Onion

Tim Heidecker podría suceder a Alex Jones como jefe del sitio web de conspiraciones Infowars en pocos días como parte de la adquisición de The Onion. El comediante, actor y músico relató a As It Happens su plan para lograr que la gente ría y sonría en una plataforma que inspiraba ira y miedo.

The satirical website’s parent company will have to pay $81,000 a month to the misinformation platformSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxSatirical website the Onion plans to turn rightwing commentator Alex Jones’s misinformation site Infowars into a parody of itself under a leasing agreement provisionally approved by a Texas court.Under a proposed deal with court administrators, Infowars would be leased by Global Tetrahedron, a Chicago-based company that owns the Onion, for $81,000 a month for six months, with an option to renew for another six months. Continue reading...