The Onion's Plan to Transform Infowars into Satirical Site Faces Legal Hurdle
The satirical media outlet The Onion has proposed a plan to transform Infowars, a website run by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, into a comedy site. This follows a legal battle where Jones was ordered to pay $965 million in damages to families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, due to his false claims about the incident. Infowars was put up for auction to facilitate these payments, and The Onion was initially nominated as the buyer. However, a judge rejected the sale due to irregularities in the auction process. Subsequently, The Onion reached a licensing agreement to use Infowars' website and intellectual property for $81,000 per month, pending court approval. The Onion plans to use the site to satirize conspiracy theories, with comedian Tim Heidecker as the creative director. 
