When The Onion announced in late 2024 that it was acquiring Infowars — the defunct digital platform run by conspiracy theorist and Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones — and was planning to relaunch it as a satirical website making fun of extreme online personalities, Tim Heidecker was immediately intrigued.“I’ve been following right-wing media, conspiracy theorists, conmen, male influencers as a source of my comedy inspiration,” said Heidecker, who som…
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