Satirical news site The Onion is seeking to take over the platforms of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on a temporary basis under a proposal tied to the liquidation of his Infowars media company, as it faces more than $1 billion in defamation judgments stemming from false claims about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Under a plan submitted this week to a Texas state court, The Onion would receive an exclusive, short-term license to the intellectual property of Free Speech Systems, the parent of Infowars. The arrangement would allow The Onion to publish its own content across Infowars’ website and…