The Babylon Bee Newsletter + A Very Important Message

Far West

Far West

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I get The Babylon Bee newsletter link in my email... today this was what was at the beginning.

Interesting how a satire site is now being accused of fake news, however the true news media that spouts propaganda in the form of fake news... just keeps on keeping on... (except when they go out of business due to people figuring out they are liars and no longer tuning in.)

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Readers of the Bee,

We apologize for the length of this note, but we wanted to bring something important to your attention. Last week, Snopes fact-checked us again. We're pretty used to that. But this time, instead of merely rating the article "false," they questioned whether our work qualifies as satire, and even went so far as to suggest that we were deliberately deceiving our readers. Basically, they treated us as a source of intentionally misleading fake news, rather than as the legitimate, well-known satire publication that we are. This is a big deal.

As you know, fake news—which is distinguished from satire by its intent to mislead—was widely considered a serious issue in the last election cycle. As a result, social media networks like Facebook began partnering with fact-checkers to try and limit the distribution of fake news on their platforms. Snopes was one of them. At one point, a piece of ours was rated "false" by Snopes, prompting Facebook to threaten us with limitations and demonetization. We made a stink about this, and after some media attention shed light on the problem, Facebook apologized for their handling of the matter and admitted that satire is not the same as fake news.

We came out on top last time, but this latest smear from Snopes is both dishonest and disconcerting. We have no choice but to take it very seriously. For better or worse, the media, the public, and social networks all look to Snopes for authoritative answers. By lumping us in with fake news and questioning whether we really qualify as satire, Snopes appears to be actively engaged in an effort to discredit and deplatform us. While we wish it wasn't necessary, we have retained a law firm to represent us in this matter.

But here's the good news: While much of our revenue still comes from traffic generated through Facebook, Twitter, etc., subscriptions from our loyal readers have allowed us to become less dependent on those networks. If you value The Babylon Bee and want to see us prevail against Snopes and anyone else who might seek to discredit or deplatform us, please consider becoming a subscriber. Your support really will make a difference.

 
The far-left “fact check” outlet Snopes is using fake news to blacklist the Christian satire site the Babylon Bee.
Everyone was laughing at Snopes when it started fact-checking the Babylon Bee’s satire pieces; we all howled as the self-serious Snopes labeled obvious satire as “false.” But now we know Snopes actually has an agenda here — and that is to abuse its power as a Facebook-recognized fact checker to blacklist the Babylon Bee, to get the openly Christian satire site algorithmically hidden and demonetized, which will effectively put it out of business.
Yes, this is a big deal, because as we all now know, once the fascist left smears ideas and opinion they do not approve of as “fake news,” people and web sites start to disappear forever.

Although Snopes has been “fact-checking” the Babylon Bee since July of 2016, everyone took notice back in March when Snopes published a disingenuous fact check that resulted in Facebook threatening the Babylon Bee with “limitations and demonetization.”

“CNN Purchases Industrial-Sized Washing Machine to Spin News Before Publication” was the Bee’s title, but Snopes still pretended it needed to “fact check” a ridiculous satire piece.

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media...cklist-christian-satire-site-the-babylon-bee/
 
Why doesn't the Babylon Bee just simply put a little notation at the end of their articles stating something like, "this is a satire piece"? Wouldn't that clear up and solve the problem? I can see how someone who is not familiar with their site might get confused. It actually just happened to me with a piece written about Bill Clinton. Of course, the weird and bizarre seems to "actually" be the norm with them, so my confusion might be more understood, in this instance.
 
ivylove said:
Why doesn't the Babylon Bee just simply put a little notation at the end of their articles stating something like, "this is a satire piece"? Wouldn't that clear up and solve the problem? I can see how someone who is not familiar with their site might get confused. It actually just happened to me with a piece written about Bill Clinton. Of course, the weird and bizarre seems to "actually" be the norm with them, so my confusion might be more understood, in this instance.
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Everything they do is satire.

So much of their satire now, could be in the news about far left as truth. It is hard to be extreme enough. What would be clearly seen as impossible, now one has to double think. What a world we live in currently.

The funny ones also poke fun at religion and some of the funny things each denomination or church goer has a been stereotyped doing.
 
Man Only Serving In Church Sound Booth To Avoid Greeting Time
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According to sources close to Bedrock Church sound guy Ryan Wendler, the longtime church volunteer actually doesn’t care about audio engineering in the slightest, but rather serves in the sound booth so he can avoid shaking hands during the church’s mandatory greeting time.

Wendler discovered the perk of the tech ministry by sheer accident several years ago, when he was asked to fill in running slides and discovered he didn’t have to speak to a single person during the church’s usual meet-and greet-session.
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https://babylonbee.com/news/man-serving-sound-booth-avoid-greeting-time
 
Far West said:
Everything they do is satire.

So much of their satire now, could be in the news about far left as truth. It is hard to be extreme enough. What would be clearly seen as impossible, now one has to double think. What a world we live in currently.

The funny ones also poke fun at religion and some of the funny things each denomination or church goer has a been stereotyped doing.
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Far West, In the last day, or so, I have been surfing their site, and now can't figure out how, I didn't "immediately" catch on that it was satire. I love their sense of humor, and have been laughing like crazy! I also joined their facebook page. I guess the writers are just really good, because their pieces are so well written and worded that they seem like they could almost be real. LOL!
 
ivylove said:
Far West, In the last day, or so, I have been surfing their site, and now can't figure out how, I didn't "immediately" catch on that it was satire. I love their sense of humor, and have been laughing like crazy! I also joined their facebook page. I guess the writers are just really good, because their pieces are so well written and worded that they seem like they could almost be real. LOL!
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They really are! I especially love the articles where they poke fun at the silly stuff we actually do in church sometimes.
 
Here is an example of when the opposite recently happened to me. One of my friends on facebook, put up a post about Drag Queens reading stories to children in libraries/and schools. I actually laughed out loud, liked it, and thought it was a satire piece. I didn't click on the article and read it, because I just didn't think it was anything but comedy. However, I saw someone else post it too, and decided to read it, and realized it was real! I guess theses days it really is just harder to immediately spot satire. https://www.tampabay.com/news/2019/...t-petersburg-draws-protesters-we-went-inside/
 
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