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On the Media

Grab Your Tin Foil Hat for The Onion's Takeover of Infowars

On the Media

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Trump faces a new accusation; The Onion is taking over InfoWars; and the 30th anniversary of Democracy Now!

Transcript

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0:00.0

President Trump posted an AI image of himself in a manner that finally offended some of his

0:06.2

biggest boosters. Trump looking like Jesus, healing some Jeffrey Epstein looking dude, sitting there

0:12.0

on the bottom, it's blasphening. Trump's journey from the hand of God to the Antichrist?

0:18.1

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

0:21.9

And I'm Michael Lohinger.

0:23.2

Also on this week's show,

0:24.8

the satirical newspaper The Onion, is taking over Info Wars and replacing the hate with comedy.

0:32.1

Why?

0:32.8

People need to hear other people like me remind the world that this is insane and try to do it in an

0:39.9

entertaining way. Otherwise, people feel like they're going crazy and that they're alone.

0:44.9

Plus, Amy Goodman has been sounding the alarm on corporate media for 30 years. People were saying,

0:51.3

you know, give us a break. But now they're saying, oh, please, yell louder, yell louder.

0:56.1

It's all coming up after this.

1:00.4

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

1:03.6

I'm Michael Lohinger.

1:04.8

And I'm Burke Gladstone.

1:06.2

On Easter Sunday of all days, among President Trump's usual flurry of posts on truth social,

1:12.4

one definitely stood out.

1:14.1

If your children are watching, be warned the president did not use polite language.

1:19.5

Quote, open the f*** straight, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in hell. Just watch.

1:26.3

Then a week later, with a vital assist from AI.

1:29.7

Donald Trump posted this edited image,

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