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‘Simply Embarrassing’: Miami Herald mocked for calling Babylon Bee ‘Fake News’ in DeSantis hit piece
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| Apr 5, 2022
| Gabriel Hays
Posted on 04/05/2022 7:05:07 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
The Miami Herald slammed Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., for working with a "fake news site" on Tuesday, after the governor’s campaign committee spent thousands of dollars on fundraising help from the popular conservative political satire site The Babylon Bee.
In the April 5 piece headlined, "DeSantis calls out ‘fake news,’ but his campaign used fake news site to raise cash," The Herald attempted to point out the alleged hypocrisy of the DeSantis administration opposing fake news while endorsing a website that writes joke headlines and articles to make satirical points.....
While The Herald explained that campaign committees paying advocacy groups in such a way "isn’t uncommon," the outlet struck the tone that because The Bee creates content that isn’t accurate at face-value and jokes that it is "fake news," that means the DeSantis campaign is receiving help from "fake news."
Critics on Twitter mocked The Herald for not understanding the difference.
Conservative writer Ed Morrissey tweeted, "This is simply embarrassing, @MiamiHerald. The Babylon Bee is a humor-satire site, not ‘fake news.’ They aren't purporting to be ‘news’ at all, which makes your report ‘fake news’ all on its own. See the difference? If not, maybe you should stick with self-parody from now on."
"The Babylon Bee is a parody site... The Miami Herald is a bunch of lies and propaganda presented as news. There's a difference," said political comedian Tim Young.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: babylonbee; desantis; edmorrissey; fakenews; florida; gabrielhays; miamiherald; rondesantis; satire; thebabylonbee
ROTHFLMAO at all the media targeting the Bee for news, especially when their satire becomes true to the point they become news.
To: where's_the_Outrage?
So The Miami Herald cares about journalism? No theirs but another media.
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posted on
04/05/2022 7:08:48 PM PDT
by
keving
(We the government )
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Ed Morrissey is too good for Hot Air.
To: where's_the_Outrage?
In June of last year, The Bee won a fight against The New York Times after the Grey Lady claimed The Bee "trafficked in misinformation." The Times issued a correction and admitted the site simply publishes satire. Once again proving the prog have no sense of humor.
Or morality.
Or common sense.
Or irony.
On and on...
.
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posted on
04/05/2022 7:10:31 PM PDT
by
TLI
(ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
I’m misquoting Aristophanes but he said something along the lines of, “The sense of humor is the only real sense humans have”
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posted on
04/05/2022 7:16:51 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Heck, it isn't even "fake" news, the Bee's stuff has almost attained the status of prophecy. If they published that Hunter sired a three-headed alien baby on a weekend cocaine binge with the Lizard People I'd give it a week and start calling the hospitals, because you never know.
To: where's_the_Outrage?
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posted on
04/05/2022 7:21:24 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
To: muir_redwoods
Aristophanes - - - ridiculous!
8
posted on
04/05/2022 7:25:13 PM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
To: All
I’m so angry. They are THE most trusted name in news. I know that title used to belong to The Onion but BB has overtook them and lapped them.
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posted on
04/05/2022 7:30:15 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Instead of Build Back Better, how about put it back the way you found it?)
To: keving
Yeah not fake news, future news.
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posted on
04/05/2022 7:32:25 PM PDT
by
Sertorius
(A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
The Miami Herald has to be giving a go at satire themselves. Certainly, they don't mean to be serious...do they? Really???
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posted on
04/05/2022 7:33:00 PM PDT
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: Sgt_Schultze
You’re making me show my age when I get that reference.
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posted on
04/05/2022 7:43:26 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: where's_the_Outrage?
The Bee’s satire is more accurate than the libtard fake news corporations 🤪
13
posted on
04/05/2022 7:44:16 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Love the Bee’s material. It does cause frequent double-takes. My only problem with conservative satire sites is that the left seems to be using them for inspiration.
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posted on
04/05/2022 7:49:25 PM PDT
by
GMMC0987
To: Sgt_Schultze
Aristophanes - - - ridiculous!
You are NOT Sgr. Schultze. You are Oscar Madison.
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posted on
04/05/2022 7:51:39 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
To: Billthedrill
LOL!
ON the money with that comment.
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posted on
04/05/2022 8:04:22 PM PDT
by
HKMk23
(https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
The BB is frequently far more accurate in their reporting than the lying propagandists at the Herald.
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posted on
04/05/2022 9:04:22 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(This is the most bloated and most inept govt in history.)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
If the Bee is a problem, Spy vs. Spy is gonna get killed.
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posted on
04/05/2022 9:46:57 PM PDT
by
healy61
To: where's_the_Outrage?
I hope “Not the Bee” takes up this story, just so the Miami Herald can learn about Satire and how sometimes actual news stories can become more unbelievable than satire.
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