Reuters Ignores Biden, Fact Checks Babylon Bee

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Reuters Ignores Biden, Fact Checks Babylon Bee

The Babylon Bee lives rent-free in the minds of too many journalists. How else do you describe constant fact checks on a site that churns out satirical news stories a la The Onion? USA Today once fact-checked a Bee piece saying President Joe Biden sold Alaska to Russia. PolitiFact ran to the...

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USA Today once fact-checked a Bee piece saying President Joe Biden sold Alaska to Russia. PolitiFact ran to the scene after a Bee article claimed, “ISIS Lays Down Arms After Katy Perry’s Impassioned Plea To ‘Like, Just Co-Exist’”



Snopes routinely holds the Bee accountable for creating Fake News stories meant to make us laugh and think.
Now, it’s Reuters’ turn.

The once-neutral outlet reached out to the Bee’s Editor-in-Chief, Kyle Mann, to see if the site’s story about ballot boxes being placed along the U.S.-Mexico border was true.
Mann shared the back-and-forth exchange with his X followers.

 

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Reuters also targets other right-leaning voices over satirical posts.
There’s a method to the corrupt media’s war on The Babylon Bee and, to a lesser extent, conservative humor.


Facebook once flagged a Bee story saying CNN purchased an industrial-sized washing machine to spin the news as “misinformation.”

Why does that matter?
Social media giants lean on so-called “fact checkers” to make sure they’re sharing trustworthy information on their platforms. Share enough “misinformation,” and a site like The Babylon Bee could get purged from social media giants.

That would directly impact the company’s bottom line. The Bee generates revenue via traffic streams, and Facebook users aggressively post and share their stories.

Comedy matters.


It’s why late-night programs avoid mocking Democrats and skewer Republicans. The right sketch, joke or punch line can leave viewers feeling differently about a candidate or political position.


It also explains why liberal fact checkers select certain targets over others. For them, holding the Bee accountable sometimes matters more than keeping the leader of the free world honest.

 

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Reuters also targets other right-leaning voices over satirical posts.
There’s a method to the corrupt media’s war on The Babylon Bee and, to a lesser extent, conservative humor.


Facebook once flagged a Bee story saying CNN purchased an industrial-sized washing machine to spin the news as “misinformation.”

Why does that matter?
Social media giants lean on so-called “fact checkers” to make sure they’re sharing trustworthy information on their platforms. Share enough “misinformation,” and a site like The Babylon Bee could get purged from social media giants.

That would directly impact the company’s bottom line. The Bee generates revenue via traffic streams, and Facebook users aggressively post and share their stories.

Comedy matters.


It’s why late-night programs avoid mocking Democrats and skewer Republicans. The right sketch, joke or punch line can leave viewers feeling differently about a candidate or political position.


It also explains why liberal fact checkers select certain targets over others. For them, holding the Bee accountable sometimes matters more than keeping the leader of the free world honest.

And why would you give a rats arse about the free world? You constantly kiss Putins arse in other threads, your not even a REAL Republican.