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Type of site | Satirical publication |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | March 1, 2016 |
| Headquarters | Jupiter,Florida, U.S. |
| Founder | Adam Ford |
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| URL | babylonbee.com |
| Current status | Active |
The Babylon Bee is an AmericanconservativeChristiannews satire website that publishessatirical articles on topics including religion, politics, current events, and public figures.
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The Babylon Bee was founded by Adam Ford and was launched on March 1, 2016.[1] It is headquartered inJupiter, Florida, and employs around 24 people across the United States.[2][3]
In 2017,Hurricane Harvey batteredHouston, Texas, causing widespread flooding. In that context,The Babylon Bee satirically criticizedtelevangelistJoel Osteen with a headline that read: "Joel Osteen Sails Luxury Yacht Through Flooded Houston to Pass Out Copies OfYour Best Life Now". The article went viral, prompting a fact check fromSnopes.[4][5][6]
In late 2018,[7] Ford sold the website to Seth Dillon.[8] In an interview withThe Christian Post, Ford cited several reasons for the sale, including his discomfort with the power wielded bysocial media companies likeFacebook over creators and what he perceived as an anti-conservative and anti-Christian bias.[9][10]
At the time of the website's sale, Kyle Mann, who had been head writer since September 2016, became editor-in-chief.[11] Ford maintained a financial stake in the site and its sister siteNot the Bee until November 2023. Citing the "inevitable consequences ofburnout" that came from keeping up with current events, he handed over full control to brothers Seth and Dan Dillon.[8] Seth remained the majority owner ofThe Babylon Bee while Dan Dillon, who had helped cofoundNot the Bee, became its majority owner.[12]
At the time of its sale to Dillon,The Babylon Bee was receiving 3 million page views per month.[8] In October 2020, the website said that it was receiving about 8 million visitors a month.[13] which would have been more thanThe Onion's traffic in the same period.[14] By January 2021,The Washington Times said thatThe Babylon Bee was receiving more than 20 million page views per month, had more than 20,000 paid subscribers, and had a Twitter account with more than 856,000 followers.[15] In January 2022,The Economist said thatThe Babylon Bee was "claiming as many as 25 m[illion] readers a month at its peak", and that Dillon had turnedThe Babylon Bee "into one of the most popular conservative sites afterFox News".[16]
The Babylon Bee began by lampooning a wide range of topics includingprogressives,Democrats,Republicans, Christians, and Donald Trump.[17][18][13] The purpose of the site, according to its founder Adam Ford in 2016, was not just to evoke laughter, but to prompt self-reflection. "It's important to look at what we're doing, to 'examine ourselves.' Satire acts like anoverhead projector, taking something that people usually ignore and projecting it up on the wall for everyone to see. It forces us to look at things we wouldn't normally look at and makes us ask if we're okay with them."[19] In an April 2016Washington Post profile of the site and its founder, Bob Smietana observed that "TheBee excels at poking fun at the small idiosyncrasies of believers, especiallyevangelical Protestants."[1] Susan E. Isaacs publishing inChristianity Today wrote in May 2018 that the site "lampoon[ed] the faithful across denominations, political affiliations, and age groups".[18] Emma Green inThe Atlantic noted ofThe Babylon Bee's content in October 2021, "Although political humor drives much ofThe Bee's web traffic, the publication's signature hits focus on what the writers see as shallowness in the evangelical world."[20]
In the years leading up to 2020, the site grew less critical of Trump and more critical of theleft andliberalism, though it continued to satirize topics across both parties.[13] Emma Goldberg ofThe New York Times said in 2020 that although Trump was still not off limits as a target forThe Babylon Bee, "their "early coverage of Trump, back in 2016, was much more vitriolic than today's. They called him a psychopath, or a megalomaniac. Now they're more bemused by him and the ghoulish ways he's described on the left."[14] In another 2020New York Times article, Emma Goldberg wrote that the unifying goal of the site was "poking fun at the left", and that "their most popular articles are often those making jokes at the expense of Democratic presidential candidateJoe Biden". She wrote that its success was due to finding ways topunch up by "ridiculing every source of authority outside the White House." In the same article,The Babylon Bee's editor-in-chief Kyle Mann summarized how he believed readers ofThe Babylon Bee considered the site: "this comedy makes fun of everybody, but it's a little harder on the left, and when it makes fun of the right it's not hateful."[13] Parker J. Bach wrote inSlate in June 2021 that the site frequently makes jokes that target marginalized groups, with articles that are "often 'ironically' misogynistic" and "frequently antagonistic toward theLGBTQIA+ community".[21] In an October 2021 interview withThe Atlantic, Mann described the site's view of satire and its mission as "mock[ing] people who hold cultural power and ... communicat[ing] truth to a culture that many times does not believe in an objective, universal truth any longer."[20]
