Fast Company: [Note – beSpacific added links to subject matter not found in the original article] “Tim Heidecker’s favorite form of comedy wastes your time. So there’s no better punch line than the internet, society’s ultimate time suck, which has woven its addictive, algorithmic tendrils into every single aspect of our lives, bottoming out in the silty, dark, disorienting unreality of Alex Jones. InfoWars, the right-wing conspiracy theorist’s poison pill of a brand, went up for auction in 2024 after the families of the victims of a 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School successfully sued him for defamation, and he subsequently declared bankruptcy in 2022. That’s when the satirical website The Onion stepped in. It has been attempting to officially take over InfoWars’s brand assets and related production equipment (the bid has been mired in court appeals by Jones), with the intention of donating its proceeds to those families. The team, helmed by Onion CEO Ben Collins and Heidecker as creative director, isn’t waiting any longer.  Satirical media outlet The Onion is now previewing its new take on InfoWars, the conspiracy website formerly owned by far-right commentator Alex Jones. Creative Director Tim Heidecker (known for Adult Swim show “Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job”) explained that The Onion plans to copy InfoWars’ aesthetic while simultaneously pillorying right-wing conspiratorial content in its signature satirical fashion. Jones lost control of InfoWars after a lawsuit filed by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting, which resulted in Jones having to sell off all of his assets.

Episodes will stream across all platforms The Onion is on, including Youtube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky, as well as its own website.