Satirical US site The Onion buys Infowars with the backing of Sandy Hook victims' families

Bill Weircolleague

Not an Onion headline.”

CNN’s Bill Weir felt obliged to share the news with this caveat

Steve Bannonadviser

Force them to cut the power ... Let’s get the camera on them,

Bannon said

The journey has just begun,

he said before airing a clip from The Wolf of Wall Street, followed by an advertisement for Ultimate Hydraforce electrolyte drink mix

This is not a victory for the bad guys. This is them being revealed brought out in the open. The globalist tyranny forced to take the mask off,

he said

Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society – values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron,

a satirical statement, attributed to Bryce P Tetraeder, said

John Feinblattgun Safety President

It’s fitting that a platform once used to profit off of tragedy will be a tool of education, hence our multi-year advertising commitment to this new venture,

John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, said in a statement

From day one, these families have fought against all odds to bring true accountability to Alex Jones and his corrupt business,

Mattei said in a statement

This is the tyranny of the new world order – desperate to silence the American people,

Jones said in a video posted on X, decrying the sale of his website as an attack on free speech

Site unavailable till further notice.”

The home page of InfoWars currently features a short statement that reads

With millions of regular viewers and over two decades on the air, Jones has created a financial and brand empire out of selling misinformation and disinformation, as well as self-help dietary products,

the group says in a report on Jones

We thought this would be a hilarious joke,

Ben Collins, the chief executive of The Onion's parent company, Global Tetrahedron, told the New York Times

The Onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site's users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,

said CEO Ben Collins

They are a true unicorn, capable of simultaneously inspiring public support for billionaires and stoking outrage at an inept federal state that can assassinate JFK but can’t even put a man on the Moon,

the fictional CEO wrote

Everytown will continue to raise awareness on Infowars' channels about gun violence prevention and present actual solutions to our nation's gun violence crisis, including bipartisan, common-sense measures and public safety initiatives backed by Everytown,

it said in a statement

Last broadcast now live from Infowars studios. They are in the building. Are ordering shutdown without court approval,

Jones said on the social platform X

They're shutting us down,

Jones said in a post on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter

I just got word 15 minutes ago that my lawyers and folks met with the U.S. trustee over our bankruptcy this morning and they said they are shutting us down even without a court order this morning,

Jones said

The Connecticut democrats with The Onion newspaper bought us,

he added

Our clients knew that true accountability meant an end to Infowars and an end to Jones' ability to spread lies, pain and fear at scale,

Chris Mattei, attorney for the Connecticut families said in a statement

The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars. We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website. We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.”

CEO Ben Collins confirmed this in a post on Bluesky on Thursday, writing