To merge a couple of topics slightly, has anyone else been tracking the Alex Jones/Info Wars saga?
Alex Jones is/was the owner and face of a media company called Info wars which is basically another one of these extreme Right-wing bullshit spewing 'truth-sayer' type media outlets. Jones did a regular podcast which covered all sorts of nonsense.
In one particular episode of the Infowars podcast, Jones claimed the Sandy Hook massacre (where 26 people were shot and killed, including 20 children) was a hoax, and that the parents of the 'so-called deceased' children were 'crisis actors'. Long story sort, the parents sued him and after numerous smaller payouts, Jones was ordered to pay out $965 million, and essentially had to sell Infowars to cover it.
Fast forward to last week - Infowars was auctioned off, and Jones was hoping that one of his rich, Right-wing chums would step in and buy it and continue to employ him as presenter. But hilariously, The Onion
(Wiki) stepped in and bought it fair and square. Elmo has now stepped in and taken up the fight:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/alex-jones-infowars-sale-onion-elon-musk-x/
This is definitely one of those 'watch this space' moments...
