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'''Babylon Bee''' is a satirical website.
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[[image:unexpected_deaths_increasing_cause_unknown_Babylon_Bee.jpg|left|330px]]
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'''Babylon Bee''' is a satirical website. Several of its satires have preceded actual news stories.
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==Mainstream media recognition==
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[[Fox News]] published an article about a piece that mocks [[CNN]] on the Babylon Bee in January 2020.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/babylon-bee-cnn-satire-fake</ref>
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The [[NYT]] mentions two Babylon Bee articles in September 2020 in their reporting on "What Went Viral This Week":
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* 3. The Babylon Bee: NBA Players Wear Special Lace Collars To Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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* 6. The Babylon Bee: Fisher-Price Releases ‘My First Peaceful Protest’ Playset With House You Can Actually Burn Down
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[[Robin Pogrebin]] of the [[New York Times]] in September 2020 retweeted the Babylon Bee article: "NBA Players Wear Special Lace Collars To Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg" without any comment, probably believing it, later deleting the tweet.<ref>http://archive.today/2020.09.25-163714/https://twitter.com/rpogrebin/status/1309312199278694400</ref>
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==2020 Censorship==
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[[image:strike the Babylon Bee.jpg|330px|left]]
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[[Facebook]] began soft censoring Babylon Bee in 2020.<ref>https://reclaimthenet.org/facebook-do-you-want-to-share-babylon-bee/</ref> [[Twitter]] started censoring it in August 2020.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/election-fraud-twitter-suspends-babylon-bee-bans-top-trump-supporter-bill-mitchell-gop/</ref>
  
==Censorship==
 
[[Facebook]] began soft censoring Babylon Bee in 2020.<ref>https://reclaimthenet.org/facebook-do-you-want-to-share-babylon-bee/</ref> [[Twiiter]] started censoring it in August 2020.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/election-fraud-twitter-suspends-babylon-bee-bans-top-trump-supporter-bill-mitchell-gop/</ref>
 
 
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Latest revision as of 15:23, 14 April 2023

Satirical website censored since 2020.

Soft censorship by Facebook, in 2020
Website.png https://babylonbee.com/   FacebookRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Started: 2016


Unexpected deaths increasing cause unknown Babylon Bee.jpg

Babylon Bee is a satirical website. Several of its satires have preceded actual news stories.

Mainstream media recognition

Fox News published an article about a piece that mocks CNN on the Babylon Bee in January 2020.[1]

The NYT mentions two Babylon Bee articles in September 2020 in their reporting on "What Went Viral This Week":

  • 3. The Babylon Bee: NBA Players Wear Special Lace Collars To Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • 6. The Babylon Bee: Fisher-Price Releases ‘My First Peaceful Protest’ Playset With House You Can Actually Burn Down

Robin Pogrebin of the New York Times in September 2020 retweeted the Babylon Bee article: "NBA Players Wear Special Lace Collars To Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg" without any comment, probably believing it, later deleting the tweet.[2]

2020 Censorship

Strike the Babylon Bee.jpg

Facebook began soft censoring Babylon Bee in 2020.[3] Twitter started censoring it in August 2020.[4]


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