Posted on 09/28/2020 3:02:28 PM PDT by Gamecock
USA Today embarrassed themselves earlier when they fact-checked a ridiculous, over-the-top Babylon Bee story that nobody—not a single person—believed to be true. Here is the satirical story from The Bee that so-called journalists at a real news outlet somehow felt the need to debunk:
The first paragraph reads:
In a landmark ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In a close decision, the judges on the court have ruled RBG's death unconstitutional and will block Trump from nominating a replacement.
Instead of cracking a smile at an obvious joke and going about their day, USA Today's team of fact-checkers went to work researching and writing this lengthy rebuttal of the Bee's false "claim." Incredibly, they acknowledge right from the outset that the source of the claim is a satirical article published on a known satire site. But then—for reasons we'll never know or understand—they go on to debunk the claim in detail. They even checked the 9th circuit court's website to see if there had been any rulings overturning Ginsburg's death, as if that were even possible! They write:
There is no record of any Wardlaw opinion on Ginsburg's death on the website for the 9th Circuit, but she participated in a panel discussion Friday about Ginsburg's life produced by the UCLA School of Law. There was no mention of "reviving" Ginsburg during the discussion.
Of course there was no mention of "reviving" Ginsburg. Why would there be? Since when do courts have the supernatural power to revive dead judges?
Perhaps even more embarrassing than the existence of this fact-check is the amount of work they put into it. Just look at how many sources they cited as support for their findings:
Save yourselves a little time on the next one, USA Today. Just say it was a joke and call it a day.
Socialists ARE a humorless lot...
McPaper fact checked the Bee.
The Bee has a better chance of being accurate.
No brain; no common sense; no sense of humor; barely human: anybody that is still a democrat
Algorithms have no place in the newsfeeds. Just give it to us raw. WE can handle it.
There way of joining in the joke.
What dolts. LOL.
OMFgranpappy. Not one single clue since the day they was hatched?
I believe the BB over any regular media; they’re more accurate.
Waaaaaait, it’s because morons have no sense of humor.
Expect a BABYLON BEE article on U.S.A. TODAY sometime this week. The joke’s on them.
Wow, and to think that I used to love getting USA Today under my door in hotel rooms.
Monumentally stupid.
So, when the Babylon Bee publishes the Story that they were fact checked by USA Today, it won’t be Satire.
That would make the Babylon Bee a legitimate News Outlet, so I would assume one of their Reporters will get a White House Press Pass.
YES! I hope someone posts it!
Liberals have absolutely NO sense of humor. Life is just too darn intense for them to stop and smell the roses. Unless they can bitch about the fertilizer.
They probably won't get this one, either . . .
The final two companies I worked for before retirement forbade jokes of any type and under any circumstances. The stated reason was, “You have NO IDEA who you might offend!” But I suspect that the socialists running the show have discovered that they not only don’t get the jokes, but also suspect they might be the focus of the humor. Humor is destructive to socialists, so it is banned.
Well, this *was* posted on Not The Bee, which is a BB affiliate that covers actual (and somewhat strange) news.
I had to read the title a second time to make sure I read it correctly the first time.
Leftists REALLY have no sense of humor.
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