Political Irony

Alex Jones defamed the families of the 20 children (plus 6 educators) who were killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting, by repeatedly claiming that the massacre was a hoax staged by “crisis actors” in order to encourage more gun control. For his misdeeds, Jones racked up more than a billion dollars in judgements for defamation, leading to his utter bankruptcy, including putting his “Infowars” website on the auction block.

Here’s the humorous part. Infowars, including its website, social media accounts, studio, trademarks, video archive, and other assets, was purchased by The Onion (I assume everyone knows our favorite satirical website). And the first advertiser for the new Infowars is going to be Everytown for Gun Safety.

Jones remains an asshole, and vowed to challenge the sale and auction process in court, but it isn’t clear how, since he is now dirt broke.

The Onion posted a story about the acquisition on their website, here’s an excerpt:

No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special interest group has outwitted the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name) and forced him to sell it at a steep bargain: less than one trillion dollars.