The Babylon Bee has a field day
Sep 4, 2019 18:29:26 #
Snopes finds Biden’s “mistold” war story not false, The Babylon Bee has a field day
Satirical news site 'The Babylon Bee" ran an article in which "the candidate's claim" that 2+2=5, was rated as "mostly true", the Washington Examiner reports.
The story: Snopes fact checkers found last week that Biden's recounting of a story about a U.S. military service member who recovered the body of a fallen soldier was "not false," even though details, including the location, the date, the branch of the military, the medal, and Biden's own role, were wrong.
Former CBS correspondent Sharyl Attkisson tweeted to Snopes, saying: "Ok we've got it. When certain people tell a false story; it's not false. It's true because parts are true. If @realDonaldTrump does the same thing; it's a malicious lie. #SnopesLogic #Propaganda."
Afterward, "The Babylon Bee" tweaked the site with an article that said, "Joe Biden recently made a strange claim: that 2+2=5. He was ridiculed for his gaffe after making the statement while speaking at an elementary school. The kids all said, 'Hey, dummy! The answer is 4, not 5!'
"But the crack squad of fact-checkers at Snopes quickly got to work on Biden's incredulous claim. Their findings? Biden's statement was actually 'mostly true.'
"'Sure, Biden got some key details wrong,' said Bob Snopes, founder of Snopes. 'But the central concept of what he was saying, that two numbers put together make another number, was completely accurate. Sometimes two and two make four. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. It is not easy to become sane.'"
Snopes says on its website: "When misinformation obscures the t***h and readers don’t know what to trust, Snopes.com’s fact-checking and original, investigative reporting lights the way to evidence-based and contextualized analysis."
https://www.lacortenews.com/p/satire-site-the-babylon-bee-mocks-media-fact-checking-away-bidens-gaffes
Satirical news site 'The Babylon Bee" ran an article in which "the candidate's claim" that 2+2=5, was rated as "mostly true", the Washington Examiner reports.
The story: Snopes fact checkers found last week that Biden's recounting of a story about a U.S. military service member who recovered the body of a fallen soldier was "not false," even though details, including the location, the date, the branch of the military, the medal, and Biden's own role, were wrong.
Former CBS correspondent Sharyl Attkisson tweeted to Snopes, saying: "Ok we've got it. When certain people tell a false story; it's not false. It's true because parts are true. If @realDonaldTrump does the same thing; it's a malicious lie. #SnopesLogic #Propaganda."
Afterward, "The Babylon Bee" tweaked the site with an article that said, "Joe Biden recently made a strange claim: that 2+2=5. He was ridiculed for his gaffe after making the statement while speaking at an elementary school. The kids all said, 'Hey, dummy! The answer is 4, not 5!'
"But the crack squad of fact-checkers at Snopes quickly got to work on Biden's incredulous claim. Their findings? Biden's statement was actually 'mostly true.'
"'Sure, Biden got some key details wrong,' said Bob Snopes, founder of Snopes. 'But the central concept of what he was saying, that two numbers put together make another number, was completely accurate. Sometimes two and two make four. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. It is not easy to become sane.'"
Snopes says on its website: "When misinformation obscures the t***h and readers don’t know what to trust, Snopes.com’s fact-checking and original, investigative reporting lights the way to evidence-based and contextualized analysis."
https://www.lacortenews.com/p/satire-site-the-babylon-bee-mocks-media-fact-checking-away-bidens-gaffes
Nov 3, 2019 16:44:14 #
WOW ! What a load of manure ! There is no shovel I've ever seen or heard of big enough to tackle that load; even a back-loader may not be enough to handle it !
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