The Onion to Take over InfoWars

Post by quisquous » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #55

qnleigh wrote: post #17

When this all started, the Onion released a priceless 'press statement': "Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron. No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special in…

Brilliant plans for the future: https://theonion.info/?p=1 > Such is the InfoWars I envision: An infinite virtual surface teeming with ads. Not just ads, but scams! Not just scams, but lies with no object, free radical misinformation, sentences and images so poorly thought out that they are unhealthy even to view for just a few seconds. The InfoWars of old was only the prototype for the hell I know we can build toget…

Post by james_marks » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC

afavour wrote: post #69

54aJh wrote: post #53

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The Onion is satire, so ... But Alex Jones is currently busy with Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and others to bitterly criticize Trump for the Iran war. Trump retaliated by calling all of them "low IQ". Given that Carlson's media company has an investment from the ubiquitous 1789 Capital (Thiel and Trump Jr.), we don't know if this is theater to keep the isolationist MAGA in the fold. It could also be that they sacrifi…

They’re just reading polls and reacting accordingly. There’s no principle involved.

Post by defrost » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC

mech998877 wrote: post #105

lateforwork wrote: post #100

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The word "prosecution" implies criminal case brought by the government. This was a civil case brought by the victims. If you mean higher bar for litigation, then maybe this lawsuit and its outcome shows that the bar isn't as high as you think when it comes to defamation?

Yes I did mean litigation (didn't know that that term was a distinction learned something today). To my understanding the case outcome is pretty much what I would expect, even considering the first amendment raising the bar. It's also interesting that there's been so many legal shenanigans in the case that it's hard to even keep track of them all.

Post by AnimalMuppet » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC

someguyiguess wrote: post #104

tsimionescu wrote: post #64

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This is not a case about Sandy Hook the event - it is a defamation case by the victims of that event, that Alex Jones directly attacked. This is the biggest difference - no one is claiming that all of the people who lost their loved ones in the 9/11 attacks were actually actors paid to pretend that they were grieving for their parents and children and friends. No one was encouraged to personally attack said victims a…

That’s sounds like a first amendment violation with more steps.

Post by triceratops » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC

jklinger410 wrote: post #118

triceratops wrote: post #109

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It isn't because there's no government prosecution.

How is a ruling in a civil court not a form of government prosecution? It would be more correct to say that your first amendment rights stop at defaming others.