# The Onion is taking over Infowars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456 "2026-04-21T11:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/1 "2026-04-21T11:51:25Z")
This should be fun! I wonder how many Alex Jones fans will go there assuming he’s still in charge. Lots, I hope. 🤣 > **[The Onion launches new bid to take over Alex Jones' Infowars and turn it into...](https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-onion-sandy-hook-f0e523468af6811f9634c75ae76f605f)** > > The satirical news outlet The Onion has a new plan to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turn them into parodies. > **[Alex Jones' Infowars to become a joke on purpose as accountability finally...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=xwr6uUjp_0U%2F)** > > Depraved political commentator, conspiracy theorist and online huckster Alex Jones is finally having to pay for his unforgivable smear of Sandy Hook families... ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/2 "2026-04-21T12:38:33Z")
A dozen-ish posts on topic in one of the existing Alex Jones threads: > [@I am confused about Alex Jones' lawyer's "mistake" in sending all of Jones' phone contents to the plaintiffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/382): > > Reviving this thread because apparently, at long last, the Onion will take over infowars. Details are still sketchy, but it looks like it’s a six month licensing agreement with an option to renew, not an outright sale. Still counting this as a victory. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/3 "2026-04-21T12:45:29Z")
Thanks. I thought this event deserved its own thread. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/4 "2026-04-21T12:49:52Z")
I’ve been guilty recently of offering my opinion on what ought to go where a bit too often and a bit too forcefully. Junior-modding is a slippery slope best avoided. So I cross linked those other posts to yours, and yours to theirs, without comment. I agree with you that this topic is a fresh new chapter in a long-running book and deserves its own thread. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/5 "2026-04-21T13:15:49Z")
It’s **really** hard to know where to post things these days so they’ll be seen by the most (interested) people. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyEcks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnnyecks/32/18197_2.png) [@JohnnyEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyEcks)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/6 "2026-04-21T13:26:54Z")
While this is good news, as a dedicated listener to the Knowledge Fight podcast I know that this won’t be the end of Alex Jones. He’s already set up an alternative broadcast and marketing company, officially owned by one of his sycophants, but quite obviously controlled by him. He’ll be on salary instead of owning the company, and his wages will be docked forevermore, but he’ll never go off the air. Now that Trump has insulted him directly, he’s just pathetic, because he lacks the courage to break with him completely. This is why conspiracy guys should never endorse a politician. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/7 "2026-04-21T14:43:10Z")
He is, yes, going to cling on to shreds of relevance as long as he can keep grifting, but between losing his flagship, taking a huge financial hit, and running afoul of our Mad King, his influence is far less and likely to continue waning, and it must gall him endlessly to see The Onion triumph at last. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/8 "2026-04-21T22:11:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I wonder how many Alex Jones fans will go there assuming he’s still in charge. The real question is, how many of them will recognize parody. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/9 "2026-04-21T22:29:31Z")
So Infowars will be _less_ ridiculous now? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/10 "2026-04-21T23:15:06Z")
Ridiculous to whose taste? There are people who swear it was all factual back in the Alex Jones days. ISTM what’ll happen is the hard core Jones customers will all but instantly move on. Leaving them no audience and no desire by folks like us to begin frequenting the tainted name. It’ll shut down soon enough for that reason. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/11 "2026-04-22T00:36:01Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > The real question is, how many of them will recognize parody. That’s easy: zero. Parody is a pretty elevated concept for this crowd. They will go there assuming it’s still the fountain of truth it has always been. Gears will grind. Heads may explode. I’m looking forward to it! * * * > [@LSLGuy](#): > > …the hard core Jones customers will all but instantly move on Maybe not. They might not get it immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/12 "2026-04-22T01:32:14Z")
Did anyone else see jone’s shirtless tirade and how he’s got lawyers that are going to fix it. The commenter said something like, please someone give him his shirt back. Too funny. He was ranting, You can wear my shirt but it doesn’t make you me, or something like that. [Alex Jones Goes on Wild, Shirtless, On-Air Tirade After The Onion Reaches Deal to Buy InfoWars: ‘They’re Body Snatchers!’](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/alex-jones-goes-wild-shirtless-154555524.html) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/13 "2026-04-22T04:02:33Z")
_“They literally take your skin”_ is an… interesting accusation. I cannot in principle endorse anybody’s literally taking Alex Jones’s skin. On the other hand, I can’t help sympathizing with the 250,000 or so unfortunate cockroaches trapped inside it and yearning for freedom. Maybe it **would** be kinder on the whole just to take the skin and let them go. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/14 "2026-04-22T04:30:36Z")
I used to enjoy watching the Colbert Report. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/15 "2026-04-22T09:58:46Z")
If somebody takes Alex Jones skin, do we all get to see the lizard-person underneath the disguise? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/16 "2026-04-22T13:54:36Z")
No, all the cockroaches will spill out and scurry for cover. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/17 "2026-04-22T16:53:17Z")
It’s a fast crazy modern world, but we all have basic similar needs. Humor blended with a few facts for entertainment is an old one. It’s my pet theory Alex Jones was a parody of a conservative pundit who also peddled merch on the side. There were a few 4CHAN nutty true believers, but for the most part this is similar to The Flat Earth Society, a trolling hub for people with modern loneliness issues. I sympathize with online trolls and Karens more than I used to. We spend more of our daily existence online and no one ever cares what you write so that has many social consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/18 "2026-04-23T02:33:36Z")
This just in: Tim Heidecker sleeps nude in an oxygen tent which he believes gives him sexual powers! [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreifeqejqm7eqmmzzxvl6boxlp2hoz24cbvv5j5u5ltmvh7esbh36hm) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreifeqejqm7eqmmzzxvl6boxlp2hoz24cbvv5j5u5ltmvh7esbh36hm) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/19 "2026-04-23T08:45:30Z")
Just a reminder that that is an **actual** Infowars headline, not an Onion-Infowars one. The response from “Tim Onion”: > [@](#): > > For fuck’s sake copyedit your blood libel, this libel is about me and even I’M bored. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456/20 "2026-04-23T10:12:11Z")
If somehow the Onion has gotten the website but Jones still controls the same brand name on X, truth social, etc., that is a recipe for even more confusion that usual. Holy Schizophrenia, Batman! Which Infowars is taunting us now? The crazy-funny one or the unfunny crazy one? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456.md?page=2)