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I also recommend the Babylon Bee, leans conservative but funny as hell. It started as religious satire and they still kill at that.

by ralphc 3y ago

marcod 3y ago
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/babylon-bee-satire-from-right.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/babylon-bee-sati...
- Georgelemental 3y ago
  > Even so, the phenomenon of audiences and even news sources mistaking news satire for reality is well-documented. What is more, a study from the Ohio State University suggested that conservatives are more likely to believe Babylon Bee stories are real than liberals are to believe stories from the Onion, when the indicators of satire are removed in both cases. The Bee's writers would likely argue that this is because the political left, and the world in general, are getting more ridiculous each day. This is the premise behind their "Book of Prophecy" [0] and their "Not the Bee" sister site [1]. [0]: https://babylonbee.com/book-of-prophecy https://babylonbee.com/book-of-prophecy [1]: https://notthebee.com https://notthebee.com
  - abenga 3y ago
    Conservative satirists attempting to mock "only teaching unproblematic history" is rich.
  - stfufash 3y ago
    [flagged]
georgespencer 3y ago
Are there any headlines or articles from the Babylon Bee that you think of as being classics of the genre? I’ve looked occasionally in the past and always found it to be painful. “CNN PURCHASES INDUSTRIAL SIZED DRYER TO SPIN NEWS BEFORE BROADCAST” feels one step removed from FW: FW: FW: email threads from the 90s, whereas McSweeney’s, The Onion, and even absurdist sites like Clickhole play with the form as much as taking a position.
- Georgelemental 3y ago
  They have video skits (for example [0]), and occasionally articles in the form of a poll or quiz. There is also the "Book of Prophecy" [1]. But otherwise, the form is pretty standard I suppose. Definitely not as playful with form as, say, McSweeny's. The jokes are hit or miss, especially if you don't share their politics I suppose—no different than The Onion in that respect. But they do regularly poke fun at their own side, and have nonpolitical satire as well. Their "Family" category is pretty good IMO: https://babylonbee.com/news/categories/family https://babylonbee.com/news/categories/family [0] https://youtube.com/watch?v=HlDWzN6TW5Y https://youtube.com/watch?v=HlDWzN6TW5Y [1] https://babylonbee.com/book-of-prophecy https://babylonbee.com/book-of-prophecy
- ralphc 3y ago
  A political classic - "PA Senate Candidate Reminds Everyone That 'Fetterman' Is The Name Of The Doctor Who Created Him, Not His Actual Name". A religious classic - "Brutal: Other Disciples Gift Peter A Rooster-Crowing Alarm Clock"

I also recommend the Babylon Bee, leans conservative but funny as hell. It started as religious satire and they still kill at that.

by ralphc 3y ago

I also recommend the Babylon Bee, leans conservative but funny as hell. It started as religious satire and they still kill at that.

marcod 3y ago

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/babylon-bee-satire-from-right.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/babylon-bee-sati...

Georgelemental 3y ago
> Even so, the phenomenon of audiences and even news sources mistaking news satire for reality is well-documented. What is more, a study from the Ohio State University suggested that conservatives are more likely to believe Babylon Bee stories are real than liberals are to believe stories from the Onion, when the indicators of satire are removed in both cases. The Bee's writers would likely argue that this is because the political left, and the world in general, are getting more ridiculous each day. This is the premise behind their "Book of Prophecy" [0] and their "Not the Bee" sister site [1]. [0]: https://babylonbee.com/book-of-prophecy https://babylonbee.com/book-of-prophecy [1]: https://notthebee.com https://notthebee.com
- abenga 3y ago
  Conservative satirists attempting to mock "only teaching unproblematic history" is rich.
- stfufash 3y ago
  [flagged]

georgespencer 3y ago

Are there any headlines or articles from the Babylon Bee that you think of as being classics of the genre? I’ve looked occasionally in the past and always found it to be painful. “CNN PURCHASES INDUSTRIAL SIZED DRYER TO SPIN NEWS BEFORE BROADCAST” feels one step removed from FW: FW: FW: email threads from the 90s, whereas McSweeney’s, The Onion, and even absurdist sites like Clickhole play with the form as much as taking a position.

Georgelemental 3y ago
They have video skits (for example [0]), and occasionally articles in the form of a poll or quiz. There is also the "Book of Prophecy" [1]. But otherwise, the form is pretty standard I suppose. Definitely not as playful with form as, say, McSweeny's. The jokes are hit or miss, especially if you don't share their politics I suppose—no different than The Onion in that respect. But they do regularly poke fun at their own side, and have nonpolitical satire as well. Their "Family" category is pretty good IMO: https://babylonbee.com/news/categories/family https://babylonbee.com/news/categories/family [0] https://youtube.com/watch?v=HlDWzN6TW5Y https://youtube.com/watch?v=HlDWzN6TW5Y [1] https://babylonbee.com/book-of-prophecy https://babylonbee.com/book-of-prophecy
ralphc 3y ago
A political classic - "PA Senate Candidate Reminds Everyone That 'Fetterman' Is The Name Of The Doctor Who Created Him, Not His Actual Name". A religious classic - "Brutal: Other Disciples Gift Peter A Rooster-Crowing Alarm Clock"