The Babylon Bee's hostedElon Musk for an interview on the site's podcast in December 2021. The episode featured regular hosts Kyle Mann andEthan Nicolle, who were joined by Seth Dillon. The podcast covered a wide range of topics, ranging from a response to SenatorElizabeth Warren's criticism of how little Musk paid in taxes[22] toscandals at CNN[23] to his thoughts on Christianity.[24]
Jennifer Graham ofDeseret News attributed the success ofThe Babylon Bee in 2021 to "the increasing polarization in America, with Republicans and Democrats clustering in information silos that reflect and affirm their beliefs."[8]Nick Gillespie ofReason praisedThe Babylon Bee in 2022, saying that "The fact that theBee is very funny, day in and day out, is almost enough to get me, a lapsed Catholic, to believe in divine intervention, if not a covenant of grace not works."[25]The New Yorker andThe New York Times have described The Babylon Bee as a Christian or conservative version ofThe Onion.[26][14]
As the readership ofThe Babylon Bee increased from 2016 to 2020, there were independent, ongoing discussions within journalistic circles on how to handle the rise offake news and its influence on the public.[27][28][29]The Babylon Bee was brought into this wider conversation when several of their articles were shared on social media or reported upon, ostensibly as factual.[27][30]
In 2019,The Babylon Bee satirically criticizedDonald Trump with an article saying that Trump claimed he had "done more for Christianity thanJesus". The article went viral, prompting a fact check fromSnopes after some thought the article was a real story.[16]
The Conversation published research by academics at theOhio State University in August 2019 that found that people regularly mistook satirical reports fromThe Babylon Bee,The Colbert Report,The Onion, and others for genuine news. They found that "stories published by theBee were among the most shared factually inaccurate content in almost every survey we conducted." They also found that both Republicans and Democrats mistook articles fromThe Babylon Bee as news, but Republicans were considerably more likely to do so.[31]The Babylon Bee's editor-in-chief, Kyle Mann, criticized the research in a conversation withReason TV, describing it as "methodologically flawed" and sayingThe Conversation reworded the headlines and took them out of context when asking survey respondents if they thought they were real.[32]Reason's John Osterhoudt said that the headlines had been "stripped of both context and comedy", giving as an exampleThe Babylon Bee headline "CNN: 'God Allowed the Mueller Report to Test Our Shakeable Faith in Collusion'" that was rephrased to participants as "CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper said his belief that Trump colluded with Russia is unshakable; it will not change regardless of statements or evidence to the contrary."[32]
Media outlets' responses to incidents in whichThe Babylon Bee's content was mistaken for factual reporting have varied. Some have describedThe Babylon Bee and its content as obviously satirical,[33][13] whereas others have suggested the site misleads its readers, either intentionally or inadvertently.[14] The frequency with whichBabylon Bee stories are confused with real news has resulted in numerous reactions from fact-checkers.[34][21]
In September 2020, British newspaperThe Guardian reprinted as factual aBee-doctored image ofLeBron James wearing a lace collar supposedly in tribute toRuth Bader Ginsburg.[35]
In October 2020, a satirical news story byThe Babylon Bee claiming that Twitter had been shut down to protect Joe Biden from negative coverage was retweeted by then-U.S. President Donald Trump, who, according to some journalists, seemed to not realize the article was parody and condemned the fabricated incident described in the story as a case of leftist censorship.[36][30] This event promptedKevin Roose, writing inThe New York Times, to question whetherThe Babylon Bee "traffic[s] in misinformation under the guise of comedy", concluding that "The Babylon Bee is not a covert disinformation operation disguised as a right-wing satire site, and is in fact trying to do comedy, but may inadvertently be spreading bad information when people take their stories too seriously".[14]
