Comment on Nothing is funnier than The Onion taking over Infowars and making rainbow merchandise.

Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Slandered.

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The most perfectly cast part in all of cinema.

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  • 13igTyme@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t it be both if he says it on a podcast and then writes an article?

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Did he write an article? I thought he always did spoken.

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      • 13igTyme@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I was under the assumption infowars was also a website with blogs or dumb articles on it. I have no idea, though because I had no reason to visit his website.

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  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So, can we get ahold of the cue cards?

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Still doesn’t count unless the cue cards were shown to the public.

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• mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Apparently finalized a few days ago. But the news was published in The Onion, so you can be forgiven for thinking it might be satire.

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  • THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, they’re posting it all over the place. I’ve seen other platforms also posting it everywhere.

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    • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      the fact that onion is posting something all over the place does not mean anything, they seem to be taking it as seriously as all their other news

      this is the freshest info: nytimes.com/…/infowars-alex-jones-the-onion.html

      they are waiting for a judge, they have a wish, but they own/rent/control anything at this time.

      “other platforms” reposting that does not mean anything. same as it did not mean anything when they posted the same false information 18 months ago: Image

      if anything, it is nice example of why we need professional media collecting and verifying news before releasing them and why random people shouting on social networks are not news

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not finalised. Needs court approval.

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• homes@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It would cost the Onion $81k a month for the domain

  all things considered, that could be renegotiated with the registrar now that Jones is no longer the owner. It’s no longer worth that as it’s not raking in Jones-level revenue. Sure, it’s still worth a lot, especially with The Onion owning it, but, still, not $81k/mo.

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  • rImITywR@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That $81K/no isn’t going to the registrar. Its going to the manager of Jone’s debt to be distributed to hid creditors, including the families if Sandy Hook.

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    • homes@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      oh, my mistake

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      • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        it is not temporary and it is not permanent. there isn’t ANYTHING yet. they have a wish they brought to a judge and now they wait for what the judge will decide. if the judge decides to their liking, then it will be temporary…

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• lena@gregtech.eu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  81k per month, that’s wild

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• BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Finalized a few days ago.

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A deal was signed, but it needs approval from a Texas court before it can be finalised.

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  • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    no

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  both. libel is print, slander is speech, he did both. some jurisdictions have rolled both crimes into slander to stop confusing the public.

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