The problem with Babylon Bee is that conservatives aren’t smart enough to know it’s satire. So now we have to rebut and defend against the bullshit they read there as if it were real.
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The Babylon Bee also makes articles under the guise of satire in an attempt to take advantage of this very fact. They're basically a misinformation source that calls themselves satire because they know their base will take them seriously, but they can deny it. They're basically Fox News calling themselves the onion.
Yep, they are not satire at all, recently a video from them popped up in my feed, that's about gender reassignment surgery, there was nothing satirical or funny about it
Entertainment. They said they can't be sued because no one would take them seriously because they aren't news, they are "entertainment." They won.
That was fucking ridiculous. As if there's not ample evidence that millions of people take Fox News seriously.
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if you think Babylon Bee is satire I recommend you watch this https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U2Srxl7bw6c
and then tell me how it is anything but thinly veiled right-wing propaganda
edit: or this https://youtube.com/shorts/fo4ly63TJNw?si=zQg5iTQC5MYp4pYT
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I could be convinced that the first one is satire about what conservatives think the country is turning into, some real Tony Zaret shit
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Pretty sure that site is satire, iirc with some right leaning bias but my memory is vague.
So it's political ads, but at least fake politics :P
"Satire". That site is as subtle with its propaganda as Trump is. This is just pushing the stole election bs, paid for to be on the front page no matter what.
Correct, it's supposed to be The Onion but conservative.
It's hard to tell sometimes because conservatives suck at comedy.
Indeed, the Babylon Bee is very cringe
Conservative humor: trip a child and laugh when it is injured.
Of course he gave a sizeable lead with them, his base never threatened to kill them.
Is this appearing on feeds that don't include r/babylonbee? Shouldn't there be some sort of an ad indicator if so?
Yeah, it didn’t have the 3 dot menu to show less posts about this or whatever. It was like an ad that I couldn’t get rid of via any method in the app. It wasn’t simply a post on the sub. I don’t visit that sub, showed up in my curated feed.
There is no such thing as an "unblockable ad".
So now you're giving them even more exposure by sharing them here?
Well that's what you get for using new. Switch back to old.
BabylonBee is a satire site
it's like The Onion except strong right wing christian extremist bias
Eww
And no satire
idk I'd say the OP headline is technically satire, it just falls flat because the thing being satirized (Biden rigging the election) is not true and blatant misinformation.
Well, sure they have reasonable doubt, but then you watch something like this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U2Srxl7bw6c
and well, you know, hard to deny what they are doing...
To be clear I don't think satire, political propaganda, and bigotry are mutually exclusive things. I'm not saying I think babylon bee is satire as a way of defending it, just that it mostly meets the definition.
the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Don't think it fits if it's "exposing" something that's intentionally misleading
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The Ye 2020 tattoo got a big laugh out of me tbh
Wait wait wait... She wants a tattoo, says "my body, my choice" (clearly referencing abortion rights) and he says "No, tattoos are permanent" ... You mean LIKE A BABY??? They must be pro abortion then right?? Because an underage kid can't do permanent things like have a baby unless their parents sign off on it according to this ~~shit~~ I mean skit.
Also 16-18 yrs old is when you make ALL the life altering decisions, like learning to drive, picking what college to go to, what career to pursue. I couldn't have a single conversation with an adult at that age without them asking what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
Anyways, I could go on but I'm preaching to the choir. This would definitely give the biggest hate boner to their right wing bigoted audience who wouldn't know what hypocrisy is if it contradicted itself in their face.
Omg some of their videos are hilarious. Not for the reason they wanted it to be, but still. "Woke Jesus" for example.
Woke Jesus says to be saved, you have to be less white. Meanwhile, the person they have playing Woke Jesus is a white guy. They miss the point while demonstrating how to miss the point in the same video, unintentionally and ironically hilarious
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Oh I never said it was good
BabylonBee is right wing propaganda that uses "satire" as a shield to deflect criticism
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