Parker J. Bach wrote inSlate in 2021 thatThe Babylon Bee "is adept at writing ironically ambiguous material that lets audiences from different sections of the right reinforce their own beliefs ... even ifThe Babylon Bee's satire itself should not be considered misinformation, its satire draws on and reinforces actual misinformation and conspiracy". Bach also described the website's material as "riffs on riffs, building referential jokes atop the already referential right-wing commentary about the untrustworthiness of the news".[21] James Varney wrote inThe Washington Times that "Surprisingly often, a short piece from theBee seems to become real news. A jesting report in theBee will be fact-checked and censored, usually briefly, by social media platforms" and that "as a consequence, the satirical website has been fondly christened by its conservative blogging brethren as 'the paper of record.'"[15][better source needed]
On several occasions, social media and other platforms have removed content byThe Babylon Bee or flagged or suspended its accounts, though some of these actions were later described by the platforms as errors and reversed. Dillon has accused news media,fact-checking outlets, and social media websites of targetingThe Babylon Bee in a movement todeplatform conservative or Christian viewpoints, which he has also described ascancel culture.[37][38][39]
In March 2018, afterThe Babylon Bee's article about CNN "spinning" the news in a large washing machine was classified by fact-checking websiteSnopes as "false", Facebook sent a notification threatening to limitThe Babylon Bee's content distribution and monetization.[21][34][40] Following some controversy, Facebook identified the notification as a mistake and apologized.[34]
The Babylon Bee's Twitter account was briefly suspended in August 2020 after being mistakenly caught in one of the social media company's spam filters.[41]
In October 2020,The Babylon Bee put up a Facebook post linking to a story about theAmy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination, with the headline "Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed Against a Duck to See If She Is a Witch" (a reference to the 1975 filmMonty Python and the Holy Grail). Citing its policies against incitement to violence, Facebook removed the post and demonetizedThe Babylon Bee's page on the social media platform.[42] Dillon responded, "In what universe does a fictional quote as part of an obvious joke constitute a genuine incitement to violence? How does context not come into play here? They're asking us to edit the article and not speak publicly about internal content reviews."[42] Also in October 2020, during a Senate hearing onSection 230, SenatorMike Lee referred toThe Babylon Bee as a target of social media moderation, which he said was imbalanced and predominantly directed at right-leaning content, groups, and individuals.[43]
The Babylon Bee put up a Facebook post in February 2022 with the headline "Trans Woman Breaks Jeopardy Record, Proving Once and for All That Men Are Smarter Than Women", referencing formerJeopardy! championAmy Schneider. Facebook removed the post, citing its policies againsthate speech. Dillon published a statement that they would be appealing the removal.[44]
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In March 2018,The Babylon Bee published an article quipping that CNN was using an industrial-sized washing machine to "spin" the news. Two days later, fact-checking websiteSnopes issued a fact check for the article, rating it "false". Facebook then cited this fact check in a warning message toThe Babylon Bee, threatening to limit its content distribution and monetization.[21][34][40] Ford tweeted a screenshot of the warning message, drawing public attention to the matter. Facebook subsequently stated, "There's a difference betweenfalse news and satire. This was a mistake and should not have been rated false in our system. It's since been corrected and won't count against the domain in any way."[34]
In July 2019,The Babylon Bee published an article referring to areal-world incident, titled "Georgia Lawmaker ClaimsChick-Fil-A Employee Told Her to Go Back to Her Country, Later Clarifies He Actually Said 'My Pleasure'", whichSnopes rated "false". They also suggested that the article was deliberately deceptive, rather than genuinely satirical.[17] Ford responded on Twitter, highlighting what he deemed to be problematic wording in the fact-check.[17][45]The Babylon Bee also released a statement, calling the fact-check a "smear" that was "both dishonest and disconcerting".[46] The statement concluded by saying a law firm had been retained to representThe Babylon Bee because "Snopes appears to be actively engaged in an effort to discredit and deplatform us."Snopes later made revisions to the wording of the fact check and added an explanatory editor's note.[47][17]The Babylon Bee's chief executive, Seth Dillon, appeared onFox News in August 2019 to discuss the incident. He saidThe Babylon Bee must take the matter seriously "because social networks, which we depend on for our traffic, have relied upon fact-checking sources in the past to determine what's fake news and what isn't. In cases where [Snopes] is calling us fake news and lumping us in with them rather than saying this is satire, that could actually damage us. It could put our business in jeopardy."[17]Snopes' co-founder David Mikkelson acknowledged toThe New York Times that their fact-check was poorly written, but denied trying to discreditThe Babylon Bee.[17] In an interview withBuzzFeed News, Mikkelson stated, "The question you should be asking is not: 'why isSnopes addressing material from a particular site so often?' But, 'what is it about that site that makes its content trigger the fact-check threshold?'"[40]
