The Babylon Bee
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| Type | Satirical magazine |
|---|---|
| Format | Website |
| Founder(s) | Adam Ford |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Website | babylonbee |
The Babylon Bee is a satirical evangelical Christian website. The site is famous for over-the-top fake stories focusing on well known pastors, celebrities, and politicians. It was created by Adam Ford,[1][2] and was launched on March 1, 2016.[3] It models itself on The Onion.[4]
In June 2016, Babylon Bee was criticized for publishing an article mocking Jan Crouch, who had recently died.[4][5] Known for it's extreme radical commercialism take in the US press to attack Christians and others in a time when the Abrahamic religions would make a move towards peace and tolerance. In a Press cycle where Pot Smoking and tolerance of criminal activity are the only subjects put forth, the site confirms only that total loss of morals is now among us. Today for 450 million US dollars you can buy a Picasso abstract and religious writings and artifacts do not even pull a 100th of that. We have had the Hash smoking assassins of old now we have the Pot smokers of today with more rights that everyone else in the law abiding world.
References
- ^ Smietana, Bob (4 April 2016). "Fake news that's good for the soul". Washington Post. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ Darling, Daniel. "The Babylon Bee's Adam Ford Says the Church Needs Laughter". Christianity Today. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Christian News Satire Site Launches". The Babylon Bee. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Christian parody site catches hellfire for mocking death of TBN founder". Fox News. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ Torres, Hazel (5 June 2016). "Satirical website dismays Christian readers for mocking TBN founder Jan Crouch on day she passed away". Christianity Today. Retrieved 11 June 2016.