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Christian Satire Site The Babylon Bee Is So Good Snopes.com Treated It Like Real News – Reason.com(reason.com)

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[deleted] 15 insightful - 4 fun15 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 4 fun 3 years ago

It's not that Snopes didn't know it was satire, they disagreed with its message, thus sought to tear it down. It has a horrible, left-wing bias. I don't trust them.

NiceDickBro 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun 3 years ago

Snopes turned into such a shit pile, in the beginning it was such a fun little website.

Intuit 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun 3 years ago

I remember it when I first started using the Internet, a cool site to confirm/debunk the old urban myths you used to hear.

jamesK_3rd 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun 3 years ago

I think you nailed it.

Turnaround 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun 3 years ago

Christian pun.. i see what you did there!

Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 3 years ago

It's not that Snopes didn't know it was satire,

Also, Snopes recognises billable hours, and they seized the opportunity.

It's nice to see the Snopes propagandists rip-off their paying customers.

Thieves robbing thieves = Comedy

flugegeheimen 12 insightful - 6 fun12 insightful - 5 fun13 insightful - 6 fun 3 years ago

Snopes reply:

We found dozens of instances of social media users who were puzzled by this article.

"We aren't the only people with an intellect of an oak stool, there are literally dozens of us!"

Intuit 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun 3 years ago

I think it says more about what Snopes thinks about their audience, that they might not realize that the Bee is satire.

filbs111 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun 3 years ago

great interview! confuses dodecahedron with icosohedron, but everyone makes mistakes.

Dial-up-tone 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun 3 years ago

OP is mistaking Snopes for a credible source.