Snopes and Facebook "fact check" obvious satire

[Mountain Man]

So, the Babylon Bee, a site that openly advertises itself as satire, wrote an article humorously claiming that CNN had purchased industrial sized washing machines to help reporters spin the facts:

Source: Babylon Bee

https://babylonbee.com/news/cnn-purc...s-publication/

© Copyright Original Source

They posted the article to their Facebook page, and while you would have be Tassman and JimL levels of stupid to not recognize it was satire, Snopes sprang into action to "fact check" the article, claiming that

And now that the the obviously satirical piece had been declared "false" by a trusted (ha!) fact-checker, Facebook did its duty by flagging the piece as "fake news", and any user who tried to share the article had their post automatically edited to direct readers to Snopes instead.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journal...shing-machine/

[Sparko]

What brand was it?

[Darth Executor]

the whole point is to purge right wingers from social media. it's why it was a horrible mistake to ignore the banishing of the dailystormer from the internet, or fail to back up trump during the charlotesville confrontation. the left knows there will be no real pushback from the right so they can now use all the institutions they control to purge whoever they want.

[Cow Poke]

What brand was it?

washer.jpg

I don't know, but it's BIG!

[KingsGambit]

There are still people out there who fall for satire, even a few who manage to fall for The Onion.

Incidentally, The Babylon Bee is probably the best/only example I can think of where the "Christian knock off version" is better than the original. The Onion just isn't funny to me.

[Chaotic Void]

There are still people out there who fall for satire, even a few who manage to fall for The Onion.

Incidentally, The Babylon Bee is probably the best/only example I can think of where the "Christian knock off version" is better than the original. The Onion just isn't funny to me.

The Onion has it's moments, but The Babylon Bee fills the Christian Satire void that the Wittenburg Door left in my life.

[rogue06]

So, the Babylon Bee, a site that openly advertises itself as satire, wrote an article humorously claiming that CNN had purchased industrial sized washing machines to help reporters spin the facts:

Source: Babylon Bee

https://babylonbee.com/news/cnn-purc...s-publication/

© Copyright Original Source

They posted the article to their Facebook page, and while you would have be Tassman and JimL levels of stupid to not recognize it was satire, Snopes sprang into action to "fact check" the article, claiming that

And now that the the obviously satirical piece had been declared "false" by a trusted (ha!) fact-checker, Facebook did its duty by flagging the piece as "fake news", and any user who tried to share the article had their post automatically edited to direct readers to Snopes instead.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journal...shing-machine/

Keep in mind, we have some of those on the left who continue to insist this never happened and that it is nothing but a "right-wing meme" in spite of the fact that the IRS issued an apology but claims it was only the action of a few low ranking individuals.

[rogue06]

There are still people out there who fall for satire, even a few who manage to fall for The Onion.

Incidentally, The Babylon Bee is probably the best/only example I can think of where the "Christian knock off version" is better than the original. The Onion just isn't funny to me.

The Chinese government routinely fell for Onion articles.

[demi-conservative]

the left knows there will be no real pushback from the right so they can now use all the institutions they control to purge whoever they want.

Smarter libs already know that if they avoid topics like guns, there will be no real pushback from right, just slow retreat, also surrender!

[Tassman]

So, the Babylon Bee, a site that openly advertises itself as satire, wrote an article humorously claiming that CNN had purchased industrial sized washing machines to help reporters spin the facts:

Source: Babylon Bee

https://babylonbee.com/news/cnn-purc...s-publication/

© Copyright Original Source

They posted the article to their Facebook page, and while you would have be Tassman and JimL levels of stupid to not recognize it was satire, Snopes sprang into action to "fact check" the article, claiming that

And now that the the obviously satirical piece had been declared "false" by a trusted (ha!) fact-checker, Facebook did its duty by flagging the piece as "fake news", and any user who tried to share the article had their post automatically edited to direct readers to Snopes instead.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journal...shing-machine/

Who needs satire when we have Donald Trump?

[Mountain Man]

Who needs satire when we have Donald Trump?

Indeed. President Trump has you liberals so tied up in knots that you guys have turned into a parody of yourselves.

[Cow Poke]

Who needs satire when we have Donald Trump?

And we have you and JimL.