Satirical Post Falsely Claims Anheuser-Busch Closing Half its US Breweries

AP News ^ | 5/1 | JOSH KELETY

[nickcarraway]

CLAIM: Anheuser-Busch is closing half of its U.S. breweries following backlash over a Bud Light marketing initiative. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The claim stems from a website that publishes satirical content. No such widespread brewery closure has been announced by Anheuser-Busch.

THE FACTS: Blog posts claiming that Bud Light’s parent company is closing half of its breweries in the U.S. have spread widely across social media in recent days, following the brand’s partnership with a transgender influencer and subsequent calls for boycotts by some prominent conservatives.

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But the claim is fabricated. It was first published by a website that is part of a network of websites called America’s Last Line of Defense, which publish satirical content that is frequently mistaken as real. The website’s about page states: “Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real.”

[arthurus]

Fact checking the Babylon Bee? Lefties are incapabable of understanding satire, irony, or nuance. They are so primed to be offended that they instantly shrivel in horror or point in righteousness.