The Onion launches new effort to turn Infowars into parody website

US satirical publication The Onion has proposed a new plan to take over Infowars, the media company run by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The Onion's proposal, which requires approval from a judge, would involve a licensing arrangement that would allow it to publish its own parody content on Infowars' platforms in order to mock conspira...

US satirical publication The Onion has proposed a new plan to take over Infowars, the media company run by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

The Onion's proposal, which requires approval from a judge, would involve a licensing arrangement that would allow it to publish its own parody content on Infowars' platforms in order to mock conspiracy theories.

A previous attempt by The Onion to buy Infowars outright was rejected by another judge. Jones has reportedly said he will also resist the new effort.

Infowars faces liquidation after families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 won a legal case worth hundreds of millions of dollars against Jones.