No joke: the Onion parody website buys Alex Jones' Infowars out of bankruptcy


FILE PHOTO: Far-right radio host Alex Jones speaks at an event held by the national conservative political movement, 'Turning Point' in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., June, 16, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca cook/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Like a headline lifted from the Onion, the parody news website is buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars in a bankruptcy auction.

The Onion said in a statement on Thursday it aims to replace Infowars' "relentless barrage of disinformation" with the Onion's "noticeably less hateful disinformation."

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