In one of the more unusual legal-business stories of the week, satirical outlet The Onion is pursuing a court-backed deal to take temporary control of Alex Jones’ Infowars platform and transform it into a parody of itself. The proposal, filed in Texas state court, would give The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, a six-month lease over Infowars’ intellectual property and operations at $81,000 per month, with an option to extend for another six months. The plan has the support of the court-appointed receiver and lawyers for the Sandy Hook families, who are owed massive defamation damages by Jones. It remains to be seen whether the court will approve the arrangement, but the prospect of America’s foremost satirical newspaper running America’s most notorious conspiracy platform has already captured public imagination.
The Onion Makes a Play for Alex Jones’ Infowars
