Talk:The Onion
Latest comment: 24 March 2025 by Giacomo1968 in topic IP users keep removing “fake news” description of InfoWars
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Onion Purchase of Infowars On Hold
Apparently the purchase of infowars has been put on hold by a bankruptcy judge. Someone should change that part of the article. Quanjano (talk) 19:32, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
- Source? Mason7512 (talk) 21:51, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
- “A losing bidder connected to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones challenged on Monday the Onion's purchase of Jones' Infowars website, saying the parody news site won a rigged bankruptcy auction and offered half as much cash as its bid.” Reuters (November 18, 20242:56 PM EST) https://www.reuters.com/world/us/alex-jones-affiliated-company-challenges-onions-infowars-purchase-2024-11-18/ --Giacomo1968 (talk) 20:42, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- Also, if you can look past the hyperbolic nonsense, this InfoWars article on issues surrounding the sale seems like a valid source for other sources; note can’t actually link to it because of Wikipedia filters: “EXPOSED: Onion CEO LIED About Having ‘Highest Bid’ in Infowars Auction, Court Docs Show” --Giacomo1968 (talk) 02:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- And this piece from the New York Times, “The Onion’s Bid to Acquire Infowars Has Gotten Messy” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/business/media/the-onion-infowars-alex-jones.html --Giacomo1968 (talk) 00:02, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
- Also, if you can look past the hyperbolic nonsense, this InfoWars article on issues surrounding the sale seems like a valid source for other sources; note can’t actually link to it because of Wikipedia filters: “EXPOSED: Onion CEO LIED About Having ‘Highest Bid’ in Infowars Auction, Court Docs Show” --Giacomo1968 (talk) 02:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- “A losing bidder connected to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones challenged on Monday the Onion's purchase of Jones' Infowars website, saying the parody news site won a rigged bankruptcy auction and offered half as much cash as its bid.” Reuters (November 18, 20242:56 PM EST) https://www.reuters.com/world/us/alex-jones-affiliated-company-challenges-onions-infowars-purchase-2024-11-18/ --Giacomo1968 (talk) 20:42, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
IP users keep removing “fake news” description of InfoWars
As stated in title. Some IP users removed the “fake news website” description of InfoWars repeatedly when the first sentence of IW’s WP article states that it is a fake news website.
I risk crossing the 3RR if I kept reverting them. irisChronomia (talk) 22:50, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Don't worry; reverting of clear vandalism does not incur risk of 3RR. In such cases we'd hope you'd go to requests for page protection and ask for temporary semi-protection. I protected it for four days in November. Most recently, the latest ip editor is actually making a positive contribution. Read the protection policy to understand the process and what is allowed. BusterD (talk) 00:11, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed. Also, the current edit of the description that reads, "…InfoWars, a conspiratorial far-right website founded by Alex Jones…" makes the most sense. --11:19, 24 March 2025 (UTC) Giacomo1968 (talk) 11:19, 24 March 2025 (UTC)