Snopes promotes junk science study in a continuation of its bizarre grudge against the Babylon Bee
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“By rewording the headlines to remove the obvious comedy tells, the survey was predetermined to get the result it did.” - Washington Examiner
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Babylon Bee, Snopes feud over fact-checking of satire
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“The quasi-factual nature of the widely shared story triggered a response from Snopes, a popular fact-checking website. Snopes noted the inaccurate nature of the Bee’s story but also included in its post a subheading: ‘We’re not sure if fanning the flames of controversy and muddying the details of a news story classify an article as satire.’” - RNS
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