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The Onion buys Infowars

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Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by api »

shadowvoxing wrote: post #866

I know you on HN aren't actually interested in the truth, but here it is anyway. The Onion did not purchase Infowars: https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1857223561754059168?t=7Q-...

Truth from the guy who says the parents of murdered kids are “crisis actors.”

This is the essence of populism: revolting against a disliked and distrusted establishment by backing a significantly and very obviously worse alternative. Instead of the mainstream media which has proven itself untrustworthy let’s go for a full on con artist. Instead of bad journalism let’s have pure fantasy made up by dudes taking bong hits.

It’s the intellectual equivalent of protesting police misconduct by setting your own neighborhood on fire and destroying your own things. That’ll show em.

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by [deleted] »

ChrisRR wrote: post #828
ceejayoz wrote: post #324

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This seems like an incredible opportunity to see if it's possible to reprogram InfoWars readers away from the hate and the conspiracy theories. Not a chance; they just flee to other outlets. Even Fox News saw huge numbers of people jump to NewsMax and OANN and whatnot.

Only if they notice. They're stupid enough to have followed infowars in the first place

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Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by graemep »

soco wrote: post #836
andrepd wrote: post #357

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The EU is governed by the European Commission, which is not elected. Say what you will about reactionary British conservatives, the fact remains that the EU is not a particularly democratic organisation.

A bit ironic hearing that critique coming from a monarchy... maybe because it takes one to recognize one?

The monarch does not propose or pass legislation, only nominally approves it (and it would cause a huge constitutional crisis if the monarch ever failed to do so).

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by jodacola »

shadowvoxing wrote: post #866

I know you on HN aren't actually interested in the truth, but here it is anyway. The Onion did not purchase Infowars: https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1857223561754059168?t=7Q-...

As much as I’m amused by the purchase of InfoWars by The Onion, many are, in fact, interested in the truth and appreciate other perspectives.

To wit, I did some googling because of your message, not the X post. Best I can find right now is this NY Post [0] article, so I’ll continue watching to see how this unfolds.

[0] https://nypost.com/2024/11/15/media/infowars-sale-to-the-oni...

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by mportela »

lynndotpy wrote: post #585

At the time the news of the Sandy Hook shooting broke, I was a highschooler in a vo-tech school in Connecticut. Friday in late December are usually unserious days in K-12! People had their sights set on winter break and work was thin. But I remember that day had a lot of commotion, a lot of seriousness, and then a lot of silence. Being a vo-tech school, we had students from all over the state. Some kids left or were…

> I saw my mom gradually become a Sandy Hook "truther" as she fell deep down Facebook rabbitholes. It was bad. Although she eventually came around (...)

Mind sharing how she came around? My dad fell a similar hole but I haven't been able to rescue him yet.

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by Magnets »

NortySpock wrote: post #127
bogtog wrote: post #79

Really curious what the bidding was like or who else made an offer, since it seems that the Sandy Hook Victims (who own all of the debt?) wanted the sale to The Onion specifically

A buyer is not always required to select the bid of the highest monetary value; sounds like the Onion had a proposal that was "a reasonable sum of money, and also we help lead a healthy way to find a path to redemption for this website and make it a kinder place than before"

are the families the seller or just the beneficiary?

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Post by graemep »

notahacker wrote: post #352
vidarh wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but that is not the point. The point is it was a favorite attack point used by Brexit supporters. A whole lot of the accusations against the EU applied just as much - sometimes much more - to the UK itself.

We have people who frothed at the mouth over the role played by unelected bureaucrats now frothing at the mouth at proposals to remove the last hereditary Lords from our legislature... (in fairness, those people tend to hate the Civil Service in the UK too. And they're elected hereditary Lords, albeit via a franchise consisting entirely of other hereditary Lords)

> We have people who frothed at the mouth over the role played by unelected bureaucrats now frothing at the mouth at proposals to remove the last hereditary Lords from our legislature...

I do not think they are the same people. The majority of votes were to leave the EU, the majority of people want to get rid of hereditary peerages.

> And they're elected hereditary Lords, albeit via a franchise consisting entirely of other hereditary Lords

The appointment is formally made by the monarch, in practice by the Prime Minister, with some recommendations coming from a commission that is not part of the house of lords.

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Post by graemep »

arethuza wrote: post #226
rob74 wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Beware the EU deep (super)state! But don't fear, it's no match for our shallow catchphrases!

"Deep supranational political and economic union" really doesn't have the same ring to it.

Just call it a country and be done with it.

It has a parliament, a flag (adopted - its the flag of Europe originated by the Council of Europe), a national anthem (likewise adopting a well known piece of music) and a de facto constitution (it was essentially PR move to drop plans to call it a constitution - the substance did not change).

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by possibleworlds »

shadowvoxing wrote: post #866

I know you on HN aren't actually interested in the truth, but here it is anyway. The Onion did not purchase Infowars: https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1857223561754059168?t=7Q-...

Who links to twitter anymore? That place is untrustworthy and irrelevant.
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