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by luke727 53 days ago
Not to mention Alex Jones is still up and running elsewhere spreading his nonsense and hawking his merch. So it's a cute gag, I guess, and gets the Sandy Hook families some money, but doesn't really change the status quo.
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I disagree. It's a lot better than if it were bought by simply a different far-right media outlet.

This keeps it out of that ecosystem, which I think is a really good thing.

It's just a domain name. The Onion taking it over does virtually nothing to impact Alex Jone's reach.
Then the point was to send a message, which brings it back to being biased. I’m not a fan of Alex Jones but I am a fan of people making their own decisions about what content they consume. This sets a dangerous precedent that fundamentally stifles free speech. I wonder how long it will take Republicans to pull this on Democrats, which means this tit-for-tat back and forth will never end.