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New York Times Issues Correction After Claiming Satire Website Babylon Bee ‘Trafficked in Misinformation’
Epoch Times ^ | 06/14/2021 | ZACHARY STIEBER

Posted on 06/15/2021 2:57:40 AM PDT by SES1066

The New York Times recently updated a piece on Facebook’s moderation of satire, removing a claim that Babylon Bee “trafficked in misinformation.”

The New York Times, in the middle of a court battle over allegedly defamatory articles, which, according to a judge, said reporters failed to note that they inserted opinions, made the update and issued a correction after receiving a demand for a retraction over claims about the Babylon Bee, a satire website.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: facebook; factcheck; internet; libel; media; msm; newyorktimes; satire; snopes
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To: T.B. Yoits

That is the most truthful thing ever written on the internet today.


21 posted on 06/15/2021 4:48:07 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive soo. words? Not being able to say them...God wins. )
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I don’t know how long ago it was said but: “The NY Times is the only paper you can’t even satirize anymore.”


22 posted on 06/17/2021 11:36:23 AM PDT by PhineasSpear (PhineasSpear)
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