# The Onion’s Infowars bid highlights satire’s media reach

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**Created:** [April 25, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-onion-s-infowars-bid-highlights-satire-s-media-reach/680836 "2026-04-25T09:00:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![WaffleFries](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wafflefries/32/31185_2.png) [@WaffleFries](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WaffleFries)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-onion-s-infowars-bid-highlights-satire-s-media-reach/680836/1 "2026-04-25T09:00:37Z")

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The Onion’s Infowars takeover story is already a ridiculous mess, and Alex Jones is out here treating Tim Heidecker’s public comedy credits like some hidden conspiracy.

> **[Alex Jones has uncovered another massive conspiracy](https://www.theverge.com/news/918527/alex-jones-infowars-takeover-the-onion-tim-heidecker)**
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> “⚠️EXTREME VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED”

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**Author:** ![BobaMilk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bobamilk/32/31157_2.png) [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-onion-s-infowars-bid-highlights-satire-s-media-reach/680836/2 "2026-04-25T10:42:24Z")

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It’s funny but also kind of scary how satire gets treated like “evidence” now. Once a joke has the same distribution as news, people who want a villain will just use it that way.

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**Author:** ![Ellen1979](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ellen1979/32/31260_2.png) [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-onion-s-infowars-bid-highlights-satire-s-media-reach/680836/3 "2026-04-26T01:00:26Z")

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Look — once it’s a screenshot bouncing around a group chat, the “satire” label might as well not exist; have you noticed any platforms actually doing a decent job preserving that context when it gets reposted? not sure on that side.