Is Babylon Bee losing to real news?
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ok doser
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Saw that earlier and thought the same thing
Derf
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Yeah, but you're just a science denier.Saw that earlier and thought the same thing
A lot of days the number of crazy fictional stories found in The Babylon Bee are fewer than the crazy actually true stories found in Not The Bee. See https://notthebee.com
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Donald Trump attacked both Ron DeSantis and The Babylon Bee over payments made by the Florida governor to the right-wing satirical news site. Alongside screenshots showing undated payments from DeSantis to the outlet, Trump asked on his Truth Social platform on Thursday night: “Why is Ron DeSanctimonious paying The Babylon Bee, a non-entity, $5,000 a month, so far $21,500, if he’s not running for President?”
Trump Flips Out at DeSantis’ Payments to Satirical News Site
“You don’t spend that much money on The Babylon Bee if you’re running for Governor, in fact, you don’t spend money on The Babylon Bee if you’re running for anything!”
www.thedailybeast.com
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That was for the subscription service for his whole administration, no doubt. If you're going to have to deal with fake news, at least get the kind you can trust.Donald Trump attacked both Ron DeSantis and The Babylon Bee over payments made by the Florida governor to the right-wing satirical news site. Alongside screenshots showing undated payments from DeSantis to the outlet, Trump asked on his Truth Social platform on Thursday night: “Why is Ron DeSanctimonious paying The Babylon Bee, a non-entity, $5,000 a month, so far $21,500, if he’s not running for President?”
Trump Flips Out at DeSantis’ Payments to Satirical News Site
“You don’t spend that much money on The Babylon Bee if you’re running for Governor, in fact, you don’t spend money on The Babylon Bee if you’re running for anything!”www.thedailybeast.com
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He doesn't need receipts. DeSantis seems to think having Babylon Bee is beneficial. I can see that if he's using it for the NotTheBee service. Where else do you look for news that's too strange NOT to be true.Trump has receipts:
Why is Trump your standard of good vs evil now???
ok doser
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Because mentioning Trump is almost guaranteed to get a response. And that's the goal of a troll. To get a response.
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And who could resist things such as this:Trump has receipts:
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And I'm sure DeSantis needs his admin to know this:
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In Honor Of Women's History Month, Woman Kneels Before Man
NEW YORK, NY — In honor of Women's History Month, a woman knelt down in front of a man to demonstrate subservience and submission. Witnesses described the historic event as "weird" and "an unusual way to promote the empowerment of women."
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ok doser
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I came close to posting that a couple times in the last couple daysAnd I'm sure DeSantis needs his admin to know this:
In Honor Of Women's History Month, Woman Kneels Before Man
NEW YORK, NY — In honor of Women's History Month, a woman knelt down in front of a man to demonstrate subservience and submission. Witnesses described the historic event as "weird" and "an unusual way to promote the empowerment of women."
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Trump isn't the standard of anything, now or ever. Trump is just...Trump, which is bad enough.
Trump has receipts on the Dems also. You'll see. It's all part of the sting operation.
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Oh, I can't wait!
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That's the definition of a standard--something you compare other things to. Many are self-evident: "Murder is just...murder, which is bad." Then you go on to assess whether other things are "murder" or "not murder". Maybe that's why you seem so confused as to what is right vs wrong...you don't understand that standards apply, and if those standards are not from something greater than human opinion, then they are more like clay, able to be pushed and pulled and reshaped into whatever happens to delight the person in charge at the moment, you know...like Biden or Kamela or Fauci or most on the supreme court and in congress these days. Trump dabbled in solid standards, more so than most presidents lately, but he was swayed away from them on way too many occasions. Maybe that's why you don't like him--he actually had some small idea of what standards are.
Standard, definition 2 from Webster's 1828:
2. That which is established by sovereign power as a rule or measure by which others are to be adjusted. Thus the Winchester bushel is the standard of measures in Great Britain, and is adopted in the United States as their standard So of weights and of long measure.
Websters Dictionary 1828 - Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Standard
Websters Dictionary 1828 - Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Standard
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But seriously, @User Name, is it a problem for candidates to pay for news services? What about government agencies? Is this a bad thing to support:
https://notthebee.com/article/desan...llow-people-to-make-money-off-mutilating-them ?
https://notthebee.com/article/desan...llow-people-to-make-money-off-mutilating-them ?
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Trump seems to think so!
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So?
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What do you think?