Tag Archives: The Onion

NBC News reports: A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by The Onion’s parent company to buy Alex Jones’ far-right media empire, including the website Infowars, ruling that the auction process was unfair. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said after a two-day hearing that The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, had not submitted the best bid and was wrongly …

Courthouse News reports: The losing bidder in last week’s bankruptcy auction for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ assets, including his infamous Infowars website, filed an emergency motion on Monday morning to disqualify The Onion’s winning bid. First United American Companies argued it should have been declared the winner of the auction — not The Onion. It argued that, given the unclear …

The New York Times reports: The Onion, a satirical publication that skewers newsmakers and current events, said on Thursday that it had won a bankruptcy auction to acquire Infowars, a website founded and operated by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The Onion said that the bid was sanctioned by the families of the victims of the mass shooting at Sandy …

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Scott)

The internet collectively gasped yesterday when the Onion took its latest shot at the long-running controversy over the name of the Washington Redskins. WASHINGTON—Denying widespread claims that the franchise is being offensive or disrespectful, the Washington Redskins’ kike owner announced Monday that he remains steadfast in his refusal to change the team’s derogatory name. “The Redskins represent 81 years of …

Nailed it. (Tipped by JMG reader Anthony)

Enjoy.

The Onion definitely needs a heads-up on acceptable trans terminology, but if you can get past that it’s damn funny.

“She lives in Seattle now.”(Tipped by JMG reader Fritz)

Source. (Tipped by JMG reader Alan)

Nailed it.

The Onion states the obvious.

Just in from The Onion. Despite the surprising coincidence of finding a perfectly formed swastika amidst the broken girders of the Twin Towers, 9/11 memorial curators have opted not to display the symbol, choosing instead to leave it in the storage facility where it has been located for the past 10 years. “On the one hand, it’s pretty miraculous that …

An elderly gold prospector interviews a fake Brian Brown about marriage equality. It can only be the work of The Onion.

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From the Onion, of course. “242 House Republicans voted Wednesday to repeal the Asteroid Destruction and American Preservation Act, which was signed into law last year to destroy the immense asteroid currently hurtling toward Earth.” If Obama did propose such a bill, you know the GOP would be against it.