Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That’s what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars

The Onion has purchased Alex Jones’ Infowars media empire at a bankruptcy auction, aiming to combat conspiracy theories with humor. The bylined author of the Infowars article, Bryce P. Tetraeder, is fictional, and the Onion does not plan to support cult leaders. The Onion plans to relaunch Infowars as a parody of conspiracy theorists in January, following a hearing on the auction’s legitimacy.

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