The satirical report, “There’s no position on the Internet for either of us,” a CNN presenter grumbled Monday night. stories and The Babylon Bee to lie with their satire. There’s not enough damning, outrageous traffic for everyone. ‘”
According to the “report,” many CNN informants complained that their news was “much more false” than the Bee news.
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There’s even a joke quote attributed to CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter.
“These are obviously amateurs at The Bee, ” said a fictional Stelter. “Often, your reports come true. If you need to make fake news, do it: one hundred percent fake, guaranteed, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They deserve to be really informed of the professionals here at CNN… . Stay out of our territory.'”
On Sunday, CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan sounded the alarm after a single article through Bee reporting on Democrats’ reaction to Iranian General Qassem Soleimani’s murder was shared on Facebook more than 500,000 times.
“To put this in perspective, it’s the same number of interactions that the most important NY Times articles and CNN on Facebook have had over the next week,” O’Sullivan tweeted. “Many other people who share this satirical story” on Facebook don’t know it’s a satire.”
O’Sullivan, who covered “misinformation, politics and technology,” criticized Bee for advising his feeble effort to present himself as a satirical outlet.
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“Having a disclaimer buried somewhere on your site that says it’s a ‘satire’ turns out to be a smart way to circumvent many of the adjustments Facebook has made to lessen the spread of clickbait and misinformation,” O’Sullivan said before pointing users to Facebook. The comments warned that they believed the work was satirical.
CNN reporter pounded on Twitter, adding through Bathroughlon Bee founder Adam Ford.
“A CNN reporter takes pictures of Bee because our articles are widely shared and some other people think they are genuine (which will happen to a satire). After thinking ‘how adorable it is,’ I thought, ‘of course, this guy tweeted The Onion for the same thing… Adam Ford, founder of Bathroughlon Bee, said. “There are websites committed to chronicling the reactions of others who think Onion stories are genuine. Foreign leaders have been deceived through Onion articles. And the biography of this kind says that “it covers misinformation ” for CNN. Yes?”
He continued: “Actually, Mr. O’Sullivan tweeted about the onion. But he looks like he’s a fan!”
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Ford included screenshots of several tweets made through O’Sullivan praising The Onion’s paintings.
The Babylon bee was seen as a conservative edition of The Onion.