In August 2019,Snopes announced a new rating for satire sites called "labeled satire".[48][49] Articles fromThe Babylon Bee that were previously rated "false" were updated with the new rating.[50]Snopes explains the label: "This rating indicates that a claim is derived from content described by its creator and/or the wider audience as satire. Not all content described by its creator or audience as 'satire' necessarily constitutes satire, and this rating does not make a distinction between 'real' satire and content that may not be effectively recognized or understood as satire despite being labeled as such." Mann objected to this label in an op-ed published inThe Wall Street Journal, writing that the label "is meant to suggest that we are somehow making jokes in bad faith".[49]
On March 20, 2022,[51]The Babylon Bee's Twitter account was suspended for tweeting "The Babylon Bee's Man of the Year IsRachel Levine", referencing then U.S.Assistant Secretary for Health, a transgender woman. Twitter said that the post violated its policy on "hateful conduct". Dillon refused to delete the tweet in order to regain access to the account, stating, "They could, of course, delete the tweet themselves. But they won't. It's not enough for them to just wipe it out. They want us to bend the knee and admit that we engaged in hateful conduct."[52][53] On March 23, Twitter rejected an appeal byThe Babylon Bee. Dillon toldFox News thatThe Babylon Bee was "disappointed" by the rejection, adding, "It doesn't change our position. They can delete our joke if they want. They have that power. But we're not bending the knee and doing it for them." Mann was also locked out of his personal account after tweeting, "Maybe they'll let us back into our Twitter account if we throw a few thousandUighurs in a concentration camp", referring to Twitter's treatment of accounts associated with the Chinese government.[54][better source needed] Mann has denied allegations oftransphobia, saying "We love trans people", and "We don't consider people like that beneath us. You know, the Christian worldview is that everybody has the opportunity to be saved and we can love everybody. I'm no more deserving of God's grace than a transgender person is. But when the culture bows down and starts handing out trophies to people for stuff like this is when we say, 'Hey, wait a minute, you know, we need to protect women in our society as well.'"[25]
In a statement toThe Washington Times on April 4, 2022, the day that Elon Musk purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter, Dillon revealed that Elon Musk had contactedThe Babylon Bee shortly after its Twitter account was suspended. "He wanted to confirm that we had, in fact, been suspended from Twitter. He reached out to us before he publicly asked his Twitter followers if they think Twitter 'rigorously adheres' to the principle of free expression. He even mused on that call with us that he might need to buy Twitter." Dillon added, "I wouldn't suggest thatThe Babylon Bee is the sole reason Musk decided to take action", but "I do think the absurdity of his favorite satire site getting suspended factored into his decision. Perhaps it was the last straw."[51] Musk has repeatedly spoken positively of theBabylon Bee on Twitter.[55] It was later revealed that Musk's ex-wifeTalulah Riley had encouraged Musk to purchase Twitter, specifically citingThe Babylon Bee's ban.[56][57][58]
On April 14,Musk made a formal offer to buy Twitter, which was accepted on April 25.[59] He officially acquired Twitter on October 27, and within hours directed theTrust and Safety team to urgently reinstateThe Babylon Bee's account. Musk sawThe Babylon Bee's suspension as emblematic of what he viewed as partisan, predominantly liberal, moderation overreach that had prompted him to acquire Twitter.[55] In a conference with lawyerAlex Spiro and then-Trust and Safety headYoel Roth,[60] Musk describedThe Babylon Bee's tweet about Levine as "not cool", but said it did not rise to the level of violent threats that should trigger moderation action. Roth objected to reinstating the account without a clear reason, and Musk agreed to wait to restore the account until a new content policy could be published.[55] Roth ultimately quit Twitter on November 10. On November 18, Musk reinstated the account.[61][55]
