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Media Matters and other left-wing groups consider buying InfoWars: report (nypost.com)

submitted 2 years ago by realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to c/business@lemmy.world

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Keep the programming exactly the same but give Alex Jones an electric shock every time he lies.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago

Poor thing lit up like a tinderbox in 7 seconds

[–] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 0 points 2 years ago

People want Elon Musk to buy it but I think having someone already in the media space purchasing it would make more sense. Could be the Tucker Carlson Network, some random rich right winger as the article implies, or a consortium of various organizations and figures like Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk, heck maybe even the people who created Tenet Media lol

[+] intensely_human@lemm.ee -25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Quick! Everybody list three lies Alex Jones has said

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He literally went to court over his lies and lost. Now he has to pay the biggest sanction in US history over Sandy Hook.

And do you remember the water turning the frogs gay? Or what about his herbal dick pills scam?

I swear I've seen more useful dunces today than usual.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The gay frogs thing is actually true and an ecological disaster, unfortunately nobody takes it seriously on account of Alex Jones is a fuckin lunatic

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I looked it up quickly and I haven't found anything conclusive but maybe I missed it. Do you have a source for that?

[+] intensely_human@lemm.ee -19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay maybe that was too hard. List one?

[–] SarcasmIntended@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He's claimed:

Sept 11 was an inside job.
The government has a weather controlling machine and has used it on Americans.
That Sandy Hook was staged with paid actors.
The government are using chemicals to turn frogs and people gay.
That Robert Mueller was a demon and a pedophile.
That Hillary Clinton was running a child sex ring out of a pizza parlor.
Bill Gates is a eugenicist trying to wipe out minorities.
Millions of undocumented immigrants illegally voted in the election.
Glenn Beck is a CIA operative.
Satanists are taking over America.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Funny how he asked for them and then slinks away when they're posted

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

Glenn Beck is a CIA operative

What, he didn't like the conspiracy theorist competition? Because Glenn Beck is a tinfoil hat crybaby with a dumb chalkboard.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

To what end? Just to keep someone else from buying it and reviving it? Maybe hiring Alex back? Seems like an awfully big cost that just helps Alex pay his bills. And he will almost definitely be replatformed by someone anyway. Let some right wing knob dump their cash on the psycho and put your money to better use.

[–] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 7 points 2 years ago

I think the goal would be to get rid of Alex Jones' show. IDK the legal details but it's possible that copyright issues could keep Alex Jones from spinning up a copycat show without having his contract with the company formally severed. I'm also guessing whoever owns the company would have the power to sever the connections to whatever terrestrial radio stations still carry his program.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Apparently mentioning InfoWars or Alex Jones is a surefire way to bring out the low effort trolls.

[–] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 years ago

This surprises you?

But also your handle lol

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Hire Will Sasso to play Alex Jones but doing left wing news

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Knowledgefight gofundme. Nature healing itself.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Didn't Bill Ogden already claim the desk?

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago

Bet last week tonight would have a great time with it

[–] dynamojoe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Let MSNBC buy it and give it to Rachel Maddow for a hobby.