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The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 13 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ By Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO ☞ https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/

And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, interchangeable assets for their patriarch to absorb and discard according to the opaque whims of the market. And just like family members, our brands regard one another with mutual suspicion and malice.

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[–] [email protected] 130 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

The funniest piece is going to be seeing old followers believe it’s still the InfoWars they know and love. It took forever for people to stop eating the onion in large numbers, and it still manages to happen on occasion.

There is opportunity here. Initially, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

A part of me actually wished that the Onion would have purchased InfoWars, but in secret, like maybe under a subsidiary corp that has a right-wing sounding name.

They don't change Infowars' branding or anything but the articles become subtly liberal.

Maybe an overt purchase is better but I really want to troll the right.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 hours ago

"Do your swastikas send the right message to your neighbors? Maybe try this instead..."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

I don’t think they have to. People are going to consume it like it’s the same old. Inertia and assumption.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I think there's always going to be that group of people. Another example: folks that didn't notice that The Colbert Report was satire.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I thought Glenn Beck was satire. Watched it several times and then one day .. wait, that's not a joke?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

Beck sounds batshit. Right there with you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like it's been down since January. Do you think people are still trying it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

I still have OSINT on my podcast roll even though Bazzell quit. Maybe it’ll come back? I’m sure others have done the same.