On March 28, 2023, Dillon testified as an expert witness before theHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology as part of a discussion on regulation.[62]
On January 16, 2024, the same day thatVivek Ramaswamy ended his campaign for the2024 U.S. presidential election,The Babylon Bee published an article titled "Trump Promises Vivek An Administration Position Running The White House7-Eleven". The article featured an edited picture of Ramaswamy in a 7-Eleven in theWhite House, wearing a 7-Eleven uniform.[63] OnTwitter, the article received criticism from both liberals and conservatives[64] as racist[65] for perpetuating thestereotype of Indian Americans as 7-Eleven workers.[66][67] Right wing commentatorMatt Walsh made a Twitter post stating users who were offended by the article were "pathetic", and asserted that Ramaswamy would not be offended. Dillon also dismissed the controversy, calling critics "stupid".[64] Ramaswamy shared Walsh's Twitter post, and jokingly called himself a "survivor" indicating he was not offended.[66]
In November 2024, theSouthern Poverty Law Center published an article aboutThe Babylon Bee andNot the Bee in reaction to their views on LGBTQ issues stating that "their hard-right views ... have no place in our society."[68] The article obtained personal information including occupations, full names, and social media profiles of multiple writers and staff from several sources including information from theElance data breach.[69] Seth Dillon stated the "dox and smear campaign against us wasn't actually journalism, but an attempt to censor speech they don't like",[70] and Elon Musk called the SPLC a "criminal organization".[68]
In November 2025, afterMegyn Kelly showed support forTucker Carlson following his interview withNick Fuentes, the website released a satirical article titled "Megyn Kelly Gets Rid Of Old Pager Just To Be Safe"; a reference to the2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks. Kelly responded writing "WTF", with some interpreting the article as an incitement of violence against Kelly.The Babylon Bee soon deleted the post. PodcasterTim Pool argued "The Joke implies Israel assassinates Americans for criticizing them", while journalistGlenn Greenwald wrote that the Bee should "re-name itself TheTel Aviv Bee".[71]
The Babylon Bee and sister siteNot the Bee have been involved in supporting litigation related tofree speech-related cases, both through direct lawsuits and the filing ofamicus briefs at state and national levels.
In April 2023,The Babylon Bee,Tim Pool, and theMinds social network filed a lawsuit against theCalifornia Attorney General seeking aninjunction against California AB 587, which was signed into law in September 2022. The bill requires social media companies to submit reports to the California Attorney General concerning their enforcement of policies against hate speech, disinformation, harassment, and extremism.[72][73] The case was dismissed in August 2023.[74]
Following the passage of AB-2355, AB-2655 and AB-2839,The Babylon Bee filed a complaint against the State of California seeking to block enforcement of the latter two bills. Filed by theAlliance Defending Freedom, the complaint alleges that the laws are overly broad and "grant California unbridled enforcement discretion."[75][76] Governor Newsom has stated the bills "help to combat the harmful use of deepfakes in political ads and other content."[77] Shortly after filing, a federal judge granted an injunction against California's enforcement of these rules stating that they "unconstitutionally stifle the free and unfettered exchange of ideas."[78] In September of 2025, a federal court ruled the California laws to be unconstitutional. In his opinion, Judge Mendez stated: "[T]he challenges launched by digital content on a global scale cannot be quashed through censorship or legislative fiat,”[79][80]
A similar bill was passed in Hawaii (SB2687) aimed at political figures.[81] Following a suit byThe Babylon Bee, and Hawaii resident Dawn O'Brien[82][83] a federal judge struck down the law noting that "restricts constitutionally protected political speech" and "could conceivably lead to discretionary and targeted enforcement that discriminates based on viewpoint.[84][85]
InNovak v. City of Parma, a case arising out of a Facebook page created by Anthony Novak in March 2016 to lampoon a local police department, satire websiteThe Onion filed anamicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of Novak, arguing the police department took action against a clearly satirical expression of speech.[86] In October 2022,The Babylon Bee filed anamicus brief as well, supportingThe Onion's position.[87][88]The Babylon Bee later published, but did not file, a satirical brief in support of the police department, arguing "[i]t is essential to protect those with coercive power who wield it for self-preserving ends ... Our society can only function if people get their information from a tightly controlled source that has never lied to us, like the government or the police."[89][90] TheSixth Circuit had ruled that the officers were protected byqualified immunity, and the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal, leaving the Sixth Circuit decision in effect.[91]
