Alex Jones having his InfoWars web site taken over by The Onion is poetic justice … at the least so far as the dad or mum of a Sandy Hook faculty capturing sufferer is anxious.
David Wheeler, whose son Benjamin was one of many first-graders murdered on the elementary faculty in 2012, tells TMZ … he is glad the satirical information web site is the brand new proprietor of Jones’ delight and pleasure … and he cannot consider a greater instance of karma.
Jones needed to put InfoWars up for public sale to repay his money owed, together with the $1.4 billion defamation lawsuit he misplaced to households of the Sandy Hook capturing victims.
He was sued in 2018 after spreading baseless claims that the lethal faculty capturing was a false flag occasion to assist the federal government roll out a plan to confiscate People’ weapons.
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Wheeler even testified at Jones’ defamation trial … saying the conspiracy concept resulted in strangers displaying up at his dwelling, demanding to see his son who died within the tragedy.
The Onion plans to rework InfoWars right into a parody of itself … relaunching the location in January to mock “weird internet personalities” like Jones who peddle misinformation and well being dietary supplements, CEO Ben Collins advised The New York Instances.
Reinstate Alex Jones on this platform?
Vox Populi, Vox Dei.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2023
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Final yr, we spoke with David when Elon Musk let Jones again on X, and David blasted the transfer and advised us Elon was a “sociopath” for bringing Jones again to the platform.
However seems like Jones’ loss right here is David’s achieve. “Poetic justice,” he says.