The Onion relaunches Alex Jones’ Info Wars as a satirical site

NewsWorldAmericasThe Onion relaunches Alex Jones’ Info Wars as a satirical siteAlex Jones said The Onion’s plans to turn the outlet into a satirical site amounted to ’stealing my identity‘Rachel Dobkin in New York Monday 20 April 2026 22:35 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2961417","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-onion-alex-jones-info-wars-sandy-hook-b2961417.html","title":"The Onion relaunches Alex Jones’ Info Wars as a satirical site"}}CloseRelated: Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones doubles down on criticism of former ally Trump : 'We’re in free fall'The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"Americas","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClim...