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 debuted 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 webpage launch was accompanied by a YouTube live premiere video, “Welcome to the Real Infowars,” with comedian Tim Hedeicker doing an impression of Jones while introducing viewers to the page.“Today we reclaim the standard of truth and deliver the first salvo in the final battle for your mind,” a note on the site read.The Onion plans to send Sandy Hook 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.
