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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

The Onion’s stunning plan for Alex Jones’ Infowars will send money to Sandy Hook families

The Onion is launching a scathing parody of Alex Jones' Infowars while its legal fight to acquire the conspiracy platform continues, with part of the proceeds going to families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

The families have yet to receive any of the more than $1 billion Jones was ordered to pay for falsely claiming the massacre was a hoax. The Onion plans to send them its first $100,000 from merchandise sales featuring a mash-up of the Infowars name and The Onion's rainbow-colored logo.

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