The Onion

2024 - 11 - 14

Når satire møder skandale: The Onion køber Infowars!

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Er det en drøm eller mareridt? The Onion overtager Alex Jones' Infowars og vil gøre det til en satirisk legeplads!

I et bemærkelsesværdigt vendepunkt har den satiriske nyhedsside The Onion gjort noget, der kan virke som en skræmmende satire i sig selv: de har vundet auktionen for Alex Jones' medieimperium, Infowars. Men denne spektakulære handel er ikke uden sine komplikationer, da en dommer skal godkende salget for at sikre, at de $1,5 milliarder, Jones skylder familierne fra Sandy Hook, bliver betalt. Under de absurde omstændigheder i denne situation, er det næsten umuligt ikke at lade sig grine over, hvordan en satire-website nu ejer en af de mest kontroversielle platforme i moderne mediehistorie.

The Onion har til hensigt at gøre Infowars til en parodi på sig selv, hvilket skaber en række spørgsmål om, hvordan de vil håndtere det kaos, der har præget Jones' medier. Jones, der er kendt for sine ekstreme konspirationsteorier og påstande, er ikke begejstret for denne udvikling; han er blevet mere end blot en komisk figur i det amerikanske medielandskab, og nu skal han dele sit opholdssted med en humoristisk publikations kritik. I en ironisk tvist af skæbnen har de, der står bag The Onion, nu muligheden for at bringe en humoristisk vinkel til et sted der tidligere har været synonymt med rædsel og vildfarelse.

Det hele synes surrealistisk, men som det står nu, venter man på dommerens endelige beslutning fra skiftet. En af de mest interessante facetter ved denne anskaffelse er, hvordan The Onion kan kapitalisere på de bizarre og ofte absurde teorier, der har defineret Infowars' indhold. Det ville ikke være første gang, at satire og virkelighed krydser klinger, og hvis nogen kan vise, hvor langt ud en historie kan gå, så er det The Onion.

Det er dog ikke kun sjov og ballade. Salget af Infowars er et direkte resultat af Jones' tidligere påstande om, at Sandy Hook-skyderiet var en falsk flag operation, som har haft dybe og smertefulde konsekvenser for de berørte familier. Dette har stillet en række spørgsmål vedrørende ansvarlighed i mediebilledet. Uanset hvordan dette spil udspiller sig, vil det helt sikkert kaste lys over både de komiske og tragiske sider af det moderne informationsmiljø.

Som en sjov lille sidebemærkning, vidste du, at The Onion blev grundlagt i 1988 og næsten er blevet synonymt med satiriske nyheder? Dertil kommer, at Infowars har tiltrukket sig millioner af seere og har haft en ekstrem indflydelse på den politiske debat. Måske kan The Onion finde en måde at underholde og uddanne ved at vende det bizarre til noget lattervækkende!

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The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company (NPR)

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The Onion Buys Alex Jones's Infowars Out of Bankruptcy (The New York Times)

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The Onion Buys Infowars in Bankruptcy Auction (Variety)

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'The Onion' Buys Infowars -- and Alex Jones Is Pissed (Rolling Stone)

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The Onion buys Alex Jones's Infowars at auction (BBC News)

Infowars was auctioned as part of a defamation ruling after Jones falsely called the Sandy Hook School shooting a hoax.

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The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at bankruptcy auction. Here ... (CBS News)

Satirical publication The Onion, with the support of Sandy Hook families, purchased the bankrupt site of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

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What The Onion's purchase of InfoWars can teach us about ... (Ragan Communications)

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The Onion has won the bid for Infowars' assets (CNNMoney)

Satirical news site The Onion won the auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars, which was sold off as part of a defamation settlement ...

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Infowars sale to The Onion to be reviewed by judge: What happens ... (Newsweek)

Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez expressed concerns about transparency in the bidding process of Alex Jones' site.

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The truth is stranger (and funnier) than fiction as The Onion buys ... (Poynter)

It's the type of headline you might see from the satirical news site. And, this time, it's entirely true. InfoWars founder Alex Jones, shown here in June of ...

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Judge Halts The Onion's Infowars Takeover to Review Auction ... (Variety)

The Onion's winning bid for the assets of Alex Jones' bankrupt conspiracy-theory site Infowars is under further review.

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Satirical Site The Onion Wins Bidding For Alex Jones' InfoWars Assets (Deadline)

UPDATED, with judge setting hearing: The satirical news site The Onion has won the bidding for the assets of Alex Jones' InfoWars, which he has been forced ...

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How Kennedy Could 'Go Wild on Health,' and The Onion's Infowars ... (The New York Times)

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The Onion has purchased Infowars. How it's the latest twist in Alex ... (Christian Science Monitor)

The Onion bought Alex Jones' Infowars after he filed personal bankruptcy. Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims successfully sued Mr. Jones and ...

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No, That Wasn't an 'Onion' Headline (The Atlantic)

The satirical site's announcement that it is acquiring Alex Jones's Infowars created confusion—and perfectly captured the media world we're living in.

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What happens next in The Onion's effort to buy Alex Jones' Infowars (The Associated Press)

A court hearing is typically held after a bankruptcy auction to finalize the winning bids and sales, and to hear any objections, so the process in Jones' case ...

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Onion CEO discusses Infowars purchase and plans for site's future (ABC News)

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Why the Onion Decided to Buy Alex Jones's Infowars (New York Magazine)

The Onion's CEO explains their most expensive gag yet — buying Infowars in a bankruptcy auction to shut down Alex Jones.

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Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That's what the Onion ... (LA Daily News)

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