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[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 165 points 1 month ago

When I was out and about today, I listened to the head of The Onion being interviewed on NPR. He talked a lot about the ways Alex Jones has tried to get out of paying the families of the Sandy Hook kids that were killed like he's required to. They tried to devalue Info Wars, and then have a shell company buy it at auction for a tiny amount so that there would be no money to pay the families. Apparently that was the original motivation for The Onion bidding on it and bidding it up: to make sure there was money for the families, and also they thought they could do something with it.

That whole thing is still in litigation, with Jones saying the company really has no value. So The Onion is releasing new content of the kind they intend to do on the site, in hopes that people will stream it and show the judge that there's an audience and a value. I decided to watch the first episode even if it's terrible, to give them the views.

It's not terrible, it's hilarious. Well worth watching. Note that some of the commercials are theirs, and you might not want to skip those.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 52 points 1 month ago

Wow, he could have apologised and settled out of court at any time, and instead we get a worm crawling down every hole.

[-] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago

The conservative and libertarian mind can only ever think about themselves.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 month ago

Alex Jones is truly a malevolent POS (person of shit) and so are his fans. I wish nothing but the worst for them.

I caught the live stream about halfway through. I skipped back to the beginning and I really enjoyed it. I plan on watching it every week, hopefully live, to help boost their numbers.

The ad for Oxygyn was truly hilarious and I like that they're still running with "Turn Your Piss into Gold."

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah, completely agree on both things.

The hog water commercial was pretty good.

[-] Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago

some of the commercials are theirs

None of them are real commercials, sadly, not even Turn Your Gold Into Piss

[-] SystemDisc@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

No, it’s real. And, there’s a glitch where you get more piss for the gold than gold for the piss. Infinite piss. What more could you want?

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[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

I did not know any of this. Thank you.

[-] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 68 points 1 month ago

Omg I have been waiting to see what they do with this IP. I gotta make sure I come back.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 1 month ago

It looks like they'll be doing a live stream every Thursday evening.

Tonight's was great. I learned a lot. Like JFK didn't kill himself. I never ever considered that he might have been assassinated.

[-] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 44 points 1 month ago

"We really have no idea how medium-up this goes."

It's definitely off to a good start.

[-] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 20 points 1 month ago

So far I've learned Alex Jones is unable to grow hair on the top of his head

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago

Come on man, you really buy this conspiracy shit? Everyone knows his head just kinda did that on its own.

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[-] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

OH YEAH I totally forgot that The Onion acquired InfoWars after Alex Jones was forced to sell due to multiple legal proceedings including his divorce and a lawsuit from Sandy Hook shooting victims that he claimed were actors.

[-] Cintari@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

Apparently the actual sale of Infowars is still tied up in court. What they're doing here is just creating their own Infowars despite that, consequences be damned. Alex Jones isn't in any position to protect the trademark and The Onion is calling it parody.

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Alex Jones doesn't own any IP any more. His bankruptcy estate owns the shares in the business that used to be his. So Alex Jones can't sue for any infringement. In fact Alex Jones continued to illegally use the studio and the branding for months after he lost the rights to do so.

In theory Jones's bankruptcy estate's liquidator / administrator could sue on behalf of the estate. But that guy was trying to award the auction to the Onion in the first place.

The Onion tried to strike a short term lease deal, which hasn't been approved yet. So they're just going to make the lease payments to the plaintiffs directly for the time being.

And they think they're in a pretty legally defensible situation, because, hey, who's going to sue them?

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

By the way, the court ruled that the judgement can't be discharged in bankruptcy. So Jones is coming out of bankruptcy, and he still owes the full amount (less whatever is collected from the Onion) personally. He doesn't get a clean slate. Any future income of his can be garnished and assets seized down to some minimum. For the rest of his life.

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[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I read this in weird al's voice, but like he's saying the whole thing at once in one big breath.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I thought there was another issue. I'm so glad, I fucking love it.

Edit: I think this show is going to get followers like Colbert got followers because they thought it was real. There's a hole to fill.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

I'm being lied to... RIGHT now.

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I lost hope before that The Onion have lost the legal battle to acquire InfoWars. But alas, there is indeed a god!

[-] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

They won the lawsuit like 4 months ago

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 month ago

Tim's going to completely shred his voice doing this character

[-] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

From the picture I couldn't even tell it was him.

[-] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 18 points 1 month ago

The lying mainstream media is not even mentioning his death!!!!!111

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

I laughed out loud every time they showed that video.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Haven't been able to watch it all yet; have to head to work. But man oh man, Jim Haggerty with the everyman Colbert Show vibes. Love it. And Tim's Alex Jones impression is spot...on.

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[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 15 points 1 month ago

First half of the headline got me lol

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago
[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

I only had a bite. It's like when you ask for no onions and then you get a bite and you're like ew wtf is this Alex Jones is dead doing in my burger?

[-] wolfrasin@lemmy.today 15 points 1 month ago

The parody is just so on point. Could have gone with an even more clowny version of Alex J*nes, but extending the stuttering bluster to be the entire runtime of the show would be gauche.

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 14 points 1 month ago

Realizing the headline isn't real:

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

You're being lied to... right now!

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[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

He's been dead for 15 years, replaced by one of those Men In Black bodies with a bug in the head.

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[-] starik@lemmy.today 12 points 1 month ago

I just want Knowledge Fight back.

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[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

HOG WATER! HOG WATER! HOG WATER!

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[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Jim Mother-Fucking Haggerty!

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[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

Popped like a balloon

[-] VoodooAardvark@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

I thought infowars.com was being taken over - is it not?

[-] lavander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

They are fighting as much as possible to prevent the onion takeover

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[-] BigDiction@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I just made it to the first “commercial break”. Damn I’m glad to have the day off.

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