The Onion Bought InfoWars. Now What? (ft. Ben Collins, CEO of The Onion)
The mainstream media failed to hold Alex Jones accountable for more than 30 years. A satire company is poised to do what journalism wouldn't.
Ben Collins knows why. As a former far-right extremism reporter inside mainstream media, he watched newsrooms normalize and platform Alex Jones' conspiracy theories in the name of "both sides" journalism. Now he's chief executive officer of The Onion's parent company, Global Tetrahedron — the company poised to turn Infowars into the joke it's always been.
Infowars founder Alex Jones owes more than $1.4 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting…
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