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Three years after filing for bankruptcy, the 'most paranoid man in America' appears to be losing control of his own conspiracy site, Infowars. This past week, The Onion announced it would be moving forward with a plan to acquire the outlet and turn it into a parody of itself. Tariq Nafi reports.
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