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As an example of other news sites not giving them a fair shake, if you read the linked USAT article[0], they seem to want to be spinning the Babylon Bee in a ne
by fastball 6y ago
As an example of other news sites not giving them a fair shake, if you read the linked USAT article[0], they seem to want to be spinning the Babylon Bee in a negative light.
> Headlines on the site range from commentary on current events to the absurd. "Big Tech Fights Election Interference By Interfering In Election," "Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed Against A Duck To See If She Is A Witch" and "Teen Applies Entire Case Of Axe Body Spray Before Heading To Youth Group" were all featured on the site's homepage Friday morning.
> However, other headlines mock transgender people and Black Lives Matter protesters.
"However"? How do headlines satirizing transgender and BLM issues not fall under the previous umbrella of "headlines on the site range from commentary on current events to the absurd"?
USA Today also seems interested in "fact-checking" The Babylon Bee's headlines[1], something I've never seen done for The Onion / other satirical news, even when people "eat the onion"[2].
[0] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/16/donald-trump-tweets-babylon-bees-satirical-news-story-joe-biden/3676071001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/16/dona...
[1] https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/30/fact-check-trump-self-nominating-supreme-court-satirical-idea/3559923001/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/30/fact...
[2] https://old.reddit.com/r/AteTheOnion https://old.reddit.com/r/AteTheOnion