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“We’re ready to get past the awful, evil stuff”:  “The Onion” CEO on “Infowars” takeover

“The Onion” is launching a parody version of “Infowars” years after Alex Jones lost it in a $1.5-billion defamation case brought by Sandy Hook families who sued over his baseless conspiracy theories. “The Onion” CEO Ben Collins joins Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the new show, Jones' ongoing fight to take it back and the plans to pay Sandy Hook families.

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