The Onion Eyes Infowars Takeover

0:00It's April 20th. You're listening to Durham News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey, with the story. The onion is making another push to grab control of Alex Jones' Infowars platform and flip it into a full-on parody site. This comes as Jones' company, free speech systems, heads toward liquidation to pay over $1 billion in defamation judgments to Sandy Hook. Families. The satirical outlet filed a proposal in a Texas court on Monday for a temporary license to the Infowars website and social media. Under the plan, the onion would run its comedy content there, starting around April 30th, if Judge Maya Gera Gamble approves it. They've already lined up folks like a median Tim Heideker to help turn it into a bigger humor network, with profits going straight to the Sandy Hook. Families. The deal includes the onion covering $81,000 a month in rent and costs for the Infowars building. Back in 2012, the Sandy Hook shooting killed 20 young kids and six educators,

1:03but Jones pushed Hook's claims that led to harassment and threats against victims' relatives. Juries hit him with over $1.4 billion in Connecticut and nearly 50 million in Texas, sparking bankruptcy and failed asset sales. Jones fired back on a show, vowing to battle the proposal in court, and keep broadcasting from a new studio on his ex account, radio stations, and fresh websites for his supplements and merch. Meanwhile, the court appoint a receiver backs the idea for a six month license that could renew and Sandy Hook lawyers are on board too. This saga keeps unfolding as everyone waits on the judge's call.