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[–] 85 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

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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  • [–] 75 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    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.

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    [–] 33 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    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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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 81 points 2 years ago

    "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.

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  • [–] 56 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Correct, it's supposed to be The Onion but conservative.

    It's hard to tell sometimes because conservatives suck at comedy.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Of course he gave a sizeable lead with them, his base never threatened to kill them.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is this appearing on feeds that don't include r/babylonbee? Shouldn't there be some sort of an ad indicator if so?

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    There is no such thing as an "unblockable ad".

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well that's what you get for using new. Switch back to old.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    So now you're giving them even more exposure by sharing them here?

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