In order to appear somewhat hip, the guy who speaks on behalf of the quango that measures Aussie kids physical activity and coordination said on midday TV ABC that there were enough underperforming Aussie kids to fill six hundred jumbo jets... Wow... The latest popular measurement unit I knew of was the Olympic size swimming pool or number of Sydney harbours. Whacko.

The bloke looked a bit nervous as he read his little script on the side...

But here you are, Aussie kids spend too much time watching little iScreens and the only exercise they get is thumbells and press buttons. I hope it's for a good reason, like reading yourdemocracy.net.au

A child custody lawsuit pits “America’s biggest conspiracy theorist” Alex Jones against ex-wife Kelly Jones, who is seeking payments from the Infowars founder for child support. Kelly claims her husband is “not a stable person,” but the man US President Donald Trump once praised as having an “amazing” reputation is simply “playing a character.”

That’s according to his attorney, who says the antics come with the territory for the “performance artist,” the Austin American-Statesman reported.  

The duo have three children, ages nine, 12, and 14. Kelly already receives $43,000 per month from her ex-husband. The jurors “are not going to believe the amount of money that has been spent on this case,” the judge reportedly said. “It is not within the realm of experience of their lives."

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As families of the Sandy Hook victims continue to pressure NBC to ax Megyn Kelly’s Sunday interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the network has been holding crisis meetings about how to handle the backlash.

Insiders told us that staff were in panicked meetings all day on Monday. “It’s a s - - t show. No one wants to withstand a whole week of criticism over this. There are a number of people who want to pull the interview.”

But another source told us NBC needs the controversy to shake up their Sunday night and to bring new viewers. “No one expected sponsors to pull out, but this is why they hired Megyn. They expect to lose and gain viewers and they want the buzz.”

The interview has left many at the network scratching their heads, but NBC News chairman Andy Lack was overheard telling fellow journalists at Tuesday’s Mirror Awards that the interview will air.

“There’s been a lot of confusion, but as of now, they are not pulling the interview,” another insider said.

Kelly addressed the backlash on Tuesday. “I find Alex Jones’ suggestion that Sandy Hook was ‘a hoax’ as personally revolting as every other rational person does. It left me, and many other Americans, asking the very question that prompted this interview: How does Jones, who traffics in these outrageous conspiracy theories, have the respect of the president of the United States and a growing audience of millions?”

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Satirical outlet The Onion has teamed up with US gun control group Everytown to place the winning bid on InfoWars, which right-wing commentator Alex Jones was forced to liquidate to pay enormous legal debts. Several families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims, who won the judgment against Jones, reportedly also pitched in.

In 2022, a Connecticut judge ordered Jones to pay $1.5 billion to the families of those killed in the 2012 school massacre, which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults. The plaintiffs argued that Jones caused them emotional damage by claiming the shooting was “staged” so the US government could enact draconian gun control laws. Lawyers for the families insisted on shutting down InfoWars and its parent company, Free Speech Systems LLC, to settle part of the debt.

“The Onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,” the outlet’s CEO, Ben Collins, said on Thursday. “Or Bitcoin. We will also accept Bitcoin.”

Jones tried to file for bankruptcy protection, but the courts denied it, and he was forced to put InfoWars up for auction. The amount of the winning bid was not disclosed, but CNN reported that the bidding had reached “seven figures,” meaning $1 million or more.

Nine Sandy Hook families reportedly pledged to increase the value of the Onion’s bid by forgoing a portion of their recovery funds. Everytown for Gun Safety also pitched in, receiving an exclusive advertising deal with the new version of InfoWars in return.

The purchase includes Infowars’ intellectual property, website, inventory, customer lists, certain social media accounts, and production equipment.

Jones founded InfoWars in 1999, and by 2017, the website was receiving around 10 million monthly visits, eclipsing many mainstream news sites. He vowed to return to broadcasting under another brand as soon as possible.

The Onion started out as a satirical newspaper lampooning the style and substance of US media reporting. In 2016, it was bought by Univision. Declining in popularity during the first presidency of Donald Trump, the Onion ended up sold to the G/O Group, owners of several former Gawker properties (Gizmodo, Jezebel, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Kotaku, Jalopnik). The company has since sold off or liquidated most of these outlets.

Since April, the Onion has been owned by tech entrepreneur Jeff Lawson and managed by Collins, a former NBC News reporter covering “disinformation, extremism and the internet.” The outlet’s new management includes former social media executives from TikTok, Tumblr, and the dating app Bumble.

https://www.rt.com/news/607645-infowars-onion-alex-jones/

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