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The Onion buys Infowars

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Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by bcdtttt »

mvelbaum wrote: post #977
bcdtttt wrote: post #926

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Oh no, far to the contrary, this is funny as hell. The fact that Alex Jones isn't there makes it even funnier. And they got all of the stuff and the brands. The chemical brands, the infowars brands, all of it.

First of all, a judge just overturned this thing, so I hope you're still laughing. Secondly, if they really paid money for this, they're idiots because InfoWars is meaningless without Alex. He will just start "The Alex Jones Network" and recapture his audience. All that said, I see that I got downvoted by woke idiots even though I don't even watch Alex Jones.

You seem to think that I care about the audience. It's funny because it's a puppeteer piloting the shambling corpse of Jones's products around to mock him. A constant reminder of his failure he'll see every day.

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by bcdtttt »

mvelbaum wrote: post #979
trolan wrote: post #978

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It has been paused based on normal steps in bankruptcy proceedings[0]. > A court hearing is typically held after a bankruptcy auction to finalize the winning bids and sales, and to hear any objections, so the process in Jones's case hasn't strayed far from the usual — yet. [0] https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/onion-infowars-court-1.7385221 Also try and cut out the name calling, especially when you're incorrect.

When it comes to trusting the fake news outlet CBC or Alex Jones, I'd go with Jones on this one: https://x.com/glennbeck/status/1857529776866574769

Trusting Alex Jones is a bold strategy. And not one for anyone who has any media literacy, but you do you!

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by qingcharles »

pahool wrote: post #889
djfobbz wrote: post #770

I hate to burst everyone’s bubble, but this is fake news. This deal is not final. The judge in the liquidation case is holding an evidentiary hearing next week to understand how and why secret bidding was set up and why it was not open to the general public. Sounds like a BIG loss for The Onion, not to mention the potential defamation cases that could arise from news outlets publishing an unverified story about a sal…

do you have a source other than a tweet from the Twitter account of a political hack?

I posted the full audio of the 14 Nov 2024 hearing with the bankruptcy judge so you can hear all sides of the story, and the judge's reaction. Apologies it's on the Tweeter/Xitter.

https://x.com/magazedia/status/1857962924762898502

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by dented42 »

mvelbaum wrote: post #831
NelsonMinar wrote: post #444

The NPR article conveys that this was more than just a very clever stunt > "The Connecticut families agreed to forgo a portion of their recovery to increase the overall value of The Onion's bid, enabling its success," according to their lawyers. ... Jones was hoping a bidder ideologically aligned with him would have bought Infowars and hired him back to keep doing his show. https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-518939…

This is actually one of the dumbest stunts I'd ever seen. InfoWars is nothing without Alex Jones. They've wasted all their money since Alex will start a new project and his viewership will move.

I don’t understand what you think they want out of this. They don’t want to keep infowars the way it was, nor are they trying to make money off of it. Do you think their goal was to buy it, keep it running without any changes, and keep extracting money from its previous audience?

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by AI_beffr »

fallingfrog wrote: post #964
AI_beffr wrote: post #690

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what is the difference, really, between the way the word "hate" is used now and the they the word "sin" was used 200 years ago?

Easy, hate is what those people throwing stones were feeling, and sun is what they were accusing that woman of. You know the verse, right? The hate remains the same today, except now the “sin” is being gay, or getting raped, etc.

not seeing your point

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Post by bamboozled »

spacechild1 wrote: post #887
xanderlewis wrote: post #696

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Yeah — exactly. I’ve never seen anything that makes me doubt he’s a good person. But he seems utterly unable to distinguish between bullshit artists and genuine experts.

His schtick is "I'm just a dumb boy, what do I know?", which IMO is just irresponsible when you have such huge reach and influence. Joe Rogan is either utterly naive or he is a cynic.

He also has a lot of very strong opinions on some important topics and then when convenient he will pull that line out.

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by lukas099 »

9cb14c1ec0 wrote: post #867
joezydeco wrote: post #262

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This seems like an incredible opportunity to see if it's possible to reprogram InfoWars readers away from the hate and the conspiracy theories. It would be a massive undertaking but wouldn't it be funny if the savior of modern media turned out to be a student newspaper from Madison, Wisconsin?

InfoWars audience is loyal only to Jones himself and will never visit InfoWars again. Jones will go elsewhere, 100% of his audience will follow, and the Onion is in for a big letdown. If you are dreaming about reprogramming Jone's followers by taking over InfoWars, it just shows that you know nothing about the typical InfoWars consumer.

> The Onion is in for a big letdown.

I don’t think they expected anything different. I think they saw the brand for sale at firesale prices, and decided they could use it. In fact, they’re one of the only ’mainstream’ outlets that can use the InfoWars brand, since it’s funny. Perhaps they will set up a ‘competing’ ‘right-wing’ satire site ala Colbert Report vs Daily Show.

Re: The Onion buys Infowars

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Post by shaftway »

lukas099 wrote: post #989
9cb14c1ec0 wrote: post #867

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InfoWars audience is loyal only to Jones himself and will never visit InfoWars again. Jones will go elsewhere, 100% of his audience will follow, and the Onion is in for a big letdown. If you are dreaming about reprogramming Jone's followers by taking over InfoWars, it just shows that you know nothing about the typical InfoWars consumer.

> The Onion is in for a big letdown. I don’t think they expected anything different. I think they saw the brand for sale at firesale prices, and decided they could use it. In fact, they’re one of the only ’mainstream’ outlets that can use the InfoWars brand, since it’s funny. Perhaps they will set up a ‘competing’ ‘right-wing’ satire site ala Colbert Report vs Daily Show.

The Babylon Bee is a pretty right wing version of The Onion with articles titled things like "Satan Devastated After Kamala Loses Election".

https://babylonbee.com/

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