After shutting down Infowars and chasing Alex Jones out of the building, the Onion hopes to reopen the site in January as a parody of what he and others have peddled for years.

When reality becomes stranger than satire, maybe the satirists can teach us something. Or, maybe the last laugh will be on them after all. The Onion said on Thursday that its parent company bought Infowars,

The Onion had the winning bid in the Infowars bankruptcy auction. A judge said the sale is on hold while he reviews the bidding process.