazen transfer seemingly pulled from its headlines. The Onion‘s dad or mum firm bought conspiracy theorist Alex Jones‘ InfoWars, and the “CEO” of the dad or mum firm has issued a press release.
The information was introduced through The Onion and options phrases from International Tetrahedron CEO Bryce P. Tetraeder, a fictitious CEO in accordance with The Onion’s CEO, Ben Collins. That apart, Mr. Tetraeder’s assertion to the world relating to the acquisition of InfoWars is completed in true Onion vogue.
From Bryce P. Tetraeder:
By way of all of it, InfoWars has proven an dependable dedication to manufacturing anger and radicalizing probably the most weak members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at International Tetrahedron.
No worth can be too excessive for such a cornucopia of malleable belongings and minds. And but, in a stroke of excellent fortune, a formidable particular curiosity group has outwitted the hapless proprietor of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten identify) and compelled him to promote it at a steep discount: lower than one trillion {dollars}.
Make no mistake: It is a coup for our firm and a well-deserved victory for multinational elites the world over.
What’s subsequent for InfoWars stays a reside subject. The surplus funds initially allotted for the acquisition might be reinvested into our philanthropic efforts that embody enterprise college scholarships for promising cult leaders, a charity that donates elections to at-risk third world dictators, and a brand new professional bono program pairing orphans with secure manufacturing unit jobs without charge to the factories.
International Tetrahedron, which is the actual identify of the dad or mum firm, bought InfoWars by a chapter public sale to assist offset Jones’ $1 billion in defamation judgments for spreading info that the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary taking pictures was a hoax. Dad and mom and backers of the taking pictures victims have been in help of the public sale and the ending of InfoWars, in accordance with replies made by Collins on X and Bluesky
The bigger play for InfoWars seems to be a shift to show all of its hateful and unfounded content material right into a hub for gun violence prevention. Alex Jones additionally shared a video on Thursday (November 14) confirming the information.
On X, the response to the information is shifting alongside and we’ve obtained reactions under.
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