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The Onion launches parody of Alex Jones' Infowars, donating proceeds to Sandy Hook families

Tim Heidecker and The Onion launch satirical "Real InfoWars" parodying Alex Jones

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William Hughes

18h ago· 3 min readenNews

Summary

Tim Heidecker and The Onion launched their satirical "Real InfoWars" on Thursday night, featuring a 50-minute comedy block that parodies Alex Jones' InfoWars. The debut included pre-taped segments with Onion News Network character Jim Haggerty and Heidecker's impression of the ousted InfoWars founder, humorously declaring that Alex Jones has "popped like a balloon."

Source

The A.V. ClubTim Heidecker and The Onion launch satirical "Real InfoWars" parodying Alex Jonesavclub.com

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Tim Heidecker and The Onion's 'Real InfoWars' launched in full on Thursday night
deploying a 50-minute block of comedy on the brand's various streaming accounts
finally answering what, precisely, this new version of InfoWars was going to look like in practice
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Tim Heidecker's "real" InfoWars informs America that Alex Jones has "popped like a balloon"

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