the deeper truth is they remember eden. they try to dismantle faith because they are haunted by a memory they cannot explain. something ancient in them remembers light. would they fight so hard against God if they didn't secretly miss him? are they reminded by the ache they keep anesthetizing?

The Onion’s new parody of Alex Jones’ Infowars starts with $100,000 to Sandy Hook families [because theres nothing like bribery to press salt in the wound]

The Onion will this week debut a send-up under its own website with plans to give some of the revenue to families of the victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Comedian Tim Heidecker delivers an update on the future of InfoWars on The Onion YouTube channel in May.

Comedian Tim Heidecker delivers an update on the future of InfoWars on The Onion YouTube channel in May.The Onion / via YouTube

The satirical news site The Onion isn’t waiting to take possession of Infowars to launch a parody of Alex Jones ’ conspiracy platform.

More than a year after first trying to buy Infowars, The Onion on Thursday will debut a send-up under its own website with plans to give some of the revenue to families of the victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

The families have still received no money from Jones since courts ordered him to pay more than $1 billion for falsely calling the 2012 shooting a hoax.

The Onion will start by sending the families $100,000 from merchandise sales that combine the conspiracy empire’s brand with the The Onion’s logo in rainbow colors, according to CEO Ben Collins, whose company is still in court trying to take control of Infowars.

“Don’t give comedy writers a grudge for 18 months,” Collins said.

The parody will include a series of shows and other content under Infowars branding that spoof Jones’ aggressive mashup of conspiracies linking major news events, dubious scientific claims, attacks on people suffering in tragedies and sales of supplements and survival gear.

Alex Jones
Alex Jones in Houston in 2024.David J. Phillip / AP file

Jones’ claims that the 2012 shooting that killed 20 first graders and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut is a hoax have no truth, but Jones continued to amplify them. His followers started to harass victims’ families, suggesting they were “crisis actors” and even making death threats.

Jones’ Infowars empire had 10 million visitors a month and generated more than $50 million in annual revenues at its peak, according to the company. But the $1.4 billion judgements in defamation cases in Connecticut and Texas, where Jones is based, forced him into bankruptcy and broke Infowars apart.

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