The Onion’s “Infowars” parody is here. Alex Jones is going to hate it

“Legally, we have to say this is a direct parody of Alex Jones and all that crap, so we’re allowed to seize all his stuff,” Collins tells WIRED. “But until then, we’ll have a lot of fun.” Jones’ lawyers did not respond to requests for comment. Messages to Information warfare Email accounts were returned as undeliverable.

Lawson calls for a takeover Information warfare They called the Sandy Hook families “karmic justice.” She has not yet received any settlement money From Jones. The Onion initially plans to give $100,000 from merchandise sales directly to families, Collins said. news agency.

the Information warfare Lawson explains that parody also meets business and cultural needs.

“We kind of realized at some point that we needed a satirical product that was essentially internet satire,” Lawson says. “But the problem is that it’s very difficult to make fun of the Internet because there’s not one Internet. And in order to make fun of it, you need a shared understanding of some of the media that you’re breaking.”

When Collins conceived the exciting acquisition Information warfarethey began to see it as an opportunity to target a very popular digital format: “These braggart assholes who have a million listeners (and) will say and do anything to make money,” says Lawson. “They’re these announcers, they’re the thing you can make fun of, like Joe Rogans and Alex Jones.”

The idea, Collins says, is to poke fun at the conspiratorial Internet brain rot that has infected the entire social media ecosystem. “It allows us to like point out how stupid everything is and how people talk now,” he explains. “People are constantly trying to find the big secret thing that runs the world, but in reality, the big secret thing that runs the world is right before our eyes, and it’s the big, fucking idiot government that we live under.”

Along with Heidecker, the live broadcasts will include other familiar faces and voices. Tim Robinson I think you should leave and Al-Kursi Company The name “Tim from Ohio” was called in the first episode, leading to controversy over whether Bozo the Clown was actually several different people. Fictional news anchor Jim Haggerty (Brad Holbrook) also returns, having given up his job as an anchor at the Onion News Network to express paranoid views while advertising products like “Hog Water.”

And a Delirious opening theme It is hosted by comedian and musician Nick Lotsko, who has often gone viral with his tunes Mocking Jones And other right-wing figures. This song was immediately derailed when Lutsko’s idea for a cartoon came out.”Information warfare The “Elf” mascot is rejected by the company’s higher-ups – but he continues to force the character back into the topic anyway.

“This is too much like ‘Avengers, Assemble’ for everyone who’s been making fun of these assholes for years,” Collins says. “I think if (this actor) was a direct foil to Trumpism, we probably wouldn’t have Trumpism.” “I worry about democracy,” Lawson adds, “and I think satire is the answer to that, being able to point to things that we look at around us and say, ‘This isn’t right.’”