The Onion’s new parody of Alex Jones’ Infowars starts with $100,000 to Sandy Hook families

An Interview with Onion CEO Ben Collins on the satirical outlet's Infowars takeover, reaction from Alex Jones' followers, content expansion plans, and more (Natalie Korach/Status)

Natalie Korach / Status: An Interview with Onion CEO Ben Collins on the satirical outlet's Infowars takeover, reaction from Alex Jones' followers, content expansion plans, and more  —  Rather than wait for the process to play out, the satirical outlet launched its own parody version of the conspiracy platform last week …

The Onion’s new parody of Alex Jones’ Infowars starts with $100,000 to Sandy Hook families

The satirical news site The Onion isn’t waiting to take possession of Infowars to launch a parody of Alex Jones ’ conspiracy platform. More than a year after first trying to buy Infowars, The Onion on Thursday will debut a send-up under its own website with plans to give some of the revenue to families of the victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The families have still received no money from Jones since courts ordered him to pay…