Following the 2022 passage of The Hateful Conduct Law in New York (Section 394-CCC of New York's General Business law),Eugene Volokh, theRumble video hosting website, and theLocals crowdfunding website filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction,[92] and a preliminary injunction was granted.[93] New York Attorney GeneralLetitia James filed an appeal, which promptedThe Babylon Bee to file anamicus brief in September 2023, in which they described the law as "regulat[ing] almost nothing but constitutionally protected speech."[94][95]
In response to legislation passed in Florida (Florida SB 7072) and Texas (Texas HB 20) in 2021 aimed to limit social media's ability to regulate content, theNetChoice trade association filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction inMoody v. NetChoice, LLC andNetChoice v. Paxton. Twofederal courts of appeals split decisions, with theFifth Circuit upholding an injunction and theEleventh overturning an injunction. The resulting split prompted the Supreme Court to hear the cases jointly. After that announcement,The Babylon Bee andNot the Bee filed a jointamicus brief in January 2024 in support of both states' respective laws, arguing that social media companies have inconsistently applied content moderation standards to target conservative viewpoints.[96][97][98] In the brief, bothThe Babylon Bee andNot the Bee claimed they had experienced censorship from large social media platforms.[99]
The Dillons and Ford launched the websiteNot the Bee on September 1, 2020. The content onNot the Bee is not satirical. The website instead publishes strange news stories and commentary, and hosts a social media platform.[100][101] Seth Dillon has described it as "a humor-based entertainment site that offers commentary on stories that are so outrageous they should be satire, but somehow aren't".[100]
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) In the first week after publication, it ranked 20th onAmazon's top seller list,[102] 22nd onUSA Today's top seller list,[103] and fourth onPublishers Weekly's paperback bestsellers list.[104]The satire site, which began in early March, features witty headlines that poke fun at the foibles of churchgoers. The site is the brainchild of Adam Ford, 32, a Detroit dad who quit his day job a year and a half ago to produce Web content. His first project was Adam4d.com, a Web comic supported by small group of donors and a few ads. He's aiming bigger with the Babylon Bee, which he said attracted more than 1 million visitors in its first three weeks.
But it does not spare the right. In 2019 it poked fun at Donald Trump for boasting that he had "done more for Christianity than Jesus". The article went viral, leadingSnopes, a fact-checking outfit, to label it as satire after some people believed it was a real story. Then, last September, Mr Trump actually said in an interview: "Nobody has done more for Christianity, or for evangelicals, or for religion itself than I have." The Bee now frequently tweets its original satire side by side with a real media headline that fulfilled it.
Snopes, which didn't respond toReason's interview request, has said that a significant percentage of social media users mistake satire for real news. But Mann says that when making this claim,Snopes cited a methodologically flawed study in which participants were shownBabylon Bee headlines reworded and taken out of context.
Editors' Note: Some readers interpreted wording in a previous version of this fact check as imputing deceptive intent on the part of Babylon Bee in its original satirical piece about Georgia state Rep. Erica Thomas, and that was not the editors' aim. To address any confusion, we have revised some of the wording mostly for tone and clarity. We are in the process of pioneering industry standards for how the fact-checking industry should best address humor and satire.
In response our CEO, Seth Dillon, instructed our lawyers to demand an edit of the article and appealed to the public on social media. The scolds atSnopes 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. Here's the explanation of the new rating: "Not all content described by its creator or audience as 'satire' necessarily constitutes satire, and this rating does not make a distinction between 'real' satire and content that may not be effectively recognized or understood as satire despite being labeled as such."
Elon Musk had his sights set on bringing back the Twitter account for right-wing, Christian satire website The Babylon Bee on day one as Twitter's CEO in October. The account had been banned for anti-trans tweets aimed at a member of the Biden administration. The site's account was reinstated on Sunday, three weeks after his takeover of Twitter.
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