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Title: No Joke: Babylon Bee Activates Lawyers After NYT Defamation
Source: [None]
URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/political ... s-lawyers-after-nyt-defamation
Published: Jun 3, 2021
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2021-06-03 18:14:58 by Horse
Keywords: None
Views: 1145
Comments: 15

Since its inception in March of 2016, the Babylon Bee has made a name for itself as the most hilarious satire website in the known universe - cranking out headlines that would fool only the most abject of morons with no inner monologue, while making the rest of us spit coffee all over our screens.

As the site has risen in popularity (with an estimated 5 million visits per month), liberal 'fact checkers' began smearing the Bee by fact checking obvious satire.

Editor in Chief Kyle Mann responded to one example of this malarkey in an August 2019 Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, after 'fact checking' website Snopes (founded by an alleged embezzler who left his wife for an actual whore) 'debunked' an satirical take on a false claim by Georgia state Rep. Erica Thomas, who claimed that a white man in a supermarket told her to "go back to where you came from," only to have a witness later say that never happened.

Here's the Bee's headline:

According to Mann, "Snopes knew this was a joke but questioned our “brand” of satire. The website called us “junk news” and a “ruse.” It accused us of intentionally “muddying the details” of a current event to “fool” people." After some legal pressure, "The scolds at Snopes seemed to comply and removed the worst bits from their piece. But they then rolled out a new rating, “Labeled Satire,” which is meant to suggest that we are somehow making jokes in bad faith."

The left's war on Babylon Bee has continued. In April, Facebook penalized the site for "coordinating harm and promoting crime" after they published a clearly satirical "Guide To Being Prepared For Rioting."

Kyle Mann, boop/bop/beep @The_Kyle_Mann

Facebook is penalizing @TheBabylonBee for "coordinating harm and promoting crime" for our satirical post MAKING FUN OF THOSE WHO RIOT. We appealed the decision but were told it was unlikely we'd receive a response.

And now, the New York Times - which actively reported Russia collusion conspiracy theories for three years - has joined the fray called the Bee a "far-right misinformation site" that "sometimes trafficked in misinformation under the guise of satire."

Bee owner Seth Dillon responded to the incident in a lengthy Twitter thread that makes clear that for the Bee, defamation is no joking matter (please clap).

Seth Dillon @SethDillon · Yesterday our counsel sent a letter to @nytimes demanding a retraction. We took this action because their article was—and remains—defamatory.

Seth Dillon @SethDillon

I commented on the original version of the article in this thread.

Seth Dillon @SethDillon

In an article about Facebook's difficulty in dealing with satire, the New York Times points to The Babylon Bee as an example of a "far-right misinformation site" that "sometimes trafficked in misinformation under the guise of satire."

https://nytimes.com/2021/03/19/tec

If the Times refuses to correct their reporting, the Babylon Bee and their lawyers may entertain even more us by kicking their ass in court. (2 images)

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#2. To: Horse (#0)

The Secretary where I work tells us we can get free Covid vaccine at the County Health Department. I am not going to get it since I think I might have already had the Covid. ;)

BTP Holdings  posted on  2021-06-03   19:57:54 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: BTP Holdings (#2)

The Secretary where I work tells us we can get free Covid vaccine at the County Health Department. I am not going to get it since I think I might have already had the Covid. ;)

We that live in the small community just outside of Amarillo, Texas, have never been under the bullshit restrictions foisted upon much of America by the "intellectuals" and Gatesian medical cult. That makes it difficult for us to actually "feel" the imprisonment being forced upon much of our country (cuntry may be more appropriate).

Fuck trying Fauci for being a serial murdering miscreant ... shoot that fucktard !

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#8. To: noone222 (#7)

Fuck trying Fauci for being a serial murdering miscreant ... shoot that fucktard !

He needs to be tied to a post and shot at sun up just like traitors of years gone by. ;)

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