Just a shoutout to the admin of this community for recognizing satire from hack bullshit.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      3 months ago

      That could be to make it extra ironic.

      American conservatives are typically anti Islam, so it puts a point on how strange it is that they would support him.

      But, I wouldn’t rule out that they were using it derogatorily, either. Especially if it’s a trend with them, I’m not familiar with the site.

  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
    171·
    3 months ago

    It’s a shame really-- the Bee started out with some decent satire but they got sold and went full con dumbass. Early example of an article:

    In 2017, Hurricane Harvey battered Houston, Texas, causing widespread flooding. In that context, The Babylon Bee satirically criticized televangelist Joel Osteen with a headline that read: “Joel Osteen Sails Luxury Yacht Through Flooded Houston to Pass Out Copies Of Your Best Life Now”.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylon_Bee#History