April 30, 2026
The Onion's bid to take over Alex Jones' Infowars is in limbo as new court battles emerge
The Onion's plan to take over the Infowars platforms that Alex Jones built into a bullhorn of conspiracy theories and turn them into parody sites was in limbo again Thursday, after a Texas court paused a proposed deal involving the satirical news outlet.
TL;DR
- The Onion planned to take over Infowars platforms.
- The goal was to transform them into parody sites.
- A Texas court has paused the proposed deal.
- The deal's status is again in limbo.