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The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by MrJameGumb@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why would a reputable news source like The Onion want to tarnish its good reputation by buying a website famous for being full of lies that people believe?

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

It funni

[–] KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Although I couldn’t picture it at the time that is exactly the kind of response I wanted to illicit. Thanks. Hope you enjoyed.

[–] KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Well played! It took me a bit to both find this gif and learn how to post animated gifs to Lemmy. 🤣