Under a new court-backed proposal involving the broadcaster’s Sandy Hook defamation liabilities, The Onion wants to take temporary control of Alex Jones’ Infowars and run what its executives described as a parody version of the conspiracy platform.<\/p>\n
The plan, filed in a Texas state court, would give Global Tetrahedron, The Onion’s parent company, a six-month lease on Infowars’ intellectual property and operations at $81,000 a month, with an option to extend the arrangement for another six months. The proposal has the support of the court-appointed receiver and attorneys for the Sandy Hook families, but it still requires final judicial approval.<\/p>\n
The Onion wants to repurpose the Infowars website and social media accounts for satirical content, while the outlet’s chief executive officer Ben Collins said the goal is to build it into a broader comedy platform. Comedian Tim Heidecker is expected to serve as creative director if the deal moves forward.<\/p>\n
Jones has pushed back on the plan, blaming Onion for doing so “Misrepresentation”<\/em> Mislead audiences by presenting themselves as genuine outlets under the guise of infotainment and parody. He argued that parody does not give anyone the right to take over the identity of another platform, his team said. “Already checked with lawyers,”<\/em> and claimed that he was already taking legal action against politically affiliated law firms.<\/p>\n Jones stressed that even if he lost control of Infowars’ current site or studio, he and his team would continue to broadcast elsewhere through what he described as an expanded “Congress” program. “Alex Jones Network”<\/em> And new websites are already being created.<\/p>\n
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