The onion bought infowars. Which is pretty amazing news. The site filled with hate and abject stupidity now becomes part of the unserious satirical news.
And as you'll note in the CEOs comment, they're unsure how they'll use the site. But one of the intended outcomes was to make some peace with the parents of the Sandy Hook victims, as infowars was outrageous toward them.
The other thing to note is that the big media companies (like The NY Times and he AP) used a picture of the man that the onion CEO specifically said he wouldn't name, because he's irrelevant.
Which is the problem with the big media. They give air to things and use salacious headlines in order to get clicks. Rather than focusing on the content and being, I don't know, accurate.
Which is why I have stopped paying attention to most media outlets. They suck. Maybe the onion, and what it becomes will be better at reporting…
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