The Onion launches InfoWars parody, pledges $100,000 to Sandy Hook families

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The Onion debuted a parody of Alex Jones' Infowars on its website and pledged to send $100,000 from merchandise sales to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims. The launch included a YouTube live premiere featuring comedian Tim Heidecker impersonating Jones and a site note that said, "Today we reclaim the standard of truth and deliver the first salvo in the final battle for your mind." CEO Ben Collins said The Onion is still in court trying to take control of Infowars and that staff spoke with Sandy Hook families, who were initially skeptical but supported using Infowars' style and branding to mock Jones. The parody will run shows and spoof Infowars-style content and ads, including intentionally absurd items and fake supplements, while Collins framed the effort as denying Jones any future profit from the brand. Legal judgments have ordered Jones to pay more than $1 billion for falsely calling the 2012 shooting a hoax, and his Infowars operation was broken apart after those rulings; families' attorneys say every dime Jones now makes will be claimed by the victims' families.

Ben Collins

@bencollins.bsky.social

30 minutes until The Onion presents AMERICA: Birth of a Nation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cTi...

The signing of the Declaration of Independence, featuring at least five George Washingtons, Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, Jesus, a Klansman, and Uncle Sam.

67444d ago

The Bitchmaker 🇨🇦11

This image has been doctored! Below you will find the REAL image the powers that be don't want you to see:

Ryan Day5

Wait this was a real movie?

BakeOff3

A lot of slave owners in that "painting".

Teri2

That was fun and the credits are amazing 👏 😊

Fat Apollo, baby!1

Will it be on twitch>?

DnB Time1

Nice. Jesus and Epstein - joining the privileged.

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦14

It’s very, and unapologetically, funny. You don’t see enough of that these days.

Justin (He/Them)

@ingot.bsky.social

Real Infowars might be the best thing the onion has ever done.

42845d ago

Pablo Hidalgo

@infinata.bsky.social

So jealous of what the Onion gets to do about shitty online video guys. ❤️

16545d ago

Luke Russert

@lukerussert.bsky.social

Nice to see The Onion providing some laughs, restitution to Sandy Hook families and stripping Alex Jones of his website.

7945d ago

BrownEyedGirl8761

Love it!!! Thank you for sharing such a good story! @theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social

Michael Higgins1

Nobel Prize worthy from the Onion ! That’s America

[email protected]1

Hey, I like it when you sit in! You just said "wayside" re plans that go wrong (Trump's plans always go wrong), and I just realized that's why they named that brilliant & funny children's book series "Wayside School"! The books are hilarious and kids love them.

Dan O’Sullivan

@osullyville.bsky.social

The best part about being attacked by Swifties is I wrote a recent insulting Onion headline about the wedding and they don't know which one 😎

9044d ago

The Weeknight on MS NOW

@weeknightmsnow.bsky.social

“Anything that's bad for Alex Jones is good for the rest of us”: The Weeknight hosts celebrate the launch of The Onion's parody of Alex Jones' conspiracy platform, Infowars.

6045d ago

Justin Maxwell

@303.bsky.social

after yesterday, @realinfowars.bsky.social @theonion.com gets my $99/year to continue. should have done this months ago. @timheidecker.bsky.social has been one of my favorite people in the universe since TGttM/2024 and having him as the new face of infowars brings me joy

6844d ago

Sophie

@sophiefrommars.bsky.social

Honestly I was so nervous about the onion infowars but Tim Heidecker starting by saying that Alex Jones exploded two months ago and the guy streaming on alex jones live is an imposter is one of the funniest and strongest starts possible

5145d ago

Lee West

@whodat35.bsky.social

The Onion’s Infowars Parody Is Here. Alex Jones Is Going to Hate It The satirical site is fighting to officially take over Infowars. In the meantime, CEO Ben Collins says the new show will mock “how f&$cking stupid” conspiratorial brain rot has become. www.wired.com/story/the-on...

3145d ago

Birds Are Dinosaurs

@birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social

The only two kinds of news right now are Onion article and 30 Rock sketch

3945d ago

Molotov Gocktail

@silveralethia.bsky.social

i can't believe The Onion inflated Alex Jones until he was big and round

1845d ago

Matt Bevan

@mattbevan.bsky.social

Real InfoWars (The Onion) has made a parody of Tucker Carlson but it also aligns perfectly with Karl Stefanovic's new vibe www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnz6...

2145d ago

kattfrish.bsky.social

@kattfrish.bsky.social

Happy to find out about the Onion InfoWars relaunch too!

1944d ago

America Is Divided

@petrep.bsky.social

Alex Jones Suffers Ultimate Humiliation in Infowars' Saga. The Onion is kicking off its takeover by doing a satirical version of Alex Jones' conspiracies. The satirical website will be sending $100,000 to the families of victims in the Sandy Hook shooting. www.thedailybeast.com/the-onion-to...

1544d ago

Leila Brillson

@leilza.bsky.social

Over 50k people tuned in live last night to see Alex Jones pop like a balloon. And that’s perverted of you all @jdlaflure.bsky.social (📸 Tyler LaRiviere)

Jordan and leila at the onion look triumphant holding a rainbow infowars flag while in front of the onion sign

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