A significant percentage of the population will always gravitate towards the type of content produced by Alex Jones and Infowars.
Russia solved this by making "controlled" media outlets (and in recent years Telegram channels) for people who gravitate toward conspiracies and contrarian viewpoints without making them critical of the current Russian administration.
Obviously that is not what The Onion is planning to do but that is what this story reminded me of.
The US already does this. The problem is that most Americans can't understand that their favourite Red/Blue scandal is just a side show at the circus of genocide.
Russia solved this by making "controlled" media outlets (and in recent years Telegram channels) for people who gravitate toward conspiracies and contrarian viewpoints without making them critical of the current Russian administration.
Obviously that is not what The Onion is planning to do but that is what this story reminded me of.