
The Onion’s Ben Collins on Political Satire & Why Trump Isn’t Funny
From On with Kara Swisher
Published 2/2/2026

From On with Kara Swisher
Published 2/2/2026
Since becoming CEO of the Onion two years ago, former disinformation reporter Ben Collins has helped revitalize the satirical newspaper by relaunching its print edition, bringing back the Onion News Network on YouTube, and launching a bid to take over Alex Jones’s Infowars. The Onion even recently…