At long last, InfoWars is ours • Hacker News Board

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by throwawayq3423 » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC

adzm wrote: post #8

burkaman wrote: post #3

This is not final and still has to be approved by a judge ( https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/business/infowars-alex-jo... )

> Tim Heidecker, one of the comedians behind “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, has been hired to serve as “creative director of Infowars.” He said he initially plans to parody Mr. Jones’s “whole modus operandi.” > Mr. Heidecker has been working on his impression of Mr. Jones. But eventually, when that joke gets old, Mr. Heidecker said that he hoped to turn Infowars into a destin…

Birds aren't real 2.0

I love it.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by imagetic » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC

Nothing else matters in the world today

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by tosser12344321 » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC

gregbot wrote: post #16

mhh__ wrote: post #4

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> Rupert Murdoch does not own The Onion. The satirical publication was acquired in April 2024 by Jeff Lawson, the co-founder of Twilio. The Onion was previously owned by Univision Communications (later Fusion Media Group), not the Murdoch-controlled News Corp or Fox Corporation

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Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by throwawayq3423 » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC

mhh__ wrote: post #4

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It's always funny to see a statement that is clearly meant to convince the author, not any external party.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by guywithahat » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC

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I wouldn't say he's more popular than ever, I think his peak popularity was during his youtube time. What is true is he was replaced by people who are decisively worse. I'm not sure Alex was really that bad, he was a performative comedian who complained about big government projects. There are a lot of properly racist people who are finding large audiences on tiktok/instagram/X with young people and seem to be strictly worse

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by itsdesmond » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC

gregbot wrote: post #16

mhh__ wrote: post #4

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This is simply untrue. Rupert Murdoch has never had an ownership stake in The Onion. It is currently held privately by Twilio cofounder and former CEO Jeff Lawson and former NBC News reporter Ben Collins.

Was this a mistake, something you mis-remembered?

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by rockskon » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC

gregbot wrote: post #16

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It was sold though it sure as hell wasn't to Rupert Murdoch. In 2016, Univision Communications bought a controlling stake in The Onion (during the election season) and later sold to private equity company Great Hill Partners in 2019.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by arrakeen » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC

adzm wrote: post #8

burkaman wrote: post #3

This is not final and still has to be approved by a judge ( https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/business/infowars-alex-jo... )

> Tim Heidecker, one of the comedians behind “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, has been hired to serve as “creative director of Infowars.” He said he initially plans to parody Mr. Jones’s “whole modus operandi.” > Mr. Heidecker has been working on his impression of Mr. Jones. But eventually, when that joke gets old, Mr. Heidecker said that he hoped to turn Infowars into a destin…

heidecker has been honing this persona for years now in the On Cinema universe. looking forward to this quite a bit

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by taurath » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC

gregbot wrote: post #16

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It’s owned by the guy who was the CEO from twilio now.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by kvuj » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC

throwawayq3423 wrote: post #21

adzm wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Tim Heidecker, one of the comedians behind “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, has been hired to serve as “creative director of Infowars.” He said he initially plans to parody Mr. Jones’s “whole modus operandi.” > Mr. Heidecker has been working on his impression of Mr. Jones. But eventually, when that joke gets old, Mr. Heidecker said that he hoped to turn Infowars into a destin…

Birds aren't real 2.0 I love it.

Right up with the crypto scam that followed it. Great.

In case you didn't know, the creators of Birds aren't real rug pulled and stole millions with their crypto coin.