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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

The Onion plans to lease Alex Jones’s Infowars after judge blocks purchase

The front page of the Onion newspaper
Under a proposed deal, Infowars would be leased by Global Tetrahedron, a Chicago-based company that owns the Onion, for $81,000 a month for six months. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Satirical website the Onion plans to turn rightwing commentator Alex Jones’s misinformation site Infowars into a parody of itself under a leasing agreement provisionally approved by a Texas court.

Under a proposed deal with court administrators, Infowars would be leased by Global Tetrahedron, a Chicago-based company that owns the Onion, for $81,000 a month for six months, with an option to renew for another